Responding to emergencies: Early childhood programs after the Sichuan earthquake

  • Si Chen
  • , Jing Zhou*
  • , Li Zhang
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

This chapter reviews early childhood education (ECE) in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in a post-emergency situation, using the Sichuan earthquake as an example. It begins by describing the effect of the earthquake on May 12, 2008, in Sichuan on ECE. Thousands of kindergartens were damaged, and many children, families, and teachers were dead or missing. It next focuses on the redevelopment of ECE after the earthquake highlighting the role of ECE professionals and other volunteers. Finally, it summarizes the lessons from the responses of the ECE community to this emergency situation.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInternational Perspectives on Early Childhood Education and Development
PublisherSpringer
Pages131-143
Number of pages13
DOIs
StatePublished - 2017

Publication series

NameInternational Perspectives on Early Childhood Education and Development
Volume19
ISSN (Print)2468-8746
ISSN (Electronic)2468-8754

Keywords

  • Early Childhood Education
  • Emergency Situation
  • Integrate Child Development Service
  • Kindergarten Teacher
  • Picture Book

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