Action Research Resources
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Sharing Open Access books, reports, presentations and other resources by/for action researchers and their mentors, with a focus on Exploratory Action Research by teachers and student-teachers. Provided by @richardsmithelt.bsky.social
Book review in the latest issue of ELTCRJ: eltcrj.com/wp-content/u... "(The) book ... sheds light on the power of [Exploratory Action Research] ... As all teachers highlighted ..., we need to have a closer look at our classrooms to find the real issues instead of relying on our assumption."
Mentoring large groups of teacher-researchers - MenTRnet blog post by Ravi Chakrakodi - mentrnet.net/mentoring-la...
Mentoring Large Groups of Teacher-Researchers – MenTRnet
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Mentor Development for Exploratory Action Research - This new University of Warwick webpage - warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/al/r... - both showcases some of the main publications and initiatives in this area over the last few years and provides practical support for mentors or prospective mentors.
Vanita Chopra and Sidney Martin reflect in this feature on the recent Teachers Research! Online 2025 conference: mentrnet.net/teachers-res.... Records of previous conferences are here: resig.weebly.com/teachers-res...
Challenges in Mentoring Teacher-Research, and How to Overcome Them' - slides and handouts for the workshop Ana Garcia-Stone and I gave at the IATEFL 2025 conference in Edinburgh: warwick.ac.uk/richardcsmit...
Teachers research (too) and are doing it for themselves (with the help of some great mentors)! This weekend (29–30 March) – a free online research conference for and by teachers (mainly TESOL) and their mentors, across borders. For a flavour, and registration, see resig.weebly.com/teachers-res...
From the International Festival of Mentoring Teacher-Research in ELT 2024-25 (mentrnet.net/festival)
Richard Smith@richardsmithelt.bsky.social · 2y agoWhy – and how to – incorporate practitioner research into language teacher education? Two responses here: 1) Recording of an inspiring session on preservice teacher education: youtu.be/VTEwv0wFVXo?... 2) A short article I wrote for the British Council: www.teachingenglish.org.uk/professional...
A short article just published on the British Council website: www.teachingenglish.org.uk/professional...
Supporting practitioner research in teacher education
Introduction – why practitioner research? Teacher educators face the challenge of motivating teachers and student-teachers to engage in professional development as lifelong learners. One approach is t...
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A new blog post on school improvement through mentoring Exploratory Action Research, by Sirin Soyoz and Ghazala Sajjad: mentrnet.net/school-impro... – talking about their involvement with the British Council’s Action Research mentoring initiatives in Partner Schools.
Upcoming event in the International Festival of Mentoring Teacher-Research in ELT 2024-25. Further information and registration: mentrnet.net/integrating-...
Summary of a MenTRnet discussion exploring potential roles of AI in teacher-research mentoring: action-research.ai/exploring-po...
Video of Saturday's Celebration of MenTRnet (an international community of mentors of teacher-research) / Launch of two publications - now YouTubed: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTde.... More info.: mentrnet.net/a-celebratio...
A celebration of MenTRnet / Launching two publications!
YouTube video by ELTResearch
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All are welcome to this online introduction / celebration of MenTRnet - an international network for mentors of teacher-research mentrnet.net – and the launch of two publications! mentrnet.net/a-celebratio... - an event in the International Festival of Mentoring Teacher-Research in ELT
#MenTRnet #TeacherResearch @IATEFLResig African teacher-researchers 👉🏻 register for this conference tomorrow (Saturday 11th January)! 1pm GMT onwards Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... @Ernesto_AppLing @RichardSmithELT
A Japanese translation of A Handbook for Exploratory Action Research by Richard Smith and P. Rebolledo has just been published: mentrnet.net/japanese-tra...
Stories of Mentoring Teacher-Research - new Open Access publication from IATEFL Research SIG and MenTRnet resig.weebly.com/uploads/2/6/...
Video of the most recent International Festival of Mentoring Teacher-Research event: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L6F... This webinar provided insights from organizers and mentors of the SCERT-Delhi teacher-research initiative. Further information: mentrnet.net/mentoring-te...
‘Mentoring teacher-research as a local educational authority initiative
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Our book is out: www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...
The Routledge Handbook of Language Teacher Action Research | Anne Burn
The Routledge Handbook of Language Teacher Action Research is an authoritative and innovative treatment of language teacher action research (LTAR) as a growing
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Coming up - this Saturday, with ELTons 'Outstanding Achievement' Award winner Professor Rama Mathew and mentors from SCERT-Delhi mentrnet.net/mentoring-te...
December 14th event in the International Festival of Mentoring Teacher-Research in ELT (2024-25). More info and registration here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... Featuring mentors for the SCERT-Delhi initiative, introduced by Prof. Rama Mathew Festival website: mentrnet.net/festival/
MenTRnet (mentrnet.net) has supported the journey of this journal so far, and will continue to do so! Congratulations to editor Robert Dickey and asociate editor Eli Békés for this achievement!
Action Research Resources@action-research.bsky.social · 2y agoFirst issue of a new journal showcasing teachers' own research, just published - eltcrj.com/v1i1/
First issue of a new journal showcasing teachers' own research, just published - eltcrj.com/v1i1/
Volume 1, Issue 1 (2024) - ELT Classroom Research Journal
The Inaugural issue! Table of Contents Cover & Frontsmatter Editorial Team . . . . . 4 Foreword . . . . . 5 The Call for Classroom Action Research . . . . . 7Robert J. Dickey Teacher’s Interest in Cam...
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The Teacher Research Journey: Voices of champion teachers - a collection of Exploratory Action Research (EAR) reports - and reports of mentoring EAR – from Uzbekistan drive.google.com/file/d/183NH...
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British Council Partner Schools on LinkedIn: #britishcouncilpartnerschools #supportingqualityeducation…
Meet our Action Research Now! keynote speaker – Richard Smith, professor of ELT and Applied Linguistics at the University of Warwick. 🗣 In his talk titled…
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Congratulations to 'Noticing'! Hear more about it on 22 February 2025, 1.00–2.30pm (UTC) in ‘Using AI to help mentor teacher inquiry’ – a webinar led by Elena Oncevska-Ager, Matthew Ager, Sirin Soyoz and Richard Smith. Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Noticing Network on LinkedIn: #eltons #elt #festivalofinnovation #innovation #bera #berawera2024
We are absolutely delighted to announce that Noticing Network has won the #ELTons award for Innovation in the Use of…
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The Winner of the 2024 ELTons Award for Innovation in Use of Technology has just been announced online, and the judges made a great choice: The Winner is ... "Noticing". about.noticing.network A creative use of AI that empowers rather than deskills teachers. www.britishcouncil.org/english-asse...
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Start Noticing, Start Growing. AI-facilitated reflective practices.
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At this latest event in the International Festival of Mentoring Teacher-Research in ELT (2024/25), five teachers who had engaged in teacher-research described their journeys to becoming mentors of Exploratory Action Research by/for other teachers. Watch on YouTube: youtu.be/oZJohJpcGI0?...
Teacher-Researchers Becoming Mentors
YouTube video by ELTResearch
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Exploratory Action Research in Thai Schools – www.britishcouncil.or.th/sites/defaul... – reports from teachers
Champion Teachers: Stories of Exploratory Action Research – bit.ly/champion-tea... – the first book of stories of exploratory action research, by Chilean schoolteachers
