Janet Tassell is an Assistant Director and Professor for the School of Teacher Education at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky. During Fall 2022/2023, she spent three months as a Fulbright Scholar at the Faculty of Education with the Mathematics Department of Charles University in Prague, where she co-taught a course Classical Readings in Mathematics Education and guest lectured in a course on Secondary Math Methods. Janet is passionate about education and teaching, and her students can feel her excitement and positivity. Her research in the Czech Republic centered on mindfulness teaching practices in mathematics. During her stay, she has conducted research with teacher candidates to apply mindfulness practices in mathematics instruction, to strengthen students’ growth mindset, and lessen math anxiety. Many of these strategies can be applied across multiple disciplines, far beyond teaching mathematics. Weeks after her Transatlantic adventure, back in Kentucky,...
Jaké je to být Fulbrighterem. What it is like to be a Fulbrighter.