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Associate Professor Esther Care |
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Deputy Director
Assessment Research Centre |
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Assessment Research Centre (ARC)
Phone: +61 3 8344 0975
Fax: +61 3 9348 2753
Email: e.care@unimelb.edu.au
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Membership
Role
Member, MGSE Academic Programs Committee
Member, MGSE Graduate Programs Working Group
Member, Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC)
Associations
Australian Psychological Society, FAPS
Association for Research in Personality
European Association of Psychological Assessment International
Society for Vocational Psychology (APA Section 17)
Qualifications
B.A., Dip.Ed., B.Ed., Grad.Dip.App.Psych., PhD, Grad Cert Uni Teach
Teaching Areas
Teaching Contribution 2009476-656 Research Methods
476-648 Differences
476-656 Research Project Seminars
472-722 DEP Research Project Seminars
460-645 RME Part B Quantitative Methods
360-880 Assessment for Literacy Learning
360-882 Leading a Professional Learning Culture
360-911 Approaches to Literacy Assessment
360-021 Leading a Professional Learning Team
Research
RESEARCHVocational interests
Intelligence and achievement
Test development
Psychometrics
Cross-cultural learning characteristics
AREAS OF SUPERVISIONVocational interests
Intelligence and achievement
Test development
Psychometrics
Cross-cultural learning characteristics
Publications
Refereed Papers, Reports and ConferencesBeatty, L., & Care, E. (2009). Learning from their miscues: differences across reading ability and text difficulty. Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, 32(3).
Brown, P. M., Care, E., & Jackson, L. (2009). Young Learners: Children’s interests, intelligence, and play. Paper presented at the 11th New Zealand Early Childhood Research Conference from http://www.childforum.com/symposium.asp.
Care, E., Roberts, E., & Thomas, A. (2009). Effects of language background on measures of ability of children in their first year of school. Australian Educational and Developmental Psychologist, 26.
Care, E. (2009). Issues in Identifying Student Perceptions of Teaching Quality. Bulletin of Education and Research, 31(1), 27-45.
Frydenberg, E., Care, E., Freeman, E., & Chan, E. (2009). Interrelationships between coping, school connectedness and wellbeing. Australian Journal of Education, 53.
Griffin , P., Murray, L., Care, E., Thomas, A., & Perri, P. (in press). Developmental assessment in literacy. Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy and Practice..
Remine, M., Care, E., & Grbic, M. (2009). Effects of deafness and teacher of the deaf support on self concept in Australian deaf students. Deafness & Education International, 11(3), 116-131.
Brown, P. M., Care, E., & Byrnes, L. (2008). The Young Learners’ Project: Identifying personalised teaching strategies for early literacy in children in preschool and the first year of school. Paper presented at the 16th Annual Australian Research in Early Childhood Education Conference.
Care, E. (2008). Discussion Paper: Assessment of literacy skills P - 2: Catholic Education Office Melbourne.
Care, E., Thomas, A., & Pavlovic, M. (2008). Early learning differences in the context of language background. Paper presented at the The International Counseling Psychology Conference, Chicago.
Care, E., & Griffin, P. (2008). Equivalence of benchmark texts (ISBN 978-0-9804752-0-3): Assessment Research Centre, University of Melbourne.
Frydenberg, E., Freeman, E., Care, E., Tobin, M., Begg, B., & Chan, E. (2008). Enhancing wellbeing and learning in middle years classrooms: relationships, wellbeing and learning (RWL) ARC Linkage Project Report: University of Melbourne.
Remine, M., Care, E., & Brown, P. M. (2008). Language ability and verbal and nonverbal executive functioning in deaf students communicating in spoken English. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 13, 531-545.
Brown, R., Care, E., & Deans, J. (2007). The Link Program: Investigating the Relevance and Implications of Preschool Theory and Practice for Primary School Teacher Professional Development. Australian Research in Early Childhood Education Journal, 14(2), 95-106.
Care, E., Griffin, P., Thomas, A., & Pavlovic, M. (2007). Early Years Assessment of English (No. 2.43): Report to Victorian Department of Education.
Care, E., Deans, J., & Brown, R. (2007). The realism and sex type of four- to five-year-old children's occupational aspirations. Journal of Early Childhood Research, 5(2), 155-168.
Griffin , P., Pavlovic, M., & Care, E. (2007). Analysis of the Early Literacy Observation Survey (No. 2.43): Report to the Victorian Department of Education.
Lodge, J., Frydenberg, E., Freeman , E., & Care, E. (2007, 25-29 September). Understanding engagement in the middle years of school: Relationships with coping and wellbeing. Paper presented at the 42nd APS Annual Conference, Brisbane, Australia.
Remine, M. D., Brown, P.M., Care, E., & Rickards, F.W. (2007). The relationship between spoken language ability and intelligence test performance of deaf children and adolescents. Deafness and Education International, 9(3), 147-164.
Ryan, M., Stough, C., Care, E., & Griffin, P. (2007). The Impact of Emotional Intelligence on Gifted Adolescent Asynchronous Development and Academic Achievement / Underachievement. Paper presented at t
Projects
Assessment and Learning Partnerships (ALP and ALPOS)
Young Learners Project (YLP)
Developing PrepTeST (Prep Teacher Screening Tool for Use with Non-English Speaking Background Children)
Regional Network Evaluation (DEECD)
Evaluation of the Netbooks Trial (DEECD)
Strengthening Literacy and Numeracy Achievement in the Senior Secondary Years (DIIRD & DEECD)
Strategies for Assessment of Literacy in Prep - 2 (CEOM)
Assessment for Learning in Higher Education (UBD, Brunei)
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