Kindergarten Practitioners' Perspectives on Intergenerational Programs in Norwegian Kindergartens during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Exploring Transitions and Transformations in Institutional Practices

Autor/inn/en	Oropilla, Czarecah Tuppil; Ødegaard, Elin Eriksen; Quinones, Gloria
Titel	Kindergarten Practitioners' Perspectives on Intergenerational Programs in Norwegian Kindergartens during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Exploring Transitions and Transformations in Institutional Practices
Quelle	In: European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 30 (2022) 6, S.883-898 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Oropilla, Czarecah Tuppil) ORCID (Ødegaard, Elin Eriksen) ORCID (Quinones, Gloria)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1350-293X
DOI	10.1080/1350293X.2022.2073380
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Kindergarten; Preschool Teachers; Barriers; Intergenerational Programs; COVID-19; Pandemics; Older Adults; Preschool Children; School Closing; Adjustment (to Environment); Affordances; Interpersonal Relationship; Norway + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Erzieher; Erzieherin; Kindergärtnerin; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Älterer Erwachsener; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; School closings; Schule; Schließung; Schließung (von Schulen); Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Norwegen
Abstract	Intergenerational programs have benefits for both children and older adults; however, the ongoing pandemic has changed social situations across the globe. The focus of this article is on exploring transitions and transformations due to societal conditions and demands that drive the implementation of intergenerational programs during a time of a global crisis that is the COVID-19 pandemic. Through an online survey form and focus group discussion, a total of 64 kindergarten practitioners shared their perspectives on intergenerational programs between young children and older adults in kindergartens in Norway. Kindergarten practitioners identified challenges that hinder intergenerational programs in kindergarten settings during the pandemic, as well as conditions that facilitate its implementation. Implications from this research indicate the need to think differently to be able to provide children with intergenerational experiences in kindergarten settings in Norway even during the pandemic and beyond. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01