Citation Excavation and Self-Reg Experimentation
This past Fall 2018 semester, I undertook the exciting project of excavating the important research that went into the development of Stuart Shanker’s Self-Reg: How to Help Your Child (and You) [...]
Current reality: Not being aware of the psycho-evolutionary importance of human emotions.
In her influential chapter “Gratitude, like other positive emotions, broaden-and-builds” (2004) Barbara Fredrickson developed her ‘Broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions.’ Positive [...]
Do young children learn from adults they don’t like?
One of the questions I hear most often from teacher candidates, in-service teachers, and early childhood educators is, “what is the one thing I can do as a teacher that will make the biggest [...]
A New Zealand Narrative
I was fortunate to have the opportunity to attend and share at a three day conference in Toronto in May 2018. The conference was centred around Stuart Shanker’s seminal research on the [...]