Marilyn Fleer holds the Foundation Chair for Early Childhood Education at Monash University. Currently she is the Research Director, Faculty of Education, Peninsula Campus, Monash University. She is also the Research Leader for the Early Childhood Faculty Research Group. Marilyn has worked in education for 25 years. She began her career as an early childhood teacher. Later she was seconded to the Department of Education, Aboriginal Education Branch, as an advisor, later as a Curriculum Officer and finally as a Research Officer (shared with the University of Western Australia). In 1988 she took up an appointment as lecturer at the University of Canberra, remaining there until 2001 as Professor of Education. In 2002 she commenced her new position at Monash University as Professor of Early Childhood Education.

1. Perspectives on play; 2. Infants' and children's perspectives on play; 3. Families at play; 4. Playing in communities, classrooms and centres; 5. Classical, grand, developmental and postdevelopmental theories of play; 6. Play in the curriculum; 7. Planning for play development; 8. Cultural technologies and play; 9. Assessing play, assessing through play and assessing for play; 10. Being a play activist.