Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), which is also known as SARS-CoV-2,
has had a great impact in early childhood education programs. Since the
effect of this epidemic was new, and little research had been conducted,
this volume is devoted to understanding mutual and contemporary themes
in the impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in early childhood
education. Early childhood education (ECE) centers encountered
unprecedented challenges due to the COVID-19 crisis. Comprehensive
reviews of the literature, descriptions of programs or situations, and
research studies provided accounts of current situations in early
childhood education including programs and individuals who were working
with young children whose ages ranged from birth to eight years of age.
The chapters in this special volume discuss how early childhood
education faced unprecedented challenges due to the COVID-19 crisis and
demonstrate the breadth and theoretical effectiveness of this domain.
This volume provides a brief introduction that acknowledges the valuable
contributions of these chapters to the impact of this pandemic in early
childhood education and offers a valuable tool to practitioners and
researchers who are conducting studies on the impact of COVID-19.
At the beginning of the year 2020, after a December 2019 outburst in
China, the World Health Organization acknowledged SARS-CoV-2 as a
different kind of coronavirus. It immediately multiplied around the
world, mostly through person-to-person contact. Infections ranged from
mild to deadly. COVID-19 can cause a respiratory tract infection such as
ones sinuses, nose, and throat or lower respiratory tract such as ones
windpipe and lungs (World Health Organization, 2020a). On January 30,
2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) affirmed that COVID-19 had
become a public health emergency causing an international problem. By
March 12, 2020, everybody was aware of this pandemic. It also created an
understanding about this first-time consciousness in research about this
disease, which generated an immense publication production. It also
became the basis for this special volume.
