Stuart Shanker

Stuart G. Shanker, (born October 14, 1952), is a distinguished research professor of Philosophy and Psychology at York University[1] and the Founder/CEO of The MEHRIT Centre (TMC). He is an acclaimed author and international speaker.[2] He is best known as Canada's leading expert in the psychophysiological theory of self-regulation.[3][4]

Education

Shanker began his university education at the University of Toronto, Ontario.[5] He won several awards while there, including a scholarship to study at the University of Oxford.[6] While studying at Oxford, he obtained a first in PPE.[7] In addition, he completed his Bachelor of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy and was awarded the position of postdoctoral research fellow at Christ Church, Oxford.[8] After completing his research fellowship, Shanker began as an associate professor of philosophy at York University where he quickly moved up the rank of full professor 3 years later.[8]

Works

Shanker's most notable works include: Calm, Alert, and Learning: Classroom Strategies for Self-Regulation (2012),[9] Early Years Study 2: Putting Science into Action (2007) with James Fraser Mustard and Margaret McCain,[10] Human Development in the 21st Century (2007)[11] with Alan Fogel and Barbara King, and Apes, Language and the Human Mind (1998) with Sue Savage-Rumbaugh and Talbot Taylor.[12] Calm, Alert, and Learning: Classroom Strategies for Self-Regulation is a practical guide for educators (and parents) about the recent research into self-regulation, explaining the crucial difference between self-regulation and self-control. Whereas the latter refers to the effort required to inhibit impulses, the former addresses the causes of those impulses in the first place. The book takes the reader through the five principal domains of self-regulation (physical, emotion, cognitive, social and prosocial) and how stresses unique to each of these domains impact all of the others, creating a multiplier effect. All too often, this results in problems with attention, emotion regulation, or behaviour that are mistakenly seen as due to poor self-control or lack of effort when, in fact, they are the result of a heightened stress load. The reader is presented with practical methods of reducing the respective stresses in a classroom context.

References

  1. ↑ "Distinguished Research Professors". York University: Vice-President Academic & Provost. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Nurturing the Next Generation (NTNG)". Peel Public Health. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Peterborough parent group hosts event on child self-regulation on Wednesday". My Kawartha. Peterborough This Week. November 4, 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  4. ↑ "Calm, Alert, and Learning". Pearson Canada. Pearson Canada. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  5. ↑ (2006). Shanker, Stuart G. Retrieved from http://www.encyclopedia.com/article-1G2-3481500298/shanker-stuart-g.html
  6. ↑ Dr. Stuart Shanker [PDF document]. Retrieved from Northwest Territories Web site: http://news.exec.gov.nt.ca/wp-content/uploads/Dr.-Stuart-Shanker.pdf
  7. ↑ "Dr. Stuart Shanker". Healthy Start, Healthy Future. HSHF. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  8. 1 2 (2006). Stuart Shanker [PDF document]. Retrieved from the Centros de Desarrollo Infantil del Frente Popular "Tierra y Libertad" Web site: http://www.cendi.org/forum/pdf/stuart-shanker.pdf
  9. ↑ Shanker, Stuart (2012). Calm, Alert, and Learning: Classroom Strategies for Self-Regulation. Toronto, Ontario: Pearson Canada.
  10. ↑ J. Fraser Mustard, Margart McCain, and Stuart Shanker, Early Years Study II. Toronto, The Council of Early Child Development. 2007
  11. ↑ Alan Fogel, Barbara King and Stuart Shanker, Human development in the 21st Century. Cambridge, Mass: Cambridge University Press. 2007
  12. ↑ E.S. Savage-Rumbaugh, S.G. Shanker, and Talbot J. Taylor, Apes, Language and Mind. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998.

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