Cathérine is a Biologist with a PhD in Science Education. Her research field, in general, is Education for Sustainable Development, by investigating traditional variables such as cognitive learning or motivation. Her focus is on specific variables of motivation such as creativity, self-efficacy and responsibility. She is currently researching ways to provide teacher training that fosters sustained change in teachers' work attitudes, resulting in education with less stress for the teacher that promotes self-efficacy and achievement orientation in learners.