Marilyn Fleer | |
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Born | Marilyn Charlotte Anne Fleer |
Occupation | Academic |
Awards | Kathleen Fitzpatrick Australian Laureate Fellowship |
Academic background | |
Education | University of New England |
Alma mater | University of Queensland |
Thesis | Early childhood science education: The teaching-learning process as scaffolding conceptual change (1991) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Psychologist |
Institutions | Monash University |
Main interests | Early childhood education |
Marilyn Fleer FASSA is an Australian professor of early childhood education and development at Monash University in Melbourne,Australia. [1] She was awarded the Kathleen Fitzpatrick Australian Laureate Fellowship by the Australian Research Council in 2018. [2]
Fleer grew up in Narrikup,Western Australia,a rural farming community. [3] She graduated from the University of New England with a MEd in 1988. [4] She moved to the University of Queensland where she completed a PhD in 1991. [5]
Fleer's research is focused on early childhood "concept formation",in particular the developmental meaning of conceptual play. Her work has especially focused on how young children learn science,technology,engineering,and mathematics concepts through play. [2] [6] [7]
She was elected Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia in November 2021. [8]
She was a President of the International Society of Cultural-historical Activity Research (ISCAR) and a recipient of the Vygotsky Institute medal for contributions to advancing cultural-historical research. [9]
She holds honorary positions at the University of Oxford,Western Norway University and Aarhus University in Denmark. [10]
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