Breaktime Project

The Research Team

Peter has an international reputation for his work on school breaktimes/recess, and has written many books and papers. He conducted the first national survey of breaktimes in England (also funded by the Nuffield Foundation), and (with Professor Tony Pellegrini) a Spencer Foundation funded project on the significance of playground games in peer relations and friendships in the UK and USA.

Ed was the main researcher on the Spencer Foundation funded project and is the co-director and researcher on this project. His main interest is in the peer groups and 'gangs' that exist on the playground and outside school and the interactions and influence processes (positive as well as negative) that develop within these social networks. He is currently developing research to examine these processes further.