Organized by MenTRnet and supported by IATEFL Research SIG, Pilgrims Teacher Training Journal and British Council
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The International Festival of Mentoring Teacher-Research in ELT (2024–25)
Free online events and recordings during 2024–25 showcasing teacher-research mentoring initiatives around the world.
The festival's aim was to map and draw lessons from these initiatives and to inspire others to engage in mentoring teacher-research and/or to organize teacher-research mentoring support schemes. With this new emphasis on mentoring, the festival built on two previous international festivals showcasing teacher-researchers' own experiences, in 2017 and 2021, respectively.
29–30 March 2025 (Final Festival event): Teachers Research! Online 2025 conference. Further information
15 March 2025 – ‘Mentoring large groups to engage in teacher-research’ – webinar featuring Ravinarayan Chakrakodi, Eric Ekembe, and Vinayadhar Raju Prathikantam. Video-recording.
22 February 2025 – ‘Integrating teacher-research into pre-service teacher education’ – Penel discussion featuring Melba Libia Cardenas, Elyanora Menglieva, Fauzia Shamim, Richard Smith, Pia Tabali and Flávia Vieira. Video-recording
18 January 2025 – ‘A celebration of MenTRnet / Launching two publications!’ – webinar celebrating MenTRnet achievements, including the launch of Stories of Mentoring Teacher-Research and Teachers Research! Online 2024 (both published by IATEFL Research SIG in association with MenTRnet). Video-recording
14 December – ‘Mentoring teacher-research as a local educational authority initiative’ – webinar on the SCERT Delhi action research mentoring project, led by Professor Rama Mathew. Video recording.
16 November –‘Teacher-researchers becoming mentors’ – panel discussion with Regina Corona (Mexico), Patcharin Kunna (Thailand), Maria Marta Mora (Argentina), Sidney Martin (Spain) and Silvia Severino (Argentina), chaired by Richard Smith. Video recording, and related article by María Marta.
19 October – School improvement through mentoring Exploratory Action Research – Webinar showcasing work in the British Council’s Partner Schools programme, led by Sirin Soyoz, Ghazala Sajjad and Fareeha Bashir. Video recording. Associated blog-post.
14 September – Mentoring teacher-research in a Teacher Association Community of Practice: Experience from Rwanda – Webinar about work within ATER (Association of Teachers of English in Rwanda), led by James Mbonyuburo, Laurent Ahishakiye and Jean Damascène Uwamahoro. Video recording. Associated blog-post. Video-recorded interview for Teacher Trainer Journal
31 August – ‘Mentoring teachers new to research in the Electronic Village Online‘ – Webinar showcasing work by mentors, arising from past Teacher-Research for Professional Development Electronic Village Online (EVO) (EVO) sessions, led by Ruben Mazzei and Mariana Serra. Video recording.
20 July – ‘EAR-Thailand #2024 project – Successful practices in a teacher-research mentoring programme’ – Webinar about work within the EAR-Thailand #2024 project (fomerly, MDEAR (Mentor Development for Exploratory Acton Research) (King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi / British Council Thailand / RELO Thailand / ThaiTESOL). Video recording. Associated blog-post.
8 June – ‘The work and impact of NETRUZ (Network of English Teacher Researchers In Uzbekistan)’ – webinar led by Elyanora Menglieva and Ella Maksakova. Video-recording and Booklet of Success Stories created for the event.
4 May – IATEFL ReSIG webinar – ‘Challenges in mentoring teacher-research, and how to overcome them’ – showcasing the work of mentors of research at the Teachers Research! Online 2024 conference. Video-recording and full programme with links to posters. Associated blog-post.
9 April – British Council Teacher Educator Community webinar on ‘Teacher education and practitioner research – how can one support the other?’ by Richard Smith. Video-recording. Associated article.
16 March – ‘Best of EVO’ – TESOL CALL Interest Section – 30-minute presentation about the Mentoring Teacher-Research Electronic Village Online. Video-recording.
