Amton Mwaraksurmes
professor
Education
University of south pacific
Fiji
Biography
Teaching/Work experience: Lecturer & Coordinator of UTP (August, 2012- current), School of Education, Faculty of Arts, Law and Education, University of the South Pacific, Emalus Campus, Vanuatu. Lecturer & Head of Education Studies (February – August, 2012), Vanuatu Institute of Teacher Education, Port Vila Vanuatu. Tutor (February – June, 2012), PS103 Ethics and Research Methods in the Social Sciences I, School of Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts, Law and Education, University of the South Pacific. Lecturer (1999-2007), Vanuatu Institute of Teacher Education, Port Vila Vanuatu. Secondary School Teacher (1993-1998), Vanuatu Teaching Service Commission, Vanuatu Government.
Research Interest
Teacher Education, Indigenous and Cultural Knowledge for Pacific Island people, Indigenous and Christian Leadership and Mathematical Learning,
Publications
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Mwaraksurmes, A. (2010). Mathematical Certainties: Opening up or hindering opportunities for learning in Vanuatu? DevNet Conference, New Zealand, Palmerston North, 3rd – 4th December 2010.
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Participant - Commonwealth of Learning Cost and Financing for Open School Workshop Chantilly Hotel, Port Vila Vanuatu, 19th November 2012.
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Guest Speaker – Vanuatu Education Symposium on the amalgamation of higher learning institution, Port Vila, Vanuatu, 4th March 2016
