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{{Short description|British social scientist}}
'''Martyn David Barrett''', [FBPsS](/source/FBPsS), [FAcSS](/source/FAcSS), [FRSA](/source/FRSA) (born 18 June 1951) is a British [social scientist](/source/social_scientist). He was educated at the [St John's College, Cambridge](/source/St_John's_College%2C_Cambridge) and the [University of Sussex](/source/University_of_Sussex), and originally specialised in [developmental psychology](/source/developmental_psychology). He taught at [Roehampton Institute of Higher Education](/source/Roehampton_Institute_of_Higher_Education) (1978-1987), [Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, University of London](/source/Royal_Holloway_and_Bedford_New_College%2C_University_of_London) (1987-1993) and the [University of Surrey](/source/University_of_Surrey) (1993-2012). Since 2012, he has held the position of [Emeritus Professor](/source/Emeritus_Professor) of Psychology at the University of Surrey.<ref>{{cite web |title=Surrey University Biography |url=https://www.surrey.ac.uk/people/martyn-barrett |access-date=29 December 2020}}</ref>

Barrett conducted his doctoral research on [language acquisition](/source/language_acquisition),<ref>Barrett, M.D. (1979). Semantic Development during the Single-Word Stage of Language Acquisition (Unpublished doctoral thesis, University of Sussex, UK).</ref> including [semantic development](/source/semantic_development), pragmatic development and [holophrasis](/source/holophrasis) ([sentence words](/source/sentence_words)), and published several books on the development of language in children.<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Barrett |editor1-first=M |title=Children's Single-Word Speech |date=1985 |publisher=John Wiley |location=Chichester |isbn=0471903744}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Kuczaj |editor1-first=S.A. |editor2-last=Barrett |editor2-first=M. |title=The Development of Word Meaning |date=1986 |publisher=Springer-Verlag |location=New York |isbn=3540961526}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Barrett |editor1-first=M |title=The Development of Language |date=1999 |publisher=Psychology Press |location=Hove |isbn=0863778461}}</ref> He subsequently worked on the development of children's [national identity](/source/national_identity) and [ethnic identity](/source/ethnic_identity), the development of national, ethnic and racial [attitudes](/source/Attitude_(psychology)) and [prejudice](/source/prejudice) in children and adolescents, and the development of [civic engagement](/source/civic_engagement) and [political participation](/source/political_participation) in [youth](/source/youth), [ethnic minorities](/source/ethnic_minorities) and [migrants](/source/Human_migration). He led three multinational research projects on these topics funded by the [European Commission](/source/European_Commission): ''Children’s Beliefs and Feelings about their Own and Other National Groups in Europe'',<ref>{{cite web |title=Children's beliefs and feelings about their own and other national groups in Europe |url=https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/CHRX940687 |access-date=29 December 2020}}</ref><ref name=ckbfnng>{{cite book |last1=Barrett |first1=M. |title=Children's Knowledge, Beliefs and Feelings about Nations and National Groups |date=2007 |publisher=Psychology Press |location=Hove |isbn=978-1841693019}}</ref> ''The Development of National, Ethnolinguistic and Religious Identity in Children and Adolescents living in the New Independent States of the former Soviet Union'',<ref name=ckbfnng/><ref>{{cite web |title=The development of national, ethnolinguistic and religious identity in children and adolescents living in the NIS |url=https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/INTAS-1997-01363 |access-date=29 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Barrett |editor1-first=M. |editor2-last=Riazanova |editor2-first=T. |editor3-last=Volovikova |editor3-first=M. |title=Development of National, Ethnolinguistic and Religious Identities in Children and Adolescents |date=2001 |publisher=Institute of Psychology, Russian Academy of Sciences (IPRAS) |location=Moscow |isbn=5927000223}}</ref> and ''Processes Influencing Democratic Ownership and Participation (PIDOP)''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Processes Influencing Democratic Ownership and Participation |url=https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/225282 |access-date=29 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Processes Influencing Democratic Ownership and Participation |url=https://pidop.surrey.ac.uk/ |access-date=29 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Barrett |editor1-first=M. |editor2-last=Zani |editor2-first=B. |title=Political and Civic Engagement: Multidisciplinary Perspectives |date=2015 |publisher=Routledge |location=London |isbn=9780415704687}}</ref>

