Liliana Mata Constantin is PhD in Educational Sciences and Associate Professor at Teacher Training Department of „Vasile Alecsandri” University of Bacău, Romania. She has published books, book chapters and articles in international journals on current issues in the domain of Educational Sciences: teacher training, curricular innovations, educational use of information technology. She also worked as a research expert, member and director in national and international research projects on current educational themes: the introduction of the curricular innovations in the teacher training programme from primary school and preschool education (Romanian-Cyprus); the development of the pedagogical competencies of teachers of Romanian language and communication through initial training programmes for teachers.