Jacqueline Specht

Professor, Faculty of Education, Western University, London, ON; Director of the Canadian Research Centre on Inclusive Education; 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. Recognized for her teaching with receipt of Western University Students’ Council Teaching Honour Roll; Inclusive Education Award from the Canadian Association of Community Living; the Canadian Committee for Graduate Students in Education Mentorship Award.

Email: jspecht@uwo.ca

Projects and Publications

• Specht, J., Mc-Ghie-Richmond, D., Loreman, T., Aylward, L., Bennett, S., Gallagher, T., Katz, J., Lyons, W., Metsala, J., Mirenda, P., Thompson, S., Young, G., & Cloutier, S. (2016). Preservice teachers’ self-efficacy for teaching in inclusive classrooms: A cross Canada perspective. International Journal of Inclusive Education, 20, 1–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13603116.2015.1059501) 

• Young, G., Specht, J., Hunter, F., Terreberry, S., McGhie-Richmond, D., & Hutchinson, N. (2018). “The first day he kicked shoes at me, the last day he brought me a picture of himself”: Investigating the practicum experiences of preservice teachers.Exceptionality Education International, 28(3), 83-101. https://ojs.lib. uwo.ca/index.php/eei/article/view/7773/6389 

• Specht, J., & Metsala, J. (2018). Predictors of teacher efficacy for inclusive practice in preservice teachers. Exceptionality Education International, 28(3), 67-82. https://ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/eei/article/ view/7772/6388