Marilyn Fleer, professor, Monash University
Honorary professor at DPU, Aarhus University from 1 September 2020.
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Laureate Professor Fleer is Foundation Chair of Early Childhood Education and Development at Monash University and was awarded the most prestigious research award in Australia from the Australian Research Council, a Laureate Fellowship (https://www.arc.gov.au/news-publications/media/feature-articles/playlab-nurture-new-generation-thinkers).
She is the researcher behind a play-based learning model called Conceptual PlayWorld and has a longstanding collaboration with researchers at Aarhus University. She is looking forward to extending this collaboration through her new status as an Honorary professor at the Danish School of Education.