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Hi everyone,

Here is the program for our TIG. Together we’ve put together a wonderful program. As you can see, on Wednesday we’ll be going out for dinner as a group. The name of the restaurant is in the program.

We will be visiting two schools. It turned out to be difficult to find an urban school in Vlora, but within the TIG we find it important to always visit a school in the country where the conference is held. The organisers have selected two schools for us to visit. We don’t yet know exactly what these school visits will look like. But you can look them up in the internet.

Astrid, Isa and Marystke will give us some instructions beforehand on how we can observe the schools, and they will continue with their workshop after lunch.

If you have any questions or comments, please let us know.

We hope to see you all on 22 April in Vlora.

With kind regards,

Michel and Rosa

Aims and vision Urban TIG
Urban Education refers to a wide range of issues related to living and working in urban settings. More specifically, it refers to issues concerning the education of children in inner cities from kindergarten through university. Heterogeneous cultures, ethnicities, ways of life, beliefs, and values characterize many urban communities.  While these attributes offer people many opportunities, they also present challenges to communities, families, children, and educators.

Description
Current important issues in Urban Education include: the education of children whose ethnicity differs from the dominant society, the education of children living in poverty, the education of children who are not speakers of the dominant language in the society, how to encourage and support parental involvement, and the shortage of teachers in urban settings. Students in urban systems may need different types of support to assure their learning.  

Key characteristics of this TIG are the emphases on a local school visit, an open exchange and discussion of ideas and research, as well as the sharing of practical ideas for teaching in urban settings. The TIG always starts on the first day with a school visit followed by a discussion about the school visit. It is for these reasons that the number of papers presented at the annual conference is limited. 

Format for papers/presentations

• The abstract of your presentation should be 500 words maximum.
• Conference papers are 3000 to 4500 words in length, with authors bringing sufficient copies for distribution at the ETEN conference.
• Following the presentation at the conference, papers are normally published in the Proceedings of ETEN.
• Some papers may be submitted for publication in the Journal of the European Teacher Education Network (JETEN).

Formats of the sessions

• Presentations with discussion and questions (40’)
• Workshops (60’-90’, depending on content and approach)

The next annual conference will be in:

ETEN conference at the Univeristy of Vlora-Ismail Qemalijn in Albania, April 22-24, 2026

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Call for papers and and presentations deadline, January 15 ´ 2026

• Send abstract to TIG leader(s) as soon as possible.

Rosa Rodrigues,
Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences
(EMAIL HERE)

Michel Hogenes
The Hague University of Applied Sciences
(EMAIL HERE)