Dr. Jacqueline Specht

Dr. Jacqueline Specht

Inclusion Across Canada, Team Leader

Dr. Jacqueline Specht (Professor, University of Western Ontario) teaches in the area of educational psychology and special education. Currently she is the Director of the Canadian Research Centre on Inclusive Education and Chair of the Applied Psychology Academic and Research Cluster at the Faculty of Education. She has supervised graduate student research in the areas of assistive technology, IEP development, and teacher and student experiences in inclusive classrooms. Currently, her research investigates the efficacy of newly graduated teachers for teaching in diverse classrooms.

 

Research Interests

  • Pedagogical issues surrounding the participation of children in the school system.