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Dr Carli Sanbrook

Lecturer

Staff Member Details
Telephone: +61 8 6304 6497
Mobile: 0403 880 183
Email: c.sanbrook@ecu.edu.au
Campus: Mount Lawley  
Room: ML17.119  
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2808-0877

Carli is a Lecturer in the School of Education and is currently the Associate Director and Metro Hub Coordinator for the High Achieving Teacher program (HAT@ECU).

Background

Carli has extensive experience in initial teacher education, professional experience coordination, and practitioner research, particularly in the areas of teacher wellbeing, curriculum, and policy.

Carli is a passionate and experienced secondary educator who has held various leadership and teaching positions, in both Australia and the United Kingdom. Her PhD research examined Pre-Service Teacher mental wellness using innovative evolutionary biology frameworks.

Current teaching

  • EDU2231 Creating Positive Learning Environments
  • EDU6230 Classroom Management and Instruction
  • EDU6332 Diversity and Inclusion- The Differentiated Classroom
  • EDU6784 High Impact Instruction for Students with Learning Difficulties
  • CUR6210 Curriculum Enrichment for the Major Secondary Specialisation

Professional associations

  • Balcatta Senior High School Board Chair
  • TRBWA - Teacher Registration Board of Western Australia

Research areas and interests

  • Pre-Service Teacher Wellness
  • Classroom Management
  • Employment-Based Pathways
  • Self Care and Teacher Well-being
  • Professional Experience
  • Scholarly Internships

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Edith Cowan University, 2024.
  • Master of Education (Leadership & Management), University of Notre Dame Australia, 2016.
  • Bachelor of Education(Secondary) Major in Drama Studies, Edith Cowan University, 2002.

Research Outputs

2025

Journal Articles

  • Lemon, N., Sanbrook, C., James, R., Harris, M., Green, T., Dass, R., Adkin, B., Berman, G. (2025). Who cares for the carers: A poetic inquiry of initial teacher educators of professional experience. The Australian Educational Researcher, 2025(Article in press), 20 pages. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s13384-025-00834-4.

2024

Book Chapters

  • Sanbrook, C., Gray, C., Lowe, G., Johnston, O. (2024). “Paleo for the Mind” Pre-Service Teacher Mental Health Challenges During a Pandemic Practicum: How Evolutionary Biology Can Inform Mental Wellness. Pedagogies of Practicum: Post-Pandemic Reflections on Innovation in Practice Teaching (355-375). Peter Lang. https://doi.org/10.3726/b22164.

Journal Articles

  • Kirk, G., Adam, H., Boylan, F., Sanbrook, C. (2024). Supporting mid-career students’ psychological needs to improve motivation and retention in post-graduate courses. The Australian Educational Researcher, 2024(Article in press), 20 pages. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s13384-024-00745-w.

2018

Journal Articles

  • Barwood, D., Sanbrook, C., O'Rourke, J., Jones, A., Thomas, J. (2018). Blowing a whistle, how hard can it be? An exploration of practicum experiences for a pre-service health and physical education teacher with a hearing impairment. Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education, 9(3), 270-285. https://doi.org/10.1080/25742981.2018.1490627.
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