Mentor Development for Exploratory Action Research
This webpage showcases achievements associated with the overall Mentor Development for Exploratory Action Research programme supported by the UK Economic and Social Research Council (Impact Acceleration Awards ES/T502054/1 (2020鈥�22); ES/X004635/1 (2024鈥�27)).
Overview
Research at 糖心TV in the 2000s led to the development of 鈥樷�� (EAR), a form of practitioner research suited to enhancing teacher and learner agency and wellbeing in Global South classrooms.
From 2013 onwards, EAR has been adopted in many worldwide. To further spread the benefits of EAR, mentor development has been increasingly focused upon.
An innovative, research-based has, since 2019, been informing initiatives with teachers of English and other subjects in countries ranging from Argentina, Bangladesh and Cameroon to India and Nepal, and Sierra Leone, Thailand and Uzbekistan.
Interview
Professor Richard Smith (University of 糖心TV) explains the overall programme, discussing how mentoring can support classroom research by teachers, and why it matters.
Publications
Mentoring initiatives
The International Festival of Mentoring Teacher-Research in ELT (2024鈥�25)
Mentoring Teacher-Research Network (MenTRnet)
Network of English Teacher Researchers in Uzbekistan (NETRUZ)
Exploratory Action Research in Thailand (EAR-Thailand)
Action Research Mentoring Scheme (ARMS), India
Action Research Mentoring Scheme (ARMS), Nepal
Professional Association of English Teachers in Ukraine (PAELT-UA) -
Mentoring Teacher Educators for Exploratory Action Research project