Change is not a new concept in the Australian early childhood sector. However, the rate of change has significantly increased throughout the last decade, specifically with the introduction of the curriculum and quality frameworks, changes to regulations, and subsequent reviews (some particularly affecting the Victorian long day care sector). The rapid timeline of these reforms created challenges for early childhood professionals who needed to understand, interpret and translate multiple changes to their practice. This paper presents some key findings from a poststructural study involving 11 participants from the Victorian long day care sector. Foucauldian Discourse Analysis has been applied to explore how reform discourses shape and reshape the positioning and engagement of professionals within the reform process. These findings reveal how specific subject positions and discursive practices within available discourses of knowledge, teacher education and workplace can either challenge and/or support early childhood professionals in their ability to engage in reform.

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维多利亚州长日托中心参与早期儿童改革的多重性：话语，位置和实践

在澳大利亚的幼儿部门，变革并不是一个新概念。然而，在过去的十年中，变化的速度已显着提高，特别是随着课程和质量框架的引入，法规的更改以及随后的审查（其中一些特别影响到维多利亚州长日托部门）。这些改革的快速时间表为需要了解，解释和转化其实践的多种变化的幼儿专业人员带来了挑战。本文介绍了一项结构后研究的一些关键发现，该研究涉及维多利亚州长日托部门的11名参与者。Foucauldian话语分析已用于探索改革话语如何塑造和重塑改革过程中专业人员的定位和参与。