About Lecturer

Dr. Destina Wahyu Winarti completed her Ph.D. in Mathematics Education at the University of Canberra, Australia, Faculty of Education. Before her Ph.D., she completed two Master’s degrees in mathematics and realistic mathematics education. Respectively from Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS) and Universitas Negeri Surabaya (UNESA). For the latter, part of her study took place in The Freudenthal Institute, Utrecht University, The Netherlands. She has extensive experience in education as a mathematics teacher and a lecturer at the institute for teacher training and lesson designer in her Master’s and Ph.D. studies. She also provided training for participating teachers before the design implementation at schools. In addition, she was a reviewer for module development and facilitator for teachers’ professional development (PD) on the Government Partnership for Development (GPFD) project in West Nusa Tenggara Indonesia (funded by DFAT, Australia). Before joining UIII, she was an e-Learning program lead at Tanoto Foundation, a philanthropy organization in Indonesia. She and her team maintained and nurtured a digital platform for teachers’ training and organized online training for teachers from more than 15 provinces in Indonesia. Dr. Destina can be reached by email at destina.winarti@uiii.ac.id.

About research interest: “My research interest is a spatial ability, mathematics education, and learning design.”

Ph.D in Mathematics University of Canberra (2021) Master in Mathematics Universitas Negeri Surabaya & Freudenthal Institute-Utrecht University (2011) Master in Mathematics  Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember Surabaya (2009) Bachelor's in Mathematics Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember Surabaya (2006)
Lecturer Faculty of Education, Universitas Islam Internasional Indonesia (UIII), Depok, Jawa Barat, Indonesia.  04/2022- present Senior Qualitative Researcher SMERU, Jakarta, Indonesia 04/2022- 33/2023 E-Learning Lead Basic Education Department, Tanoto Foundation. Jakarta, Indonesia 03/2021-03/2022 Research Assistant STEM Education Research Centre (SERC), University of Canberra, Australia 2017-2018 & 2020 Tutor The Ngunnawal Centre Tutoring Program to Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander students undertaking studies at the University of Canberra, Australia 2019 – 2020 Indonesian Language Teachers Assistant (ILTA) Lyneham High School, Canberra, Australia 2019 Editorial team (reviewer) Journal of Teaching and Learning in Elementary Education, Universitas Riau, Indonesia 2018 – present Project assistant A case study project of STEM Education Research Centre (SERC), University of canberra in partnership with Samsung, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia 2018 Modules reviewer and facilitator Government Partnership for Development (GPFD) project: “Promoting Mathematics Engagement and learning Opportunities for Disadvantaged Communities in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB)”, Indonesia 2015-2018 Lecturer Teacher Training Institute (STKIP) Bina Insan Mandiri, Surabaya, Indonesia 2011 - 2012 Mathematics Teacher SPINS Interactional School, Surabaya, Indonesia 2007 – 2015 Teacher assistant Nursery class at Great Crystal School, Surabaya, Indonesia 2004-2005

Journal Article

Winarti, D. W., Widjaja, W., Razi, F., Huzaimah, S., Prianggi, A., & Setyawan, I. A. (2025). Empowering early childhood educators to foster spatial and numeracy reasoning through play-based learning. Journal on Mathematics Education, 16(3), 871–888. https://doi.org/10.22342/jme.v16i3.pp871-888 Hakim, L., Winarti, D., Kayen, H., Numan, M., Buana, I., & Barliana, D. (2024). Examining Educational Equity in Indonesia through Student Performance in the Certified Emancipated Learning Internship Program. Aspirasi: Jurnal Masalah-masalah Sosial, 15(2), 143–157. doi:https://doi.org/10.46807/aspirasi.v15i2.4389 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   BRA, Febrilia., & Winarti, D.W. (2018). Deepening students understanding of triangle topic through application’s component of ELPSA (Experience, Language, Pictorial, Symbol and Application) framework. Journal of Physics: Conference series. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1088/1/012085 Winarti, D.W. (2018). Developing spatial reasoning activities within geometry learning. Journal of Physics: Conference series. https://doi.org/10.1088/17426596/1088/1/012004 Winarti, D.W., Amin, S.M., Lukito, A., & Van Gallen, F. (2012). Learning the concept of area and perimeter by exploring their relation. Journal on Mathematics Education. http://dx.doi.org/10.22342/jme.3.1.616.41-54  

Conference proceeding

Winarti, D.W., & Patahuddin, S.M. (2019). Students’ ability to solve mental rotation items: Gender perspective within a disadvantaged community. In G. Hine, S. Blackley, & A. Cooke (Eds.), Mathematics education research: Impacting practice. Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED604353 Winarti, D.W., & Patahuddin, S.M. (2017). Graphic-rich items within high-stakes test: Indonesia national exam (UN), PISA, and TIMSS.  In A. Downton, S. Livy, & J. Hall (Eds.), 40 years on: We are still learning! Proceedings of the 40th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (p. 569-574).  https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED589469  

Working Paper:

Arif, S., Pramana, R. P., Rarasati N., Winarti, D.W.  (2022). Nurturing Learning Culture among Teachers: Demand-Driven Teacher Professional Development and the Development of Teacher Learning Culture in Jakarta, Indonesia. RISE Working Paper Series. https://doi.org/10.35489/BSG-RISEWP_2022/117