TY - JOUR
T1 - Responses to coronavirus pandemic in early childhood services across five countries in the Asia-Pacific region
T2 - OMEP Policy Forum
AU - Park, Eunhye
AU - Logan, Helen
AU - Zhang, Li
AU - Kamigaichi, Nobuko
AU - Kulapichitr, Udomluck
N1 - Funding Information:
Government financial support provided to families with children and the ECEC sector
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V. part of Springer Nature.
Copyright:
Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/1/25
Y1 - 2021/1/25
N2 - The rapid
spread of the coronavirus virus (COVID-19) has been responsible for
massive global impacts on the lives of children, families and
communities. It is important to document these effects for the Early
Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) sector. This report focuses on the
Asia-Pacific region and ECEC sector, given limited regional studies on
the impact of COVID-19 on early childhood education. It draws attention
to the effects of the pandemic across five member countries of the Organisation Mondiale pour l’ Education Préscolaire
(OMEP)—Australia, China, Japan, Korea and Thailand. The authors
describe initial responses to control the spread of the pandemic in each
national context and identify socio-political factors that enable broad
understandings of national responses to COVID-19. In relation to the
ECEC sector, responses are discussed in terms of cultural differences,
economic issues, educational and professional concerns and educator
wellbeing. While important government actions have rightly focused on
virus suppression, it also remains important to maintain attention on
the rights of children to ensure that the health crisis does not also
become a child’s rights crisis and that sufficient attention is given to
children’s safety and wellbeing.
AB - The rapid
spread of the coronavirus virus (COVID-19) has been responsible for
massive global impacts on the lives of children, families and
communities. It is important to document these effects for the Early
Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) sector. This report focuses on the
Asia-Pacific region and ECEC sector, given limited regional studies on
the impact of COVID-19 on early childhood education. It draws attention
to the effects of the pandemic across five member countries of the Organisation Mondiale pour l’ Education Préscolaire
(OMEP)—Australia, China, Japan, Korea and Thailand. The authors
describe initial responses to control the spread of the pandemic in each
national context and identify socio-political factors that enable broad
understandings of national responses to COVID-19. In relation to the
ECEC sector, responses are discussed in terms of cultural differences,
economic issues, educational and professional concerns and educator
wellbeing. While important government actions have rightly focused on
virus suppression, it also remains important to maintain attention on
the rights of children to ensure that the health crisis does not also
become a child’s rights crisis and that sufficient attention is given to
children’s safety and wellbeing.
KW - COVID-19
KW - Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) sector
KW - Economic policies
KW - Educator wellbeing
KW - Family support
KW - Pandemic
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U2 - 10.1007/s13158-020-00278-0
DO - 10.1007/s13158-020-00278-0
M3 - Article
C2 - 33518791
AN - SCOPUS:85099823625
VL - 52
SP - 249
EP - 266
JO - International Journal of Early Childhood
JF - International Journal of Early Childhood
SN - 0020-7187
ER -