Dr. Destina Wahyu Winarti
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.”
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)
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., Rosyada, M.N., Krisnawati, N.M. et al. Scoping Review Using VOSviewer on Research of Socio-Scientific Issues in Education. Can. J. Sci. Math. Techn. Educ. 26, 63 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42330-026-00490-5
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