109037 20211216151747.0 doi 10.37291/2717638X.202122114 sideral 125253 ART-2021-125253 eng Visnjic-Jevtic, Adrijana Policies and practices of early childhood education and care during the COVID-19 pandemic: Perspectives from five countries 2021 The COVID-19 pandemic, which affects all areas of life, has also affected children in need of education and care. It is of great importance to develop policies that take into account the best interests of children in this process. In this review article, the policies developed for early childhood education and care during the pandemic period in five countries (Australia, Croatia, Hungary, Spain, and Turkey), how they are implemented, the problems that arose, and the solutions produced are discussed. As a result, the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed that we need to focus on eliminating the educational inequalities, set policies for the welfare of children on foundations that are more realistic, rebuild teacher training, and improve the welfare of families. Priorizating the best interests of the child in the policies to be developed and building the social ecology on justice will ease overcoming the crises that will be faced. Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by-nc-nd http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Varga Nagy, Anikó Ozturk, Gulsah Sahin-Sak, Ikbal Tuba Paz-Albo, Jesús Toran, Mehmet Sánchez-Pérez, Noelia Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-6112-9639 4009 735 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Psicología y Sociología Área Psicolog.Evolut.Educac 2, 2 (2021), 200-216 J. child. educ. soc. Journal of childhood, education & society 2717-638X 483811 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/109037/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 2761828 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/109037/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:109037 articulos driver 2021-12-16-12:53:54 ARTICLE