Career highlights
Associate Professor Wanty Widjaja 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.
Research interests
Mathematical modelling, Educational design research, Professional noticing, Design of contextualised tasks, Realistic Mathematics Mathematics, Lesson Study, Video-based research methodology.
Affiliations
Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA)
The Mathematical Association of Victoria (MAV)
Indonesian Mathematical Society (IndoMS)
Units taught
ESM303 Primary Mathematics Lesson Study
EPM742 Fostering Primary Children's Mathematical Development
ESM 210/211 Children and Mathematics: Developing Mathematics Concepts
ESM 310 Teacher and Mathematics: Creating an inquiry-based classroom
ETM 709 Knowledge for Teaching Mathematics 7-10: Number
Knowledge areas
Mathematics education, International education
Expertise
- Education
Conferences
Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasian (2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2019)
South East Asean-Design Research (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2024)
The World Associations of Lesson Studies (WALS) Conference (2014, 2018, 2019, 2020)
Mathematics Association of Victoria (2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018)
East Asian Research Conference on Mathematics Education (2010, 2013)
Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (2013, 2017)
Professional activities
Associate Head of School International and Engagement (2021-present)
Course Director of the Bachelor of Education (Primary) (2017-2020)
Bachelor of Education Selection Committee (2012)
Faculty of Arts and Education Human Ethics Advisory Research Group (2014-2018)
Canada Coordinator, Global Experience Program (2013-2014)
World Association of Lesson Study Council Member (2024-present)
Editorial Board, Prime Number (2012-2015)
Editorial Board, JIMS-B journal (2012-present)
Editorial Board, MTED (2020-2021)
Research groups
World Association of Lesson and Learning Studies (WALS)
Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA)
Indonesian Mathematical Society (IndoMS)
Awards
2023 Faculty of Arts and Education Student and Alumni Engagement Award, Deakin University
2017 School of Education Teaching Award, Deakin University
Projects
- Winarti, D. W, Widjaja, W., & Razi, F. (2023). Promoting spatial reasoning of early childhood educators to support numeracy learning. Faculty of UIII and Deakin University joint research (2023, $4,000)
- Widjaja, W., Loong, E., Hubber, P., Arranda, G. with Tytler, R. (mentor) and Sarkim (EI). Promoting interdisciplinary secondary mathematics and science teaching through real-world tasks: A cross-national study in Australia and Indonesia. REDI RDG Project (2016, $19,819)
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Widjaja, W. Xu, L., Li, J. Jobling, W. with Vale, C. (mentor)
Enhancing primary school teachers’ professional noticing through artefact-stimulated recall. CREFI RDG Project (2015, $15,000). - Vale, C., Bragg, L., Herbert, S., Loong, E., Widjaja, W. Primary school teachers’ and students’ perceptions and understanding of mathematical reasoning. (2013-2014, $12,000).
- Groves, S., Doig, B., Vale, C., Widjaja, W. Implementing structured problem solving through lesson study. Faculty near missed ARC funding, Deakin University. (2013, $13,000).
- Groves, S., Doig, B., Vale, C., Widjaja, W., Implementing structured problem solving through lesson study. CREFI RDG Deakin University. (2012, $19,700).
Publications
No publications found
Funded Projects at Deakin
Australian Competitive Grants
Primary teachers adaptive expertise in interdisciplinary maths and science
Prof Amanda Berry, Prof Colleen Vale, Prof Jan Van Driel, A/Prof Wanty Widjaja, Dr Lihua Xu
ARC - Discovery Projects
- 2023: $34,671
- 2022: $34,333
- 2021: $30,641
Other Public Sector Funding
Transition: Improved Literacy and Numeracy Outcomes (Successful strategies)
A/Prof Glenn Auld, Dr Esther Loong, A/Prof Wanty Widjaja, Dr Gaye Williams
DETVic Tender - Department of Education and Training Victoria
- 2015: $59,670
Secondary Mathematics and Science initiative for out-of-field teachers.
Prof Russell Tytler, A/Prof Jill Brown, A/Prof Peta White, Prof Linda Hobbs, A/Prof Julianne Lynch, Dr Jo Raphael, Dr Carly Sawatzki, A/Prof Wanty Widjaja, Dr Seamus Delaney, Dr John Cripps Clark, Prof Damian Blake
DETVic Grant - Research - Department of Education and Training Victoria
- 2023: $693,244
- 2022: $1,305,002
- 2021: $1,984,010
- 2020: $764,034
Vietnam-Australia partnerships for digital transformation in higher education
A/Prof Wanty Widjaja, Prof Ly Tran, Dr Huyen Bui, A/Prof Bonnie Yim, Dr Bardo Fraunholz
Australia Awards Fellowships
- 2023: $310,175
Industry and Other Funding
Assessing Reasoning
Dr Sandra Herbert, A/Prof Colleen Vale, Dr Leicha Bragg, A/Prof Wanty Widjaja, Dr Esther Loong
Australia Academy of Science
- 2018: $36,625
- 2017: $85,460
PMSS Cohort 5 Research Project 2020
Prof Russell Tytler, A/Prof Peta White, A/Prof Wanty Widjaja
Edpartnerships International Pty Ltd
- 2020: $35,946
Supervisions
. Meiliasari
Thesis entitled: Developing Pre-service Teachers' Pedagogical Content Knowledge Through Lesson Study
Doctor of Philosophy (Education), School of Education
Yang Wu
Thesis entitled: Students' Attitudes towards Mathematics and Math-Gender Stereotypes: Gender and Year Levels
Master of Education (Research), School of Education
Frances Burton
Thesis entitled: The Mathematics Visible in Pre-school Settings
Doctor of Philosophy (Education), School of Education
Elizabeth Adu
Thesis entitled: Improving Children's Addition and Subtraction Understanding Through Conceptual Instructional Methods
Doctor of Philosophy (Education), School of Education
Sibeso Likando
Thesis entitled: The implementation of lesson study in mathematics: The case of Zambia
Doctor of Philosophy (Education), School of Education