A/Prof. Sitti Maesuri Patahuddin, PhD
About Affiliated Fellow
A/Prof Sitti Maesuri Patahuddin, PhD is Director of Indonesian Partnerships in the Faculty of Education at the University of Canberra, Australia. She is a mathematics educator, teacher educator, and researcher with more than two decades of experience in mathematics education, teacher professional learning, STEM education, and educational partnership development.
She completed her PhD at the University of Queensland in 2009 and subsequently held postdoctoral and research appointments at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa, Charles Sturt University, and the University of Canberra.
Her research focuses on mathematics lesson design and pedagogy, spatial reasoning, mathematical knowledge for teaching, teacher professional learning, and the use of digital technologies—including social media and generative artificial intelligence (GenAI)—to enhance teaching and learning. Increasingly, her work examines how GenAI is reshaping teachers’ professional roles and why professional judgement becomes even more important when educational resources, explanations, tasks, and solutions can be generated almost instantly. A central concern across her research is how educational innovation can strengthen, rather than replace, teachers’ professional expertise and agency.
She has led and contributed to major research and capacity-building initiatives in Australia and Indonesia. Her current research includes the 2026–2027 University of Canberra DVC-funded project, From Generation to Judgement: Reframing Generative AI for Pedagogically Meaningful Mathematics Teaching, which investigates how GenAI can be used to support meaningful mathematics teaching while strengthening professional judgement.
She is also an investigator on the 2027–2030 Australian Research Council Linkage Project, Ecotheology: Religion, State, and Environmental Governance in Indonesia (AUD $481,080), led by the Australian National University in partnership with the Ministry of Religious Affairs, Republic of Indonesia. The interdisciplinary project reflects her broader commitment to research that connects education, society, culture, policy, and sustainable development.
Beyond research, Associate Professor Patahuddin is deeply committed to strengthening educational collaboration between Australia and Indonesia. She has worked extensively with teachers, teacher educators, universities, schools, government agencies, and policymakers to connect research with professional learning, policy, and classroom practice. Her broader interests include responsible GenAI in education, equitable and culturally responsive education, international collaboration, and women’s leadership in education.
Thesis: Exploiting the Internet for Teacher Professional Development and Mathematics Teaching and Learning: An Ethnographic Intervention
1998 M.Pd (Master of Education), State University of Surabaya (UNESA), East Java (Indonesia); University Research of Graduate Education (URGE) scholarship recipient
1995 S.Pd (Bachelor of Education), State University of Makassar (UNM), South Sulawesi (Indonesia); Indonesian Government scholarship for Bachelor Degree recipient
Associate Professor in STEM Education
Faculty of Education, University of Canberra, Australia
2022 –June 2023
Senior Lecturer in STEM Education
Faculty of Education, University of Canberra, Australia
2016 – 2022
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Education, University of Canberra, Australia
Contributes to research centre and faculty governance and management
2017 – 2018
Educational Consultant
Developing Indonesian STEM education through enhancing teachers’ spatial reasoning, World Bank
2014 – 2016
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Faculty of Education, Science, Technology and Mathematics (ESTeM) University of Canberra, Australia 100% research load; Contributes to research centre and faculty governance and management
2012 – 2014
Research Fellow
Research Institute for Professional Practice, Learning and Education (RIPPLE) Charles Sturt University, Australia
70% research load, 30% teaching in the School of Education
2011 – 2012
Postdoctoral Fellow
Wits Maths Connect Project-Secondary, School of Education University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
100% research load; Supported project, led by Professor Jill Adler, to improve mathematics teaching quality in secondary schools in disadvantaged areas in Johannesburg
2009 – 2011
Senior Lecturer
Mathematics Department, Faculty of Mathematics and Science Surabaya State University (Unesa), Indonesia
1999 – 2009
Lecturer
Mathematics Department, Faculty of Mathematics and Science Surabaya State University (Unesa), Indonesia
Books
Patahuddin, S.M., Gunawardena, M., & Hill, E. (2024). TRANSCONTINENTAL JOURNEY: The Road to World Class Personalised Learning (Ed.).
Patahuddin, S.M. (2024). COLLABORATIVE VISIONS: Our Journey at ICME 15 for the Future of Indonesian Mathematics Education (Ed.).
