Themes for the 2018 International Conference:

Theme 1: Past, present and the future of teacher education policies and practices in the Mediterranean

• Teacher training and the changing nature of work and learning

• Initial teacher education and the formation of teacher identity

• Teachers’ professional development and learning: formal, non-formal and informal 

• Newly qualified teacher work experiences and educational needs

• Mentoring in pre-service and in-service teacher education

Theme 2: Reforming and reinventing teacher education and work

• Challenges in selecting pedagogical and content knowledge for teacher education

• Reflective practice in teaching and research 

• Teacher education for improvement of students' health and wellbeing

• Classroom management skills and teacher training

• Teachers' role in preventing early school leaving from education and training

• Teaching and learning languages and communication skills (bilingualism, foreign language,...)

• Preparing teachers for the increasingly demanding early childhood education and care

• Training of teachers for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) subjects

• Preparing teachers to work with information and communication technologies 

• Preparing teachers for assessment for learning

• Adult Education for social change

• Popular and community-based education

• Further and higher education

Theme 3: Student teacher social and economic conditions in the Mediterranean

• Youth interest in the teaching profession in the Mediterranean

• Student teacher recruitment, selection and training 

• Student teachers’ social engagement and approaches to learning

• Student-centered learning and teacher education

• Expanding opportunities for teacher student learning

Theme 4: The role of professional associations and leadership in improving teachers' wellbeing

• Teacher professional status and working conditions

• Job demand and control in teaching and job satisfaction

• Teacher working conditions, work-life balance and wellbeing

• Teacher agency in professional practice

Theme 5: Teacher training and Inclusive education

• Teacher role in integration of recent immigrants to Europe [the Mediterranean region]

• Developing teachers' intercultural competence

• Teacher sensitivity to diversity in the classroom

• Researching inclusive education to close the theory-practice gap

• Education for learning support assistance and inclusion

Theme 6: Teachers as researchers - possibilities, challenges and the reality

• The role of practice-based research in initial teacher education

• Pre-service teachers’ development through research and collaboration

• Evidence- and research-based teacher education and practices

• Teachers' engagement in collaborative research and innovative work

• Building capacity for research and innovation through initial teacher training and CPD

Theme 7: Other issues related to Educational Research and Teacher Education