From Myths to Revelations: My Journey with Action Research and Mentoring
While navigating my journey from a teacher to a researcher, and from a researcher to a research mentor, I uncovered some profound personal insights.
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Challenges in Mentoring Teacher-Research
What challenges do mentors face when mentoring teacher-research? Read Ana García Stone's account of an International Festival Event on the challenges of mentoring teacher-research.
Exploratory Action Research in Thailand (EAR-Th)
The EAR-Th project (Exploratory Action Research in Thailand) aimed to address the underdevelopment of classroom research skills among Thai teachers; a crucial area that often remains neglected.
MenTRnet Support Group monthly sessions
Why do we have monthly mentor support meetings and what do we do in them? Read this post to find out.
School improvement through mentoring EAR
This blog post focuses on the experiences of the authors as they mentored teacher-researchers for school improvement.
Mentoring teacher-research in a Teacher Association community of practice
This blog is based on a presentation given in the International Festival of Mentoring Teacher-Research on 14th September 2024, where James Mbonyuburyo, Laurent Ahishakiye, and Jean Damascene Uwamahoro shared the lessons they have learned from conducting a Hornby-sponsored teacher-research project…
Japanese Translation of ‘A Handbook for Exploratory Action Research’
We are pleased to announce the completion of the Japanese translation of A Handbook for Exploratory Action Research by Richard Smith and Paula Rebolledo (2018). You can read about the story behind the translation in this blog post written by…
The Transformative Power of Supportive Mentorship in Teaching and Research
This personal reflection explores the power of supportive mentoring, both in my journey as a teacher and a researcher and in what I have learned from mentoring others. Through my experiences, I’ve realized that teachers can flourish if they are supported,…
Supporting the publication efforts of teacher-researchers and their mentors
Busy teachers have little time to read, and even less time to write. Research itself can be combined with teaching but busy teachers may decide that writing up their findings for publication is too daunting, tiresome or even unnecessary. How can…
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…