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 Intrest

Teacher Education, Indigenous and Cultural Knowledge for Pacific Island people, Indigenous and Christian Leadership and Mathematical Learning, 

List of Publications
Mwaraksurmes, A. (2010). Mathematical Certainties: Opening up or hindering opportunities for learning in Vanuatu? DevNet Conference, New Zealand, Palmerston North, 3rd – 4th December 2010.
Participant - Commonwealth of Learning Cost and Financing for Open School Workshop Chantilly Hotel, Port Vila Vanuatu, 19th November 2012.
Guest Speaker – Vanuatu Education Symposium on the amalgamation of higher learning institution, Port Vila, Vanuatu, 4th March 2016