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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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Action Research Resources @action-research.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
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."
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Action Research Resources @action-research.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Mentoring large groups of teacher-researchers - MenTRnet blog post by Ravi Chakrakodi - mentrnet.net/mentoring-la...
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Mentoring Large Groups of Teacher-Researchers – MenTRnet
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Action Research Resources @action-research.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
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.
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Action Research Resources @action-research.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
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...
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Richard Smith @richardsmithelt.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
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...
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Action Research Resources @action-research.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
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...
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Action Research Resources @action-research.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
From the International Festival of Mentoring Teacher-Research in ELT 2024-25 (mentrnet.net/festival)
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Action Research Resources @action-research.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
A short article just published on the British Council website: www.teachingenglish.org.uk/professional...
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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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Action Research Resources @action-research.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
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.
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Richard Smith @richardsmithelt.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Upcoming event in the International Festival of Mentoring Teacher-Research in ELT 2024-25. Further information and registration: mentrnet.net/integrating-...
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Action Research Resources @action-research.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Summary of a MenTRnet discussion exploring potential roles of AI in teacher-research mentoring: action-research.ai/exploring-po...
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Action Research Resources @action-research.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
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...
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A celebration of MenTRnet / Launching two publications!
YouTube video by ELTResearch
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Action Research Resources @action-research.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
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
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SidMartin @24sm24.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
#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
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Action Research Resources @action-research.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
A Japanese translation of A Handbook for Exploratory Action Research by Richard Smith and P. Rebolledo has just been published: mentrnet.net/japanese-tra...
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Action Research Resources @action-research.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Stories of Mentoring Teacher-Research - new Open Access publication from IATEFL Research SIG and MenTRnet resig.weebly.com/uploads/2/6/...
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Action Research Resources @action-research.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
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...
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‘Mentoring teacher-research as a local educational authority initiative
YouTube video by ELTResearch
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kenandklts.bsky.social @kenandklts.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Our book is out: www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...
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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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SidMartin @24sm24.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
#edtech #MenTRnet #teachersresearch #EAR @richardsmithelt.bsky.social @iatefl.bsky.social An example of supportive mentorship 👇🏻 mentrnet.net/supportive_m...
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The Transformative Power of Supportive Mentorship in Teaching and Research – MenTRnet
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Action Research Resources @action-research.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Coming up - this Saturday, with ELTons 'Outstanding Achievement' Award winner Professor Rama Mathew and mentors from SCERT-Delhi mentrnet.net/mentoring-te...
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Action Research Resources @action-research.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
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/
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Richard Smith @richardsmithelt.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
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!
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Action Research Resources @action-research.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
First issue of a new journal showcasing teachers' own research, just published - eltcrj.com/v1i1/
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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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Action Research Resources @action-research.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
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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Richard Smith @richardsmithelt.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
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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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Action Research Resources @action-research.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
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/...
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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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Richard Smith @richardsmithelt.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
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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Richard Smith @richardsmithelt.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
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?...
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Teacher-Researchers Becoming Mentors
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Action Research Resources @action-research.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Exploratory Action Research in Thai Schools – www.britishcouncil.or.th/sites/defaul... – reports from teachers
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Action Research Resources @action-research.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Champion Teachers: Stories of Exploratory Action Research – bit.ly/champion-tea... – the first book of stories of exploratory action research, by Chilean schoolteachers
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Action Research Resources @action-research.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
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.
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Action Research Resources @action-research.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
A Handbook for Exploratory Action Research - bit.ly/handbook-EAR - for teachers in challenging situations
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