Faculty of Arts and Education

School of Education


   Dr. Claire Spicer

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Position Lecturer
Email claire.spicer@deakin.edu.au
Area School of Education
Phone N/A
Campus Burwood
Location N2.19
Role and profile Unit Chair (Psychology)
Undergraduate subjects: ESP437, ESP401, ESP485, EEI322, ESP202 & 203
Postgraduate Masters subjects: ESP701 and ESP703.
Teaching responsibilities In addition to being the unit chair, I actively teach all of the ESP4 and EEI
coded units. I also chair and teach both Masters of Special Educational Needs
units, 'Education and Development of Exceptional Learners' and 'Student
Wekfare and Discipline Issues'.
Research interests Self-Efficacy, Gifted Education, Students with Additional Needs, Twice-
Exceptionality, Classroom Management, Educational Psychology
Current research projects Graduate teachers understanding of 'giftedness'
Self-efficacy of twice exceptional students
Dyscalculia and self-efficacy
Awards 2009 Commendation for Excellence in Teaching
2010 Commendation for Excellence in Teaching
2011 Commendation for Excellence in Teaching
Qualifications Doctor of Philosophy 2008
Master in Counselling 2009
Master in Education 2002
Dip Ed 1999
Bachelor of Arts 1997
Memberships ACA; WCGTC; AAEGT; VAGTC; FVC
Conferences Spicer, C. (2009). "The self-efficacy of gifted adolescents". Mini Keynote
(invited) presented at the Victorian Association for Gifted and Talented
Children Conference, Melbourne.

Spicer, C. (2007). Gifted Self-Efficacy. (Invited) workshop presented at ‘Head
and Heart’ Victorian Association for Gifted and Talented Children (November),
Melbourne.

Spicer, C. (2007). Verbally and Visually Gifted Students. Workshop presented
at the World Gifted Conference, University of Warwick, United Kingdom.

Spicer, C. (2007). The Writing Self-Efficacy of Gifted and Mainstream Students.
Paper presented at the World Gifted Conference, University of Warwick, United
Kingdom.

Spicer, C. (2006). The Written English Self-Efficacy of Gifted and Mainstream
Students. Paper presented at ‘Staying on Track’ the Annual Postgraduate
Research Conference, University of Melbourne.

Spicer, C. (2004). The written English self-efficacy of students with varying
abilities: a look at gifted students and students with learning disabilities. Poster
session presented at the Third International Biennial. SELF Research
Conference, Berlin, Germany.

Spicer, C. (2003). The Written English Self-Efficacy of Learning Disabled,
Gifted and Mainstream Adolescent Students. Paper presented at the Annual
Postgraduate Research Conference, University of Melbourne.

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22nd April 2013