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Peter Blatchford is Emeritus Professor in Psychology and Education at the UCL Institute of Education (IOE), where he has spent most of his academic career. He was Head of the Dept of Psychology and Human Development 2001 – 2003 and Acting HOD in 2017.
This website has been created in order to provide information on the five research programmes directed or co-directed by Peter Blatchford. Results and commentary on these projects are spread out across many reports, Journal papers and books and the aim of this website has been to bring together, in one spot, their key aims, research designs, main findings and key references. It is hoped that this is of use and interest to anyone who wants to access the research. It also helps showcase the work of the amazing researchers who worked on these projects over the years.
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Peter Blatchford
Peter Blatchford is Emeritus Professor in Psychology and Education at the IOE, where he has spent most of his academic career. He was Head of the Department of Psychology and Human Development from 2001to 2003 and Acting HOD in 2017.
Peter’s academic roots are in developmental psychology, and throughout his career he has been seeking to better understand social and developmental processes in classroom settings. He has published 20 books and over 100 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters. He directed a large-scale programme of research on the educational effects of CSPAR based at the IOE. In the course of this longitudinal research, Peter had the privilege to work with a large team, including Penelope Barton, Paul Bassett, Harvey Goldstein, Clare Martin, and Tony Russell.
The photographer of PB is Russell Sachs
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