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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."
November 11, 2025 at 8:17 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Exploratory Action Research in Thai Schools – www.britishcouncil.or.th/sites/defaul... – reports from teachers
November 18, 2024 at 10:27 PM
Champion Teachers: Stories of Exploratory Action Research – bit.ly/champion-tea... – the first book of stories of exploratory action research, by Chilean schoolteachers
November 18, 2024 at 12:10 AM
Mentoring Teachers to Research Their Classrooms: A Practical Handbook – bit.ly/mentoring-TR - based on experience facilitating Exploratory Action Research by teachers in India, Nepal and elsewhere.
November 18, 2024 at 12:06 AM
A Handbook for Exploratory Action Research - bit.ly/handbook-EAR - for teachers in challenging situations
November 17, 2024 at 11:58 PM