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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
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A Handbook for Exploratory Action Research - bit.ly/handbook-EAR - for teachers in challenging situations
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."
November 11, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Mentoring large groups of teacher-researchers - MenTRnet blog post by Ravi Chakrakodi - mentrnet.net/mentoring-la...
Mentoring Large Groups of Teacher-Researchers – MenTRnet
mentrnet.net
November 5, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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.
November 5, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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...
May 7, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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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...
April 15, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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...
March 24, 2025 at 1:23 AM
From the International Festival of Mentoring Teacher-Research in ELT 2024-25 (mentrnet.net/festival)
Why – 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...
Integrating teacher-research into pre-service teacher education
YouTube video by ELTResearch
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February 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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.
February 8, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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Upcoming event in the International Festival of Mentoring Teacher-Research in ELT 2024-25. Further information and registration: mentrnet.net/integrating-...
February 6, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Summary of a MenTRnet discussion exploring potential roles of AI in teacher-research mentoring: action-research.ai/exploring-po...
January 22, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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
www.youtube.com
January 22, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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
January 15, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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#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
January 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
A Japanese translation of A Handbook for Exploratory Action Research by Richard Smith and P. Rebolledo has just been published: mentrnet.net/japanese-tra...
January 7, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Stories of Mentoring Teacher-Research - new Open Access publication from IATEFL Research SIG and MenTRnet resig.weebly.com/uploads/2/6/...
December 26, 2024 at 1:12 AM
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
YouTube video by ELTResearch
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December 23, 2024 at 12:36 PM
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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 11, 2024 at 2:13 AM
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/
December 6, 2024 at 11:17 PM
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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!
November 30, 2024 at 10:59 AM
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...
eltcrj.com
November 30, 2024 at 10:51 AM
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...
November 30, 2024 at 10:44 AM