SARS, Preschool Routines and Children's Behaviour: Observations from Preschools in Hong Kong

Autor/in	Rao, Nirmala
Titel	SARS, Preschool Routines and Children's Behaviour: Observations from Preschools in Hong Kong
Quelle	In: International Journal of Early Childhood, 38 (2006) 2, S.11-22 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0020-7187
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Communicable Diseases; Preschool Education; Preschool Children; Child Behavior; Observation; Surveys; Kindergarten; Principals; Questionnaires; Hong Kong + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Contagious disease; Contagious diseases; Communicable disease; Infektionskrankheit; Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschule; Beobachtung; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Principal; Schulleiter; Fragebogen; Hongkong
Abstract	All schools in Hong Kong were closed in April 2003 to prevent the spread of SARS. This paper considers the influence of the SARS epidemic on children's routines and behaviour when preschools re-opened, after a six-week closure. Observations were made in 20 kindergartens and principals of another 10 kindergartens completed questionnaires. The influence of SARS was evident in all preschools, be it through teachers and students wearing masks, notices on hand washing or the provision of alcohol dispensers for hand disinfection. The outbreak impacted noticeably upon children's routines and social exchanges. In all schools, physical contact among children and sharing of food were not allowed. Children were also prohibited from talking to their peers when they had removed their masks. The SARS outbreak provided us a "natural experiment" to consider the influence of epidemics on preschools. (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10