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Using Smartphones to Disseminate Home Learning Support to Primary Caregivers: An Exploratory Proof-of-Concept Study
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Cohrssen, Caroline; Richards, Ben; Wang, Rhoda – Infant and Child Development, 2023
During the COVID-19 pandemic, kindergartens in Hong Kong have sought ways in which to support children's learning at home while schools were closed. We report on a proof-of-concept study: short videos intended to support playful learning at home were distributed to parents/caregivers of preschool children via a smartphone app; toys and a storybook…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Telecommunications, Kindergarten, Preschool Children
Lessons Hong Kong Kindergarten Teachers Learned from the Pandemic
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Wong, Kit Mei; Wang, Zhijing; Fu, Li – Childhood Education, 2023
As a consequence of both the political turmoil in late 2019 and the COVID-19 pandemic, kindergarten children in Hong Kong were unable to attend school for three years. Various class resumption plans were developed from time to time. Overall, kindergarten children had in-person classes for only 103 days in the 2019-20 year and 174 days in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, Kindergarten
Stressors and Psychological Distress: Music Listening as a Coping Strategy for Pre-Service Kindergarten Teachers
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Kong, Siu-hang; Wong, Wik-ki – International Journal of Music Education, 2022
Against the backdrop of the worldwide spread of COVID-19, this study aims to validate a model for coping with psychological distress and examine the effect of music listening, as a coping strategy, in moderating and lessening the effects of stressors on psychological distress. Based on 198 returned questionnaires from preservice kindergarten…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Stress Management, Stress Variables
Online Storytelling for Young Children during the Pandemic
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Leung, Suzannie; Chiu, Jessica; Lam, Winnie – Childhood Education, 2021
COVID-19 pandemic has affected the health of people all over the world. Hong Kong closed schools for face-to-face instruction to minimize spread in February 2020. Schools started teaching via Zoom, a service that offers video conferencing, online meetings, chat, and mobile collaboration. That same month, The Chinese University of Hong Kong…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Story Telling, Foreign Countries
Examining Preparation for Teaching Writing in Hong Kong
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Sarah McCarthey; Jiadi Zhang – Pedagogies: An International Journal, 2024
While recent research has examined cross-national curriculum and teacher preparation for second language writing, little research has investigated the influences of the pandemic and other social changes in preparing teachers to teach writing. The purpose of the study was to understand the preparation of teachers to teach writing, the factors that…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Social Change, Political Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education
Parents' Views on Young Children's Distance Learning and Screen Time during COVID-19 Class Suspension in Hong Kong
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Lau, Eva Yi Hung; Lee, Kerry – Early Education and Development, 2021
This study explored parents' views on kindergarten and primary school students' distance learning experience and support needed as well as the amount of time children spend on screen media at home during COVID-19 class suspension. Between February 19 and 22, 2020, three weeks after classes were suspended in Hong Kong, responses from 6,702 parents…
Descriptors: Mass Media Use, Computer Use, Parent Attitudes, Kindergarten