Katerina (Aikaterini) Akritidou graduated from the Department of Preschool Education of University of Ioannina and she holds a M.Sc is e-learning from the Department of Digital Systems, University of Piraeus.

She has worked as a Preschool teacher at ministry of army in the department of kindergarten for the children of military stuff from September 2002 until September 2008. Since then, she works as a preschool teacher at ministry of education. As a researcher she has participated in conferences such as the International Conference on E-Learning in the Workplace (ICELW) in 2014 and the Hellenic Conference on Innovating STEM Education (HISTEM) in 2016. She is a writer in three-volume collective work “Aid Training young children. Theory and Practice “, First volume “Management problems in kindergarten for a smooth transition to the Elementary School”, Capter” First Aid in Kindergarten from the side of a preschool teacher”.

Her research interests focus on STEM methodology in preschool education. She has created the apT²STEM training program on teachers based on “Cognitive Apprenticeship” Model and Jigsaw Collaborative Strategy for the enhancement of their professional development.