Thailand TESOL 2026 plenary 'Exploratory Action Research as a Rescue Strategy' - Richard Smith
Presentation at theThailand TESOL international Conference 2026, Bangkok ('Exploring the new frontiers of ELT for a better tomorrow')
PowerPoint slides (as pdf)Link opens in a new window
References and resources
Background
Richard Smith & Kuchah Kuchah. (2016). Researching teacher associations'Link opens in a new window ELT Journal 70(2), pp. 212–221.
Amol Padwad & Richard Smith (eds.) (2023). Decentring ELT: Practices and Possibilities.Link opens in a new window AINET Association of English Teachers (India) & A.S. Hornby Educational Trust.
Amol Padwad, Richard Smith & Deborah Bullock (2017)Teaching in Low-resource Classrooms: Voices of Experience.Link opens in a new window British Council.
Teacher-research for difficult circumstances:Link opens in a new window ESRC/University of Warwick project (2016–2018) website.
General
CamTREE (Cambridge Teacher Research Exchange) Digital Library. Exploratory Action Research - British Council.Link opens in a new window
Richard Smith & Paula Rebolledo. [2022]. Exploratory Action Research for Enhanced Teaching and LearningLink opens in a new window. British Council
Richard Smith (2022).'Mentoring teacher-research: from situated practice to global guidance'Link opens in a new window. In Wyatt, M. & Dikilitas, K. (eds.) International Perspectives on Mentoring in English Language Education.Palgrave Macmillan,229–247
EAR-Thailand
EAR-Thailand: https://www.britishcouncil.or.th/teach/our-work/exploratory-action-research-thailandLink opens in a new window
EAR-Th presentations at Thai TESOL 2026Link opens in a new window
Richard Smith, Rachanee Dersingh & Sonthida Keyuravong (eds.) (in press) Stories of Exploratory Action Research in Thailand. British Council
For teachers
Richard Smith & Paula Rebolledo (2018) A Handbook for Exploratory Action ResearchLink opens in a new window London: British Council.
Facebook group for teachers: https://www.facebook.com/groups/teachersresearch/Link opens in a new window
Webinar introduction to Exploratory Action Research (British Council webinar for secondary school teachers in Ukraine): Paula Rebolledo & Richard Smith
Video presentations and reflections, with posters from the Teachers Research! Online 2021 conference
For mentors or prospective mentors
Richard Smith (2020) Mentoring Teachers to Research Their Classrooms: A Practical Handbook.Link opens in a new window New Delhi: British Council. Associated video interviews with mentors.
Facebook group for mentors: https://www.facebook.com/groups/mentoringTR/
MenTRnet (international network for mentors of teacher-research): http://mentrnet.netLink opens in a new window
See also http://mentrnet.net/resources Link opens in a new windowfor a list of Open Access resources that is being kept updated.
Richard Smith, Centre for Applied Linguistics, University of Warwick