Rate My Professor Fazlin Mohd Nazir

Dr. Fazlin Mohd Nazir serves as an Associate Lecturer and Perth Campus Coordinator in Early Childhood Education and Care within the Faculty of Education at Southern Cross University. In this role, she oversees postgraduate programs at the Perth campus and contributes to the Early Years Research Lab. Prior to her academic appointment, she held positions in marketing, community services, and early childhood education, including as a program manager, centre director, and educator. She earned her Doctor of Philosophy (Integrated) from Edith Cowan University in 2024, under the supervision of Lennie Barblett and Helen Adam. Her doctoral thesis, titled 'Fostering engagement: Building connections with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CaLD) families in the early years of school,' examines school partnerships with CaLD families during kindergarten transition in Western Australian metropolitan schools. The study, employing a phenomenological case study approach, involved interviews, focus groups, observations, and audits across three schools, revealing fragmented partnership approaches, limited culturally responsive pedagogy, and the absence of culturally safe third spaces. Keywords include school-CaLD family partnership, funds of knowledge, culturally responsive pedagogy, and early years of school transition.