Drawing on feminist care ethics and political theory (Engster and Hamington, 2015; Held, 2006; Noddings, 2015; Tronto, 2013), this paper examines how educators working in private (Ontario) and public (Denmark) childcare systems think about and practice care. Through interviews with pedagogues (Denmark) and early childhood educators (Ontario), linkages between the public/private positioning of care and the care experiences of educators are explored. The findings reveal differences in how educators think about and practice care in public and private systems. At the same time, notable similarities emerged in how educators resisted neoliberal system requirements. The findings illustrate the complexities of connecting good care practices to the systemic level without diminishing the importance of individual human agency in experiencing/practicing good care in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC). Findings suggest that good care and commodification are both theoretically and practically at odds with each other, though neither absolutely precludes the other. Implications for policy makers, particularly relevant in the contemporary COVID context, are discussed.

借鉴女性主义照护伦理和政治理论（Engster和Hamington，2015； Held，2006； Noddings，2015； Tronto，2013），本文研究了在私立（安大略省）和公共（丹麦）育儿系统中工作的教育工作者的思考和实践方式。关心。通过对教育者（丹麦）和幼儿教育者（安大略省）的采访，探索了公共/私人护理定位与教育者护理经历之间的联系。研究结果揭示了教育者在公共和私人系统中如何思考和实践护理的差异。同时，在教育工作者抵制新自由主义系统要求的方式上出现了明显的相似之处。研究结果表明，在不降低个人机构对幼儿教育和护理（ECEC）中的良好护理的重要性的情况下，将良好护理实践与系统水平联系起来的复杂性。研究结果表明，良好的护理和商品化在理论上和实践上都相互矛盾，尽管两者都不能绝对排斥彼此。讨论了对政策制定者的影响，特别是在当代COVID环境中。