9–10 March 2024 – IATEFL ReSIG Teachers Research! Online 2024 conference – launch event for the festival. Proceedings (video, posters, abstracts)
The Festival was chaired by Professor Richard Smith and organized with the support of a grant from the University of Warwick and the Economic and Social Research Council (grant reference ES/X004635/1)
The festival's aim was to map and draw lessons from these initiatives and to inspire others to engage in mentoring teacher-research and/or to organize teacher-research mentoring support schemes. With this new emphasis on mentoring, the festival built on two previous international festivals showcasing teacher-researchers' own experiences, in 2017 and 2021, respectively.
29–30 March 2025 (Final Festival event): Teachers Research! Online 2025 conference. Further information
15 March 2025 – ‘Mentoring large groups to engage in teacher-research’ – webinar featuring Ravinarayan Chakrakodi, Eric Ekembe, and Vinayadhar Raju Prathikantam. Video-recording.
22 February 2025 – ‘Integrating teacher-research into pre-service teacher education’ – Penel discussion featuring Melba Libia Cardenas, Elyanora Menglieva, Fauzia Shamim, Richard Smith, Pia Tabali and Flávia Vieira. Video-recording
18 January 2025 – ‘A celebration of MenTRnet / Launching two publications!’ – webinar celebrating MenTRnet achievements, including the launch of Stories of Mentoring Teacher-Research and Teachers Research! Online 2024 (both published by IATEFL Research SIG in association with MenTRnet). Video-recording
14 December – ‘Mentoring teacher-research as a local educational authority initiative’ – webinar on the SCERT Delhi action research mentoring project, led by Professor Rama Mathew. Video recording.
16 November –‘Teacher-researchers becoming mentors’ – panel discussion with Regina Corona (Mexico), Patcharin Kunna (Thailand), Maria Marta Mora (Argentina), Sidney Martin (Spain) and Silvia Severino (Argentina), chaired by Richard Smith. Video recording, and related article by María Marta.
19 October – School improvement through mentoring Exploratory Action Research – Webinar showcasing work in the British Council’s Partner Schools programme, led by Sirin Soyoz, Ghazala Sajjad and Fareeha Bashir. Video recording. Associated blog-post.
14 September – Mentoring teacher-research in a Teacher Association Community of Practice: Experience from Rwanda – Webinar about work within ATER (Association of Teachers of English in Rwanda), led by James Mbonyuburo, Laurent Ahishakiye and Jean Damascène Uwamahoro. Video recording. Associated blog-post. Video-recorded interview for Teacher Trainer Journal
31 August – ‘Mentoring teachers new to research in the Electronic Village Online‘ – Webinar showcasing work by mentors, arising from past Teacher-Research for Professional Development Electronic Village Online (EVO) (EVO) sessions, led by Ruben Mazzei and Mariana Serra. Video recording.
20 July – ‘EAR-Thailand #2024 project – Successful practices in a teacher-research mentoring programme’ – Webinar about work within the EAR-Thailand #2024 project (fomerly, MDEAR (Mentor Development for Exploratory Acton Research) (King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi / British Council Thailand / RELO Thailand / ThaiTESOL). Video recording. Associated blog-post.
8 June – ‘The work and impact of NETRUZ (Network of English Teacher Researchers In Uzbekistan)’ – webinar led by Elyanora Menglieva and Ella Maksakova. Video-recording and Booklet of Success Stories created for the event.
4 May – IATEFL ReSIG webinar – ‘Challenges in mentoring teacher-research, and how to overcome them’ – showcasing the work of mentors of research at the Teachers Research! Online 2024 conference. Video-recording and full programme with links to posters. Associated blog-post.
9 April – British Council Teacher Educator Community webinar on ‘Teacher education and practitioner research – how can one support the other?’ by Richard Smith. Video-recording. Associated article.
16 March – ‘Best of EVO’ – TESOL CALL Interest Section – 30-minute presentation about the Mentoring Teacher-Research Electronic Village Online. Video-recording.
9–10 March 2024 – IATEFL ReSIG Teachers Research! Online 2024 conference – launch event for the festival. Proceedings (video, posters, abstracts)
The Festival was chaired by Professor Richard Smith and organized with the support of a grant from the University of Warwick and the Economic and Social Research Council (grant reference ES/X004635/1)
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