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Child well‐being in early childhood education and care during COVID ‐19: Child sensitivity in small, fixed groups
Author(s) -
Koch Anette Boye
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
children and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1099-0860
pISSN - 0951-0605
DOI - 10.1111/chso.12569
Subject(s) - covid-19 , pandemic , danish , early childhood education , child care , well being , early childhood , psychology , medicine , developmental psychology , pediatrics , nursing , family medicine , outbreak , disease , virology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , linguistics , philosophy , pathology , psychotherapist
Abstract The article explores child well‐being in Danish early childhood education and care ( ECEC ) during the time of COVID ‐19. A phased reopening of Denmark occurred in spring 2020 under strict health guidelines. Two ECEC institutions were followed first‐hand to observe the impact of the pandemic on pedagogy and child well‐being. Observations and interviews were conducted with follow‐up interviews and an online survey a year later. The findings suggest that the pandemic caused pedagogues to work in a more child‐sensitive way with elevated staff/child ratios and children in small, fixed groups; however, child well‐being was not negatively affected, despite the acute situation