Patahuddin, S.M. (2024). HER FOOTSTEPS: The Lasting Legacy of Nurhaeda. (English Version).
Patahuddin, S.M. (2024). JEJAK LANGKAHKU: Warisan Abadi Ibu Nurhaeda. (Indonesian Version).
Patahuddin, S. M. (2009). Internet for teacher professional development. Saarbrücken, Germany: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing AG & Co. KG.
Book Chapter
Patahuddin, S. M. (In press). Examining gender differences in teachers’ use of Facebook: Looking to eliminate gender gaps in teacher professional development. In J. Engelbrecht, G. Oates, & M. C. Borba (Eds.), Social Media in the Changing Mathematics Classroom (pp. 1-34). Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
Ramful, A., & Patahuddin, S. M. (2021). The fourth industrial revolution: Implications for school mathematics. In J. Naidoo (Ed.), Teaching and Learning for the 21st Century: Embracing the Fourth Industrial Revolution (pp. 13-29). Brill Sense.
Patahuddin, S. M., Suwarsono, S., & Johar, R. (2019). Indonesia: History and perspective on mathematics education. In J. Mack & B. Vogeli (Eds.), Mathematics and its Teaching in the Asia-Pacific Region (Vol. 15, pp. 191-230). World Scientific Publisher.
https://doi.org/10.1142/9789813272132_0006
Journal Articles
Patahuddin, S. M., Syahrul, R., Fizzanty, T., & Anwas , E. O. M. (Under review-need resubmission). Is Generative AI a catalyst for self-directed learning? Insights from a national survey of Indonesian teachers. British Journal of Educational Technology.
Gunawardena, M., Patahuddin, S. M., Pino-Pasternak, D., Aviruppola, K., & Bishop, P. (2026). Empowered teachers: Navigating the dynamics of personalised learning through co-design. Teaching and Teacher Education, 181, 105714.
https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2026.105714
Patahuddin, S. M. (2026). From self-reflection to professional transformation: an autoethnographic intervention in teacher education. Professional Development in Education, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/19415257.2026.2657462 [Q1-H-index: 63; Impact Factor: 3.100]
Gunawardena, M., Hills, E. & Patahuddin, S.M. (2025). “The sky is the limit”: Enhancing learner engagement and agency through curriculum negotiation. Curriculum Perspective.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s41297-025-00318-6
Johar R, Patahuddin S.M., Zubainur CM, Fitri KA (2025;), “Community of practice and multi-level mentoring: a novel approach to research mentorship in higher education”. Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education.
https://www.emerald.com/jarhe/article-abstract/doi/10.1108/JARHE-06-2025-0465/1309332/
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Patahuddin, S. M., & Kovacs, N. (2025). Beyond numbers: Integrating spatial reasoning into middle school mathematics curricula. The Australian Mathematics Education Journal (AMEJ).
Winarti, D.W., Patahuddin, S.M. & Lowrie, T. (2024). Unleashing the potential: spatializing middle school mathematics for enhanced learning. Educ Stud Math.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10649-024-10343-3 [Q1-H-index: 83; Impact Factor: 3.600]
Kurnia, A. B., Lowrie, T., & Patahuddin, S. M. (2023). The development of high school students’ statistical literacy across grade level. Mathematics Education Research Journal.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13394-023-00449-x [Q1-H-index: 34; Impact Factor: 1.476]
Ramful, A., Patahuddin, S. M., Moheeputc, K., & Rahmah, J. (2023). The spatial requirements of the left-hand rule: A novel instrument for assessing the coordination of egocentric and allocentric frames of reference. International Journal of Science Education.
https://doi.org/10.1080/09500693.2023.2172625 [Q1-H-index: 115; Impact Factor: 2.518]
*Patahuddin, S. M., Ramful, A., Lowrie, T., & Bholoa, A. (2022). Subtleties in spatial visualization maneuvers: Insights from numerical solutions. The Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 67, 100988. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmathb.2022.100988 [Q1-H-index: 49; Impact factor: 1.697]
Patahuddin, S. M., Rokhmah, S., Caffery, J., & Gunawardena, M. (2022). Professional development through social media: A comparative study on male and female teachers’ use of Facebook Groups. Teaching and Teacher Education, 114, 103700.