Bob Perry is Professor of Education, Murray School of Education, Charles Sturt University, Albury. His position is mainly involved with the development of the research ethos in the Faculty of Education, both through his own work and through the nurturing of other, less-experienced researchers. Currently, his main areas of research and publication include early childhood mathematics education, educational transitions, staying on at high school, education of Indigenous students, mathematics and educational transitions as agents of social justice, professional development of early childhood educators and curriculum development and evaluation.