Dr. Marilyn Fleer is a professor, researcher and author who holds the Foundation Chair in Early Childhood Education and Development at Monash University, where she is also a Kathleen Fitzpatrick Australian Laureate Fellow. In this episode, Marilyn discusses the opportunities and challenges of being in the profession of early childhood education and development… being part of an amazing sisterhood of educators and researchers… inequities in academia… saying “yes” to opportunities… the positive and negative effects of other people’s expectations… the objectification of women as bodies rather than as minds… facing obstacles and adversity… the injustices of the narratives that surround and influence women… the responsibility that comes with professional recognition… and dreaming big! (Australia)
