Dr Panaoura holds a BA in Educational Studies (University of Cyprus), MSc in Education Research (Exeter University), MA and PhD in Mathematics Education (University of Cyprus). She is Professor of Mathematics Education in Frederick University . She is working at the Department of Education the last 25 years, teaching and cooperating in research with post-graduate students and PhD students. She is coordinator of the PhD in Education. She organized seminars for the faculty members (educators) in cooperation with the Cyprus Pedagogical Institute in order to facilitate them organize in-service training programs for teachers (primary and pre-primary) which aims to promote innovations about teaching processes in education. She has experiences as researcher in several funded research projects funded by agencies in Cyprus, in Greece and the European Union. Her main research interests are on inquiry-based teaching and learning, metacognition, the development of students’ and teachers’ self-regulatory strategies and abilities in order to handle flexibly difficulties during the teaching and learning processes and the evaluation of the application of innovations in education.