Ioulia Ntousi is a member of the Laboratory Teaching Staff of the Department of Early Childhood Education, Democritus University of Thrace. She holds a Master degree in Child Development from Institute of Education, London University and a Doctoral degree in Psychology from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. From 2009 till 2020 she worked as a kindergarten teacher in public sector. Research interests: motivation and its development, cognitive and metacognitive development.