K. Taktek, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Education
Laurentian University
935 Ramsey Lake Road
Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
P3E 2C6
Phone : 1800 461-4030 Extension 5020
(705) 675-1151 Extension 5020
Fax : (705) 675-4816
E-mail : ktaktek@laurentian.ca
Khaled Taktek received his Ph.D. in education sciences from the University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM) (1994-2000), where he graduated with highest distinction and his master's degree in human kinetics from the University of Montreal (1988-1990, also achieved with academic excellence). The impact of Dr. Taktek’s research and teaching is widespread. Dr. Taktek currently holds a position as associate professor with the School of Education at Laurentian University. His course assignments are Psycho-Pedagogy of the Adolescent; Educational Psychology; and also Health and Physical Education. In addition, he contributes to the supervision of students during their initial formation in teaching. His research interests are in the psycho-pedagogy of learning; exercise and sports psychology; cognitive psychology; training of future teachers; as well as motor learning and performance. Dr. Taktek is accredited by the School of Graduate Studies at Laurentian University to supervise graduate students and he teaches at the Ph.D. level of Human Sciences.
Dr. Taktek held a position as associate professor with the Military Psychology and Leadership Department of the Royal Military College of Canada (RMC, 2002-2006), and taught Psychology Research Methods; Introduction to Psychology; Social Psychology; Group Dynamics; Human Factors in Applied Military Sciences; Exercise and Sports Psychology; and Fundamental of Human Psychology courses.
From 2000-2002, he worked as assistant professor at the Laurentian University School of Education. At that time, he taught courses in the Psycho-pedagogy of learning; Motor Learning and Performance; Health and Physical Education; and Principles of Health and Physical Education for Intermediate and Senior Grades.
Dr. Taktek also served as assistant professor/lecturer to the University of Quebec at Hull (UQAH) (1998-2000) and taught School Learning: Models and Theories; Methods and Techniques in Adult Education; Child Development: Kindergarden and Grades 1-6; Methods and Techniques in Teaching and Learning; as well as School Learning: Domains, Strategies and Determinants. He was also the teaching field placement supervisor for the Public and Separate Schools of Ontario.
Dr. Taktek contributed as research assistant to several projects carried out at the UQAM Anthropokinetics Department and the University of Montreal Kinetics Department, also participating in two research practicums with the University of Montreal Interdisciplinary Group on University Education (GRIPU, in French). Previously, he worked for the Montreal School Boards as an elementary and secondary school teacher; and as an adult education personal and social trainer.
Presently, Dr. Taktek is leading several scientific research projects related to:
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health (funded by the Canadian Consortium for Health Promotion, CNFS in French);
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American and Canadian military training (sponsored by the United States Military Academy, the Academic Research Program for Natural Sciences and Engineering at RMC, and also the Laurentian University Research Funds); and
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Exercise and sport psychology (grant application submitted to the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, NSERC).
Dr. Taktek is a member (consultant-reviewer) of the editorial board of the Journal of Mental Imagery. He is also an expert consultant for the Ontario Ministry of Education; the Quebec Institute of Eidetic Analysis (Institut d’Analyse Eidétique du Québec, IAEQ, in French); as well as the Division of continued studies of the Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Campus, Department of National Defense.
Dr. Taktek has published more than twenty refereed articles in scientific journals and presented twenty-six conference articles (with peer review) in national and international conventions. He was invited as a lecturer to several symposiums, colloquiums and/or seminars organized by the Ministry of Defense, Rochefort Air, France Republican; The Ontario Teacher Federation (FEO/OTF); the IAEQ; The Francophone Canadian Association of Knowledge Promotion (Association canadienne francophone d’avancement du savoir, in French) ACFAS-Sudbury; and the Seminar Thought and Culture of Laurentian University’s School of Education. He has published several books dealing with the psycho-pedagogy of learning; school learning; principles of health and physical education (primary, junior, intermediate and senior); exercise and sport psychology; and also motor learning and performance. Elsewhere, Dr. Taktek contributed to three collective books on peace-keeping managed by the Ministry of Defense, France Republican. He has also published an article about the American intervention in Iraq with the collaboration of Dr. Houchang Hassan-Yari, former Head of the Department of Politic Sciences and Economics at RMC. Dr. Taktek is currently publishing a book dealing with transactional analyses as an efficient strategy intended for communication and peace-keeping. This book is written in collaboration with several colleagues from RMC, Ottawa University, the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, as well as the International Imagery Association (IIA) at Yonkers, New York.
Dr. Taktek is a member of the American Psychological Association (APA); Canadian Psychological Association; Canadian Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (CSIOP); International Association of Applied Psychology (IAAP); IIA; IAEQ; Seminar of the Ministry of Defence, France Republican ; ACFAS-Sudbury; ACFAS-Montreal; and Seminar Thought and Knowledge of the Laurentian University School of Education. Dr. Taktek is the Vice-President of the Association of Francophone Professors at Laurentian University.