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Publication Date: 2020
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Staying Connected during a Pandemic: Leveraging Digital Technologies for Vietnamese Home-Based Care Providers
Bowen, Maya; Mak, Sandra; Feng, Daphne; Alice, Wong
Childhood Education, v96 n5 p14-21 2020
Vietnam has been experiencing remarkable economic growth, which has brought about a mass urban migration. Despite the large number of young children, there is no public child care for children under 3 years old and public kindergartens are out of reach for many families because of high associated costs and residency status requirements. Given these barriers, an alternative of home-based care centers (HBCs) has emerged to fill the service gap. Largely operated by local women out of their homes, the HBCs are often overcrowded, with as many as 49 children being looked after for 12 or more hours a day. In 2018, OneSky, in collaboration with the Vietnamese government, launched a program to provide training to home-based care providers in a Da Nang industrial zone. The program focused on responsive caregiving, nurturing, and promoting an appropriate learning environment that supports young children's developmental needs. In OneSky's HBC training, there is the opportunity to teach not only in the classroom, but also at the trainees' homes. In order to help trainers and trainees develop better relationships, the program's blended curriculum gives more focus to the in-person components, while the digital learning component is used as a learning supplement. This article goes on to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on the ECD workforce, OneSky's use of digital tools during the pandemic, and moving beyond the pandemic.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, Urban Areas, Child Care, Family Environment, Child Development, Training, Caregiver Training, Child Caregivers, Coaching (Performance), Online Courses, Early Childhood Education, School Closing, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Play
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Vietnam
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