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The Impact of COVID-19 on Early Childhood Education and Care

International Perspectives, Challenges, and Responses

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Editors:
  1. Jyotsna Pattnaik

    1. Department of Teacher Education, California State University, Long Beach, USA

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  2. Mary Renck Jalongo

    1. Emerita, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, USA

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  • Focuses on the effects of COVID-19 on very young children, their families, and their teachers
  • Provides perspectives and practical strategies for mitigating the negative impact of the global health crisis
  • Represents international insights about providing services for young children with special needs

Part of the book series: Educating the Young Child (EDYC, volume 18)

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Table of contents (25 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. COVID-19 and the Global Early Childhood Landscape

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction to the Volume

      • Mary Renck Jalongo
      Pages 3-13

    3. A Bioecological Systems Approach to Understanding the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Implications for the Education and Care of Young Children

      • Suzanne M. Egan, Jennifer Pope
      Pages 15-31

    4. Heroes, Victims, Sacrifices, and Survivors: A Qualitative Analysis of Early Childhood Teachers’ Social Media Posts During COVID-19

      • Ellen McKenzie
      Pages 33-65

    5. Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study of Government Policies Relating to the Early Childhood Sector Across Ten Countries

      • Antje Rothe, Mary Moloney, Margaret Sims, Pamela Calder, Doreen Blyth, Wendy Boyd et al.
      Pages 67-88

    6. COVID-19 and Early Childhood Care and Education in India

      • Sunita Singh
      Pages 89-104

    7. Preschoolers’ Perceptions of the COVID-19 Epidemic: An Interview Study with Children in Slovenia

      • Marcela Batistič Zorec, Mojca Peček
      Pages 105-125

  3. Wellbeing in Early Childhood Personnel

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 127-127
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    2. Wellbeing During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspectives of Australian Early Childhood Educators

      • Lisa Murray, Patricia Eadie, Amelia Church, Penny Levickis, Jane Page
      Pages 129-148

    3. Work Well-Being During COVID-19: A Survey of Canadian Early Childhood Education and Care Managers

      • Nathalie Bigras, Geneviève Fortin, Lise Lemay, Christelle Robert-Mazaye, Annie Charron, Stéphanie Duval
      Pages 149-170

    4. ‘My Cup Was Empty’: The Impact of COVID-19 on Early Childhood Educator Well-Being

      • Laura McFarland, Tamara Cumming, Sandie Wong, Rebecca Bull
      Pages 171-192

    5. Early Childhood Educator Well-Being During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study and Emic Perspective

      • Lynne Lafave, Alexis D. Webster, Ceilidh McConnell
      Pages 193-212

  4. Focus on Families

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 213-213
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    2. Beneficial Parenting According to the “Parenting Pentagon Model”: A Cross-Cultural Study During a Pandemic

      • Dorit Aram, Merav Asaf, Galia Meoded Karabanov, Margalit Ziv, Susan Sonnenschein, Michele Stites et al.
      Pages 215-236

    3. Early Identification of Risk, Developmental Delay, or Disability in Young Children: Connecting Families with Services During a Global Health Crisis

      • Marisa Macy
      Pages 237-252

    4. “It Just Does Not Work”: Parents’ Views About Distance Learning for Young Children with Special Needs

      • Susan Sonnenschein, Michele L. Stites, Julie A. Grossman, Samantha H. Galczyk
      Pages 253-273

    5. Lessons Learned Supporting Families of Young Children with Disabilities via Telehealth During the COVID-19 Pandemic

      • Laura Lee McIntyre, Miranda Gab, Jennifer Hoskins, Julia Tienson, Cameron L. Neece
      Pages 275-291

  5. Caregivers, Teachers, Administrators, and Teacher Education

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 293-293
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    2. The Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Family Child Care Providers: Insights from a Rural US State

      • Patricia Hrusa Williams, Donna Karno
      Pages 295-312
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About this book

This collection brings together a diverse group of scholars from throughout the world who have grappled with and investigated the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the lives of young children. Profound changes have occurred in all facets of early childhood education and care (ECEC). Young children and their families, college students enrolled in teacher preparation programs, inservice teachers/caregivers, and postsecondary faculty have endured prolonged periods of quarantine, disruption, stress, and grief precipitated by the pandemic. These consequences have been even more challenging for individuals and groups who were already struggling or marginalized prior to the advent of the coronavirus. Collectively, the chapter authors draw upon findings from their research and insights gleaned from professional experiences to recommend ways of providing high-quality programs despite persistent global health threats.​

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Teacher Education, California State University, Long Beach, USA

    Jyotsna Pattnaik

  • Emerita, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, USA

    Mary Renck Jalongo

About the editors

In 2021, Mary Renck Jalongo co-edited a highly successful special issue of Early Childhood Education Journal on COVID-19 and published two articles on the topic. Articles from that Special Issue have been downloaded over 90,000 times to date. For 25 years, she served as editor-in-chief of Early Childhood Education Journal and continues as  senior editor of Springer Nature’s Educating the Young Child book series. Throughout her career, she has written, co-authored, or edited more than 40 books. Her professional journal articles have earned eight national awards for excellence in writing, including four EDPRESS awards. She is a professor emerita with 37 years of experience at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP). where she was named the professor of year.

Jyotsna Pattnaik is a professor of early childhood education at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) where she earned the Outstanding Professor Award from the College of Education and the Professors Around the World Award. In 2020-21, she co-edited a special issue of Early Childhood Education Journal on COVID-19, made three national presentations on the topic, served as a speaker on the topic for two webinars in India, and chaired one Master’s thesis on the topic. She has guest edited two international focus issues of Childhood Education (ACEI), edited three books, and published over 30 articles/book chapters. In 2009, she was the recipient of the outstanding alumni scholar award from the College of Education and Communications, Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP). Her current projects include two empirical articles on the effects of COVID-19 on early childhood education and care.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Impact of COVID-19 on Early Childhood Education and Care

  • Book Subtitle: International Perspectives, Challenges, and Responses

  • Editors: Jyotsna Pattnaik, Mary Renck Jalongo

  • Series Title: Educating the Young Child

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96977-6

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-96976-9Published: 08 July 2022

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-96979-0Published: 09 July 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-96977-6Published: 07 July 2022

  • Series ISSN: 2543-0610

  • Series E-ISSN: 2543-0629

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VII, 512

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Early Childhood Education, International and Comparative Education, Employee Health and Wellbeing, Education, general, Clinical Psychology

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