Susan Dawson

Susan Dawson has been a TESOL educator for over 35 years and is currently based in Ecuador, where she teaches English and works with women and children in disadvantaged communities. She has been part of MenTRnet for over a year and has mentored teacher researchers in Côte d'Ivoire, Thailand and the UK. She is an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Manchester, UK.

Joined: June 21, 2024
Articles: 0

Features, Uncategorized

Compassion and Empathy in Mentoring Teacher-Research

“Compassion: for some teachers, their lives are difficult as is. Mentors need compassion to support teachers and their journeys.” (Jeep, trainee mentor, EAR-Thailand) This quote is from a trainee mentor, who was asked at the end of an EAR (Exploratory Action…

Susan Dawson
July 25, 2026

Features

Being ethical in our mentoring of teacher research

I first began to think seriously about what it meant to be ethical in my teacher research when my classroom practice, and in particular, my Exploratory Practice (Hanks 2017), was generating the data for my doctorate. Although I had an…

Susan Dawson
October 1, 2024
3 Comments