Dr Kay Owen is a Developmental Psychologist, currently lecturing on the BA (Hons) Early Childhood Studies and MA Childhood degrees at the University of Derby. Her particular research interests are the development of cognition during the pre-school period, and how play, and early relationships impact development.
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Introduction: The Problem with Play - Kay Owen & Alistair Turvill Chapter 1: The Changing Face of Play - Kay Owen Chapter 2: The Role of Play in Child Development - Kay Owen & Christopher Barnes Chapter 3: Understanding Children's Play Behaviours - Jenny Boldrin Chapter 4: Play in the Great Outdoors - Su Wall & Kay Owen Chapter 5: Digital Play in Early Childhood - Alistair Turvill Chapter 6: Play and Gender - Kay Owen & Jenny Hallam Chapter 7: Therapeutic Play: What are we playing at? - Carol Fenton Chapter 8: Children's Right to Play - Julianne Harlow & Martin Smith Chapter 9: Learning and Play: Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment - Su Wall & Sarah Roeschlaub Chapter 10: A Historical View of Anthropological, International & Intercultural Perspectives - Marco Antonio Delgado-Fuentes Chapter 11: Autism and Play - Trevor Cotterill Conclusion: The Real Problem with Play - Kay Owen Glossary