Hospital classroom model for early childhood care: a four-component approach

Abstract

Objective: To develop a model based on four components: pedagogical approaches and teacher training, infrastructure and technologic, management and territorial and institutional entities of a hospital classroom for early childhood schooling.

Methods: A review of relevant literature in English and Spanish was conducted in health sciences databases. The articles were selected according to the inclusion criteria that considered hospital classroom, management, pedagogy, teacher training, and, territorial and institutional entities; subsequently, the narrative review generated a hospital classroom model based on the literature and on four components. Based on the specialized literature, the approaches (categories) of management, pedagogy, infrastructure, and, territorial entities were developed, their dimensions to guarantee their comprehensive training.

Results:  A conceptual model of hospital classrooms was developed, integrating theoretical-humanistic constructs, infrastructure conditions, technology, management and administrative structure for the hospital training of early childhood children.

Conclusion: The implementation of a hospital classroom model for early childhood children contributes to the improvement of children's health, as well as in formative and cognitive aspects since it is the result of improving the hospital service for children from the management of health entities.