Marilyn Fleer

Marilyn Fleer is a Professor of Early Childhood Education and Development at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia.
In 2018 she was awarded with the Kathleen Fitzpatrick Australian Laureate Fellowship by the Australian Research Council.
Her research is based on the early stages of childhood formation – how play can promote imagination, creativity and ‘rational' thinking in a children education.
Private life.
Fleer grew up on a farm in Narrikup, Western Australia.