Michalopoulou Aikaterini

Michalopoulou Aikaterini

Academic Rank: Professor

Field of Study: Theory and Methodology of Early Childhood Activities

Telephone Number: +30 24210 74814

E-mail: kmihal@uth.gr

Aikaterini Michalopoulou is a Professor at the Department of Preschool Education of the University of Thessaly, in Greece. She has done her undergraduate studies at the Aristotle University of Thessalonikiand her Ph.D. studies at the University of Human Studies of Strasbourg (France). Since 1998 she has taught courses related to
Pedagogy, Curriculum,Creativity, Educational Programs, in many under- and postgraduate programs.

Her research interests concern the pre-school child and the methodology of the activities in the kindergarten, the curriculum,the representations of young children, the role of the teacher. She has published the following books: L’ enfant , l’ espace et le temps dans les contes (1995, Presses Universitaires du Septentrion), Discovery and
Understanding of the Environment in Preschool and Early School Years (2008, Kastaniotis Press, in collaboration with others), and Oral Discourse in Preschool Education (2009, Epikentro Press), Preschool Education. Methodological Approaches and Curricula (2009, Pedio). He has also written papers in international and Greek scientific journals and in collective volumes.