Children's perception of state of emergency caused by the covid-19 epidemic

Vedrana Kuti

Kindergarten Osijek, Osijek

Digitalne obrazovne tehnologije

Professional paper

Abstract

Children are a vulnerable group that perceives fear, uncertainty, and physical and social isolation during the Corona crises, making them miss school and kindergarten for a long time. Understanding their reactions and emotions is key to accordingly satisfying their needs (Jiao and et al., 2020). The aim of this paper was to research the children’s perception of the state of emergency caused by the Coronavirus, using focus groups of children aged 4 to 6 years old as the method. Qualitative analysis of the results developed the following categories: 1. Knowledge of the virus, 2. Knowledge of the preventive measures, 3. Communication about the virus, 4. Emotions during the epidemic, 5. Strategies for dealing with negative emotions during the epidemic. During the restrictive measures, it is difficult to enter institutions and directly conduct research with very young children, so this research present an important insight into the children’s perception of the coronavirus and the time spent isolated from friends and kindergarten.

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children’s perception, Corona crises, epidemic, kindergarten children, isolation

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