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Challenges and Solutions Perceived by Educators in an Early Childcare Program for Refugee Children
Immigration to Germany peaked in 2016. More than 105,000 refugees below the age of 7 years arrived within 12 months. Since then, Germany and other host nations have been in need of strategies to cover the emerging demand for childcare services. The German federal state North-Rhine Westphalia has fun...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6136391/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30237777 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01621 |
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author | Busch, Julian Bihler, Lilly-Marlen Lembcke, Hanna Buchmüller, Thimo Diers, Katerina Leyendecker, Birgit |
author_facet | Busch, Julian Bihler, Lilly-Marlen Lembcke, Hanna Buchmüller, Thimo Diers, Katerina Leyendecker, Birgit |
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description | Immigration to Germany peaked in 2016. More than 105,000 refugees below the age of 7 years arrived within 12 months. Since then, Germany and other host nations have been in need of strategies to cover the emerging demand for childcare services. The German federal state North-Rhine Westphalia has funded a specialized early childhood education and care (ECEC) program for recently arrived refugees. The present study investigated challenges and possible solutions in this specialized ECEC. In a pilot study, inductive content analysis of n(1) = 28 semi-structured interviews with early childhood educators revealed 19 distinct challenges and four generic categories for solutions (provide clear and predictable structures, involve and support parents, ensure adequate structural features of the childcare group, convey trust and feelings of competence). For the main study, identified challenges were transcribed into items for a closed-format questionnaire, which was distributed to a second sample of educators (n(2) = 96). Challenges perceived as most difficult concerned language barriers and communication with parents. An exploratory factor analysis of the challenges questionnaire yielded four underlying domains (interpersonal stress, feasibility and attendance, cultural and communication barriers, structural features of a childcare group). Our study provides a first basis to adapt childcare settings for refugees, and to guide staff training for this special group. We discuss evidence in regard to understanding how ECEC programs can successfully promote refugee children’s psychosocial adaptation and educational outcomes. |
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spelling | pubmed-61363912018-09-20 Challenges and Solutions Perceived by Educators in an Early Childcare Program for Refugee Children Busch, Julian Bihler, Lilly-Marlen Lembcke, Hanna Buchmüller, Thimo Diers, Katerina Leyendecker, Birgit Front Psychol Psychology Immigration to Germany peaked in 2016. More than 105,000 refugees below the age of 7 years arrived within 12 months. Since then, Germany and other host nations have been in need of strategies to cover the emerging demand for childcare services. The German federal state North-Rhine Westphalia has funded a specialized early childhood education and care (ECEC) program for recently arrived refugees. The present study investigated challenges and possible solutions in this specialized ECEC. In a pilot study, inductive content analysis of n(1) = 28 semi-structured interviews with early childhood educators revealed 19 distinct challenges and four generic categories for solutions (provide clear and predictable structures, involve and support parents, ensure adequate structural features of the childcare group, convey trust and feelings of competence). For the main study, identified challenges were transcribed into items for a closed-format questionnaire, which was distributed to a second sample of educators (n(2) = 96). Challenges perceived as most difficult concerned language barriers and communication with parents. An exploratory factor analysis of the challenges questionnaire yielded four underlying domains (interpersonal stress, feasibility and attendance, cultural and communication barriers, structural features of a childcare group). Our study provides a first basis to adapt childcare settings for refugees, and to guide staff training for this special group. We discuss evidence in regard to understanding how ECEC programs can successfully promote refugee children’s psychosocial adaptation and educational outcomes. Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-09-06 /pmc/articles/PMC6136391/ /pubmed/30237777 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01621 Text en Copyright © 2018 Busch, Bihler, Lembcke, Buchmüller, Diers and Leyendecker. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Busch, Julian Bihler, Lilly-Marlen Lembcke, Hanna Buchmüller, Thimo Diers, Katerina Leyendecker, Birgit Challenges and Solutions Perceived by Educators in an Early Childcare Program for Refugee Children |
title | Challenges and Solutions Perceived by Educators in an Early Childcare Program for Refugee Children |
title_full | Challenges and Solutions Perceived by Educators in an Early Childcare Program for Refugee Children |
title_fullStr | Challenges and Solutions Perceived by Educators in an Early Childcare Program for Refugee Children |
title_full_unstemmed | Challenges and Solutions Perceived by Educators in an Early Childcare Program for Refugee Children |
title_short | Challenges and Solutions Perceived by Educators in an Early Childcare Program for Refugee Children |
title_sort | challenges and solutions perceived by educators in an early childcare program for refugee children |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6136391/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30237777 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01621 |
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