Каталенич Ана

Ana Katalenić graduated as a mathematics and computer science teacher in 2009 at the Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb. She obtained her PhD in 2017 at the same institution with the dissertation entitled Asymptote and asymptotic behavior – didactic transposition in general secondary education in Croatia under the supervision of dr. sc. Aleksandra Čižmešija and dr. sc. Željka Milin Šipuš. Since July 2009, she is an employee at the Faculty of Education, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, where she teaches courses in computer science, mathematics, and mathematics education. She was elected an assistant professor in 2022. She worked as a co-leader of extracurricular activities for fourth-grade elementary school students with a special interest in mathematics and an associate on the scientific project Education of Students with a Special Interest in Mathematics (2008-2013) under the leadership of dr. sc. Margita Pavleković. She is a member of the Croatian Mathematical Society, Osijek Mathematical Society and the Seminar for Mathematics Education, as well as the organizational and scientific committee of the international scientific colloquium Mathematics and Children. As a co-author with teacher training students, she participated in the Congress of Mathematics Teachers and in activities of science popularisation. She has presented independently and as a co-author at several professional and scientific conferences. She is the co-author of several scientific and professional papers in mathematics education and co-editor of the scientific monographs Effective teaching and learning of mathematics through bridging theory and practice (2024) and Advances in research on teaching mathematics (2022). She lives in Đakovo with her husband, three children, and a foster child.