Policies and practices of early childhood education and care during the COVID-19 pandemic: Perspectives from five countries
The COVID-19 pandemic, which affects all areas of life, has also affected children in need of education and care. It is of great importance to develop policies that take into account the best interests of children in this process. In this review article, the policies developed for early childhood ed...
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| author | Adrijana Visnjic-Jevtic Anikó Varga Nagy Gulsah Ozturk İkbal Tuba Şahin-Sak Jesús Paz-Albo Mehmet Toran Noelia Sánchez-Pérez |
| author_facet | Adrijana Visnjic-Jevtic Anikó Varga Nagy Gulsah Ozturk İkbal Tuba Şahin-Sak Jesús Paz-Albo Mehmet Toran Noelia Sánchez-Pérez |
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| description | The COVID-19 pandemic, which affects all areas of life, has also affected children in need of education and care. It is of great importance to develop policies that take into account the best interests of children in this process. In this review article, the policies developed for early childhood education and care during the pandemic period in five countries (Australia, Croatia, Hungary, Spain, and Turkey), how they are implemented, the problems that arose, and the solutions produced are discussed. As a result, the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed that we need to focus on eliminating the educational inequalities, set policies for the welfare of children on foundations that are more realistic, rebuild teacher training, and improve the welfare of families. Priorizating the best interests of the child in the policies to be developed and building the social ecology on justice will ease overcoming the crises that will be faced. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fcf0de35e089454e99f1802802c932df2023-02-15T16:14:55ZengJournal of Childhood, Education and SocietyJournal of Childhood, Education & Society2717-638X2021-07-012220021610.37291/2717638X.202122114114Policies and practices of early childhood education and care during the COVID-19 pandemic: Perspectives from five countriesAdrijana Visnjic-Jevtic0Anikó Varga Nagy1Gulsah Ozturk2İkbal Tuba Şahin-Sak3Jesús Paz-Albo4Mehmet Toran5Noelia Sánchez-Pérez6University of ZagrebUniversity of DebrecenDeakin UniversityVan Yüzüncü Yıl UniversityRey Juan Carlos UniversityIstanbul Kultur UniversityUniversity of ZaragozaThe COVID-19 pandemic, which affects all areas of life, has also affected children in need of education and care. It is of great importance to develop policies that take into account the best interests of children in this process. In this review article, the policies developed for early childhood education and care during the pandemic period in five countries (Australia, Croatia, Hungary, Spain, and Turkey), how they are implemented, the problems that arose, and the solutions produced are discussed. As a result, the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed that we need to focus on eliminating the educational inequalities, set policies for the welfare of children on foundations that are more realistic, rebuild teacher training, and improve the welfare of families. Priorizating the best interests of the child in the policies to be developed and building the social ecology on justice will ease overcoming the crises that will be faced.https://www.j-ces.com/index.php/jces/article/view/114covid-19pandemicearly childhood education and carepolicypracticechildrenparentsteachers |
| spellingShingle | Adrijana Visnjic-Jevtic Anikó Varga Nagy Gulsah Ozturk İkbal Tuba Şahin-Sak Jesús Paz-Albo Mehmet Toran Noelia Sánchez-Pérez Policies and practices of early childhood education and care during the COVID-19 pandemic: Perspectives from five countries Journal of Childhood, Education & Society covid-19 pandemic early childhood education and care policy practice children parents teachers |
| title | Policies and practices of early childhood education and care during the COVID-19 pandemic: Perspectives from five countries |
| title_full | Policies and practices of early childhood education and care during the COVID-19 pandemic: Perspectives from five countries |
| title_fullStr | Policies and practices of early childhood education and care during the COVID-19 pandemic: Perspectives from five countries |
| title_full_unstemmed | Policies and practices of early childhood education and care during the COVID-19 pandemic: Perspectives from five countries |
| title_short | Policies and practices of early childhood education and care during the COVID-19 pandemic: Perspectives from five countries |
| title_sort | policies and practices of early childhood education and care during the covid 19 pandemic perspectives from five countries |
| topic | covid-19 pandemic early childhood education and care policy practice children parents teachers |
| url | https://www.j-ces.com/index.php/jces/article/view/114 |
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