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The top five ways COVID places harsher burdens on educators. There's an urgent need for change

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Abstract

COVID has caused commotion in the early childhood education and care sector since it arrived in 2020. It made educators more stressed and added burdens to those already overburdened.

The current level of chaos is unsustainable as shown in our research with Australian directors from long daycare centres, community preschools and family daycare services.

Six directors from rural and regional areas in NSW participated in the study. In their hour-long interview, the directors revealed stressors within the sector related to the pandemic in a number of areas. Here are the top five.

Original languageEnglish
Specialist publicationEduResearch Matters
Publication statusPublished - 4 Apr 2022

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 4 - Quality Education
    SDG 4 Quality Education

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