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Associate Professor

Wanty Widjaja

Associate Head Of School (International Partnerships)

Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Education/Research for Educational Impact

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  • Associate Head Of School (International Partnerships)
    Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Education/Research for Educational Impact
  • +61 3 924 46922 (Work)
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

BIO

Wanty is the Associate Head of School International and Engagement of the School of Education. Wanty's research focuses on understanding complexity of classroom practices and examining ways to support teacher professional learning and student mathematical reasoning. Two recent and notable Category 1 and 2 grant successes are Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Project Primary teachers adaptive expertise in interdisciplinary maths and science (2021-2024) and Secondary Mathematics and Science initiative for out-of-field teachers funded by Victorian Department of Education and Training (2020-current). In 2023, Wanty led a successful Australia Awards Fellowship 'Vietnam-Australia partnership for digital transformation in higher education' funded by Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

Prior to joining Deakin in 2012, Wanty worked as a mathematics teacher educator in Indonesia and Singapore. She has continued to strengthen research partnerships with researchers from the Netherlands, Singapore, Taiwan, Malaysia, and Indonesia on Lesson Study, design-based research, teacher professional learning, and STEM education.

DEAKIN UNIVERSITY CURRENT APPOINTMENT

  • Associate Head Of School (International Partnerships)
    Deakin University, School of Education

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Associate Professor
    Deakin University, School of Education, Faculty of Arts and Education, Melbourne, Australia1 Jan 2020 - present
  • Senior Lecturer
    Deakin University, Mathematics Education, Melbourne, Australia1 Jan 2016 - 31 Dec 2019
  • Lecturer
    Deakin University, Mathematics Education, Melbourne, Australia20 Feb 2012 - 31 Dec 2015
  • Visiting Assistant Professor
    Nanyang Technological University, Nanyang Institute of Education, Mathematics and Mathematics Education, Singapore, Singapore3 Jan 2011 - 2 Jan 2012
  • Lecturer
    Universitas Sanata Dharma, Mathematics Education, Yogyakarta, Indonesia1 Aug 1996 - 31 Dec 2010

DEGREES

  • Doctor of Philosophy (Education)
    University of Melbourne
  • Master of Education
    Boston University
  • Graduate Certificate of Higher Education
    Deakin University

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Graduate Certificate of Higher Education
    Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia2013 - present

LANGUAGES

  • English
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • Indonesian
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review

FIELDS OF RESEARCH (2020)

  • Curriculum and pedagogy
  • Education systems
  • Specialist studies in education

AVAILABILITY FOR SUPERVISION

  • Masters by Research and PhD supervision

AREA/FACULTY

  • Faculty of Arts and Education

DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL/INSTITUTE

  • School of Education

STRATEGIC RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE

  • Research for Educational Impact