Markedsliberalisme og modstand: På strejftog i Trondheim og i børnehavepædagogikken

Abstract

Expeditions into Trondheim and the educational pursuits of kindergartens. Imposing a range of highly detailed regulatory instruments targeting educational services has revealed diversity between supporters of "neoliberal" modernizations and positions that both experience and problematize such modernizations. This article examines how the two positions clash in preschool practice, education and research. The final theoretical outlines identify how a historically established relatively autonomous sector has come under increasing strain from groups which derive their strength from political and economic sources.

Negotiating the value of “corporations’ capital” in Norwegian Early Childhood Education and Care provision

“…As recognized by Olsen (2012) and Bown et al (2009), Bourdieu's theories of cultural fields have a lot to offer in shedding light on the struggles for political influence in the ECEC field. From Bourdieu's rich theoretical universe, I particularly draw upon the related concepts of field and capital.…”