Dr Athena Michaelidou comes from the province of Kyrenia. She is a graduate of the Cyprus Academy of Education and the University of Thessaloniki, holds a Master's degree in Education from the University of Manchester and a PhD in Education from the University of London, specialising in educational research and evaluation. She has been a teacher, Professor of Education at the Cyprus Institute of Education, Head of Research and Evaluation, Head of the Centre for Educational Research and Evaluation and Director of the Institute of Education. Dr Michaelidou has served as Deputy Director General of the Ministry of Education, Sports and Youth, as well as an associate teaching staff member at the Open University of Cyprus and the University of London. From July 2022, by decision of the Council of Ministers, she was appointed as Deputy Director General of the newly established Ministry of Culture.
Dr Michaelidou represented the Ministry of Education, Sports and Youth in expert groups of the European Commission on education issues and participated in several working groups, representing Cyprus abroad. She was coordinator of horizontal actions and innovations of the Ministry and taught for many years in seminars and programmes which she coordinated, on educational innovation, action research and policy in education. Her research interests are mainly in professional development and the introduction of innovations in education.
She is divorced and has two children, a son and a daughter.
(RM/MB/SX)
Contents of this article including associated images are owned by PIO
Views & opinions expressed are those of the author and/or PIO
Source
Source[/P]
