Kathy Sylva is an educational psychologist. She is Professor Emeritus of Educational Psychology at the

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Biography

Sylva has a BA in Psychology and Social relations, and a master's degree and PHD in Developmental Psychology, all from

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. In 2002 Sylva was awarded an honorary doctorate from the

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. She also received an honorary doctorate from Oxford Brookes University in 2005. She was awarded an OBE in 2008 for services to children and families. In 2014 she was awarded the inaugural John Nisbet Fellowship from the British Education Research Association. Sylva is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. She was elected as Fellow of the

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in 2020.

Select publications

*Sylva, K., Sammons, P., Melhuish, E. et al. 2020. "Developing 21st century skills in early childhood: the contribution of process quality to self-regulation and pro-social behaviour", ''Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft'' 23, 465–484. . *Hall, J., Sammons, P., Smees, R., Sylva, K., Evangelous, M., Goff, J., Smith, T., and Smith, G. 2019. "Relationships between families’ use of Sure Start Children's Centres, changes in home learning environments, and preschool behavioural disorders", ''Oxford Review of Education'' 45(3), 367–389. *Sylva, K. 2014. "The role of families and pre-school in educational disadvantage", ''Oxford Review of Education'' 40(6), 680–695. .

References

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