Ställ tillbaka stolarna! : En vetenskaplig essä om maktrelationen mellan ordinarie personal och vikarier på förskolan

In my essay, I describe a situation that happened at a preschool during my service as a replacement childcare worker. There I address some issues that deal with power relations in preschool, exercise of power and how it can affect children in their free play. In my story, a regular staff, claims some local rules that I think are contrary to curriculum rules on children’s development. I myself do participate in the event. I feel at a disadvantage in what’s going on. The purpose of this scientific essay is to analyse power relationships within preschool from different perspectives using some scientific theories. One is the theory of power that Foucault presents in Monitoring and Punishment, a study in everyday life's drama by Goffman and the other is status change concept by Johnstone. I reflect on what has happened and find that I too may have neglected colleagues and been able to make them feel inferior in certain situations. This discovery I will bring with me and act differently in future similar situations