Staff profile

Dr Kay Owen


Senior Lecturer in Childhood Studies

College

College of Arts, Humanities and Education

Department

Institute of Education

ORCiD ID

0000-0002-0370-9408

Campus

Kedleston Road, Derby Campus

Email

k.owen3@derby.ac.uk

About

I have taught in every phase, and at every level of education from pre-school through to the supervision of doctoral candidates. I have loved them all.

I teach primarily on the Early Childhood Studies BA (Hons) Programme but also work with Foundation, Masters and Doctoral students.

For me, life's other great academic joys are research with colleagues from Education and Psychology, and writing blogs, papers and books.

Teaching responsibilities

Undergraduate 

Postgraduate

Research interests

I have a range of research interests within both Education and Psychology.

I am currently involved in studies concerned with:

Membership of professional bodies

I am a British Psychological Society Chartered Psychologist and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Qualifications

Recent conferences

Experience in industry

I trained as an Early Years teacher but spent many years teaching in Secondary schools.

I was an Advisory Teacher for Nottingham City, working cross-phase to help develop strategies to engage children and young people who were presenting behavioural challenges.

When my own children were young, I worked as a childminder and Chair of a Pre-School Learning Alliance group.

I began teaching in Higher Education in 2012.

In the media

Recent publications

In Production

Owen, K., & Barnes, C. (Eds) (2023). Family Relationships in the Early Years. London, Sage. IBSN 9781529772104

Owen, K. (2023). Siblings. In Owen, K., & Barnes, C. (eds). Family Relationships in the Early Years. London, Sage.

Owen, K. & Delgado-Fuentes, M. (2023). Family, Conceptual, Historical and Cultural Heritages. In Owen, K., & Barnes, C. (eds). Family Relationships in the Early Years. London, Sage.

Owen, K. & Fenton, C. (2023). Parental Relationships. In Owen, K., & Barnes, C. (eds). Family Relationships in the Early Years. London, Sage.

Owen, K., & Barnes, C. (2023). Family Relationships. In Owen, K., & Barnes, C. (eds). Family Relationships in the Early Years. London, Sage.

Barnes, C., & Owen, K. (2023). Classic Parenting Theories. In Owen, K., & Barnes, C. (eds). Family Relationships in the Early Years. London Sage.

Barnes, C., & Owen, K., (2023). Attachment and Attachment Disorders within the Family. In Owen, K., & Barnes, C. (eds). Family Relationships in the Early Years. London, Sage.

Barnes, C. & Owen, K. (2023). Conclusion: The Modern Family. In Owen, K., & Barnes, C. (eds). Family Relationships in the Early Years. London Sage.

Fenton, C., & Owen, K., (2023). Diverse Family Structures. In Owen, K., & Barnes, C. (eds). Family Relationships in the Early Years. London Sage.

Published

Owen, K., Barnes, C., Hunt, T., & Sheffield, D. (2023). Measuring categorisation in pre-school children: new toolkit, new insights. Journal of Human Growth and Development. 33(2):184-193. DOI: 10.36311/jhgd.v33.14750

Owen, K., & Simmons, H. (2023). Student Mothers in Higher Education. In Thompson, P., & Simmons, H. (eds) Partnership with Parents in Early Childhood Today. London, Sage.

Hallam, J., Gallagher, L., & Owen, K. (2022). “I’m not the best at art”: An exploration of children’s growing sense of artistry within an outdoor, arts-based intervention. Thinking Skills and Creativity https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1e~h86fTMpjn8U  

Owen, K. (2021) Play in the Early Years. London, Sage. Edited Book ISBN 9-781529-716221       

Owen, K. (2021). The Changing Face of Play.  In Owen, K. (2021) Play in the Early Years. London, Sage 

Owen, K., & Barnes, C. (2021). The Role of Play in Child Development.  In Owen, K. (2021) Play in the Early Years. London, Sage 

Owen, K., & Hallam, J. (2021). Play and Gender. In Owen, K. (2021) Play in the Early Years. London, Sage            

Owen, K., & Turvill, A. (2021). The Problem with Play. In Owen, K. (2021) Play in the Early Years. London, Sage  

Owen, K.  (2021). The Real Problem with Play.  In Owen, K. (2021) Play in the Early Years. London, Sage 

Wall, S. & Owen, K. (2021). Play in the Great Outdoors.  In Owen, K. (2021) Play in the Early Years. London, Sage 

Hallam, J., Gallagher, L. & Owen, K. (2021). The secret language of flowers: insights from an outdoor, arts-based intervention designed to connect primary school children to locally accessible nature. Environmental Education Researchhttp://doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2021.1994926  

Turvill, A., & Owen, K. (2021) Digital Play Perspectives Digital Play: Damaging, stimulating or inevitable? — SAGE Perspectives Blog (sagepub.com)    

Owen, K. (2021) "Catching Up" after lockdown. Perspectives Children need to catch up, but on work or play? — SAGE Perspectives Blog (sagepub.com)    

Owen, K. (2021) Children need to catch up on play Nature Learning Community https://npjscilearncommunity.nature.com/posts/children-need-to-catch-up-but-on-work-or-play    

Petronzi, R., Petronzi, D., & Owen, K. (2021) Putting Learning First: Blended Approaches within Higher Education Institutions need to maximise cognitive engagement in the planning and delivery of lessons. Nature  https://npjscilearncommunity.nature.com/posts/putting-learning-first    

Owen, K., & Barnes, C. (2021) From Ha-ha to A-ha. The role of humour in student learning. Mind, Brain Education  https://npjscilearncommunity.nature.com/posts/from-ha-ha-to-a-ha    

Barnes, C., & Owen, K. (2020). The Santa Lie! Shhh! Don’t tell the children! The Science of Learning  https://npjscilearncommunity.nature.com/posts/the-santa-lie-shhh-don-t-tell-the-children

Owen, K., & Barnes, C. (2020). Conducting Research with Young Children. Science of Learning https://npjscilearncommunity.nature.com/posts/conducting-research-with-young-children

Owen, K. & Barnes, C. (2020). Drawing from Memory. The Science of Learning. https://npjscilearncommunity.nature.com/posts/drawing-from-memory

Owen, K. & Barnes, C. (2019). The Development of Categorisation in Early Childhood: A Review. Early Child Development and Care. DOI 10.1080/03004430.2019.16081930.1080/03004430.2019.1608193

Hallam, J. & Owen, K. (2019). Making a Performance of Child Development. Word Matters Journal

Owen, K. (2017) Automaticity and the development of categorisation in preschool children: Understanding the importance of play - derby.openrepository.com