Since 2006,<ref>{{cite web |title=Professor Martyn Barrett |url=https://www.surrey.ac.uk/people/martyn-barrett |website=University of Surrey |access-date=29 December 2020}}</ref> Barrett has been a consultant for the [Council of Europe](/source/Council_of_Europe). In this role, he has participated in a number of intercultural education and citizenship education projects, including: developing the ''Autobiography of Intercultural Encounters'';<ref>{{cite web |title=Autobiography of Intercultural Encounters |url=https://www.coe.int/autobiography |access-date=1 January 2021}}</ref> editing a book examining the similarities and the differences between [interculturalism](/source/interculturalism) and [multiculturalism](/source/multiculturalism);<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Barrett |editor1-first=M. |title=Interculturalism and Multiculturalism: Similarities and Differences |date=2013 |publisher=Council of Europe Publishing |location=Strasbourg |isbn=9789287176929}}</ref> co-authoring a statement paper on ''Developing Intercultural Competence through Education'';<ref>{{cite book |last1=Barrett |first1=M. |last2=Byram |first2=M. |last3=Lázár |first3=I. |last4=Mompoint-Gaillard |first4=P. |last5=Philippou |first5=S |title=Developing Intercultural Competence through Education |date=2013 |publisher=Council of Europe Publishing |location=Strasbourg}}</ref> leading the development of the ''[Reference Framework of Competences for Democratic Culture](/source/Reference_Framework_of_Competences_for_Democratic_Culture)'';<ref>{{cite web |title=Reference Framework of Competences for Democratic Culture |url=https://www.coe.int/en/web/reference-framework-of-competences-for-democratic-culture/ |access-date=1 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Barrett |first1=M. |title=Competences for Democratic Culture: Living Together as Equals in Culturally Diverse Democratic Societies |date=2016 |publisher=Council of Europe Publishing |location=Strasbourg |isbn=9789287182371}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Barrett |first1=M. |last2=de Bivar Black |first2=L. |last3=Byram |first3=M. |last4=Faltýn |first4=J. |last5=Gudmundson |first5=L. |last6=van’t Land |first6=H. |last7=Lenz |first7=C. |last8=Mompoint-Gaillard |first8=P. |last9=Popović |first9=M. |last10=Rus |first10=C. |last11=Sala |first11=S. |last12=Voskresenskaya |first12=N. |last13=Zgaga |first13=P. |title=Reference Framework of Competences for Democratic Culture |date=2018 |publisher=Council of Europe Publishing |location=Strasbourg |isbn=9789287185730}}</ref> and acting as the lead expert on assessment for the ''Education Policy Advisers Network''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Education Policy Advisers Network (EPAN) |url=https://www.coe.int/en/web/reference-framework-of-competences-for-democratic-culture/education-policy-advisers-network-epan- |access-date=1 January 2021}}</ref>

Barrett has also worked for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ([OECD](/source/OECD)), helping to design the global competence assessments for use in [PISA 2018](/source/Programme_for_International_Student_Assessment).<ref>{{cite web |title=PISA 2018 Global Competence |url=http://www.oecd.org/pisa/pisa-2018-global-competence.htm |access-date=1 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Piacentini |first1=M. |last2=Barrett |first2=M. |last3=Boix Mansilla |first3=V. |last4=Deardorff |first4=D. |last5=Lee |first5=H-W. |title=Preparing our youth for an inclusive and sustainable world: The OECD PISA global competence framework |url=http://www.oecd.org/pisa/Handbook-PISA-2018-Global-Competence.pdf |publisher=OECD |access-date=1 January 2021 |location=Paris |date=2018}}</ref>

In 2022, Barrett was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Psychology by the [University of Chichester](/source/University_of_Chichester).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Honorary Awards |url=https://www.chi.ac.uk/alumni/honorary-awards/ |access-date=2025-06-11 |website=University of Chichester |language=en-GB}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.surrey.ac.uk/people/martyn-barrett Home page] 
* [https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ou-_WbAAAAAJ&hl=en Google Scholar page]

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