Domna (Mika) Kakana was born in Thessaloniki, Greece. She holds a BA degree from the School of Early Childhood Education of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She holds an MA degree and a PhD from the Department of Sciences of Education, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Strasbourg (France). She is a Professor of Educational Sciences at the School of Early Childhood Education of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and was Dean of the Faculty of Education (2020-2023). She was also the Director of the Postgraduate Programme "Sciences of Education" (2016-2020). She has also been a Professor at the Department of Early Childhood Education of the University of Thessaly (1991-2015), Director of the Postgraduate Course "Educational Materials and Educational Toys" (2004-2011), and Director of the Laboratory of Theoretical and Applied Education (2000-2015) of the same Department, as well as an elected member of the Board of Directors of the University of Thessaly. She has more than 180 publications, 10 books (6 edited). and articles in Greek and English language journals, chapters in books, and conference proceedings, while more than 190 of her works (autonomous or collaborative) have been announced at conferences (international or Greek) and other scientific events. Her recent research interests focus on designing contemporary developmental environments for teaching and learning, such as collaborative or/and cooperative, improving the quality of t