1. Objectifs

Intentions :
«The purpose of this study was to document early childhood educators’ perceptions of their emotional state, their relationships with parents, and their learning in new professional activities, both in the early childhood education and care (ECEC) work environment and during remote work, during the period of emergency care services in April 2020.» (p. 778)

2. Méthode

Échantillon/Matériau :
«The convenience sample consisted of 372 early childhood educators from 40 municipalities in Monteregie, the second-largest region in the province of Quebec (Canada).» (p. 779)

Instruments :
Questionnaire

Type de traitement des données :
Analyse statistique

3. Résumé

«In April 2020, Quebec’s early childhood educators experienced many challenges and had to adapt to the health crisis. The data from this study suggests a significant deterioration in emotional state, both in terms of wellbeing and stress at work in the ECS [emergency childcare services] work environment. The results regarding stress levels at work are similar to Quebec data collected in the general population over the same period by the INSPQ [Institut national de santé publique du Québec] (2020), where four out of ten individuals reported experiencing increased levels of worry and anxiety. These results are concerning, but not surprising, given the situation, as the educators had a responsibility to provide quality childcare to children who were also going through a difficult period related to confinement, and who also had to adapt to it. The parents of these children also experienced significant challenges, many of whom were health care or social service workers.» (p. 783) The results of this study also suggest that «stress levels increase when remote work employees have children at home due to schools being closed during the quarantine period.» (p. 783)