This paper analyses the consequences of what are regarded as neoliberal developments within the Danish ECEC area. More specifically, it looks at how an increasing monitoring and regulation affects the ECEC educator’s sense of professionalism. Drawing on a qualitative study of educators’ interactionist accounts, a series of unintended consequences is identified that seriously challenge them in their daily work. Previous research has pointed out the risk that this can lead to a process of deprofessionalization, in the sense that it limits professional autonomy and reduces the educators to mere policy implementers or ‘technicians’. But as I will demonstrate, a ground-up perspective on the reaction of the ECEC educators reveals degrees of agency and discretion that adds to this discussion, pointing towards not only deprofessisonalization, but also new forms of professionalism.

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杂耍，“阅读”和日常魔术：ECEC专业精神可以平衡意外后果

本文分析了丹麦ECEC地区内被视为新自由主义发展的后果。更具体地说，它着眼于越来越多的监视和监管如何影响ECEC教育者的专业素养。通过对教育者互动主义者的叙述进行定性研究，发现了一系列意想不到的后果，这些后果严重挑战了他们的日常工作。先前的研究指出，这可能会导致专业化进程的风险，因为它会限制专业自主权，并将教育者减少为单纯的政策实施者或“技术人员”。但是，正如我将要演示的那样，对ECEC教育者反应的全新视角揭示了代理和自由裁量的程度，这加深了这一讨论，不仅指向非专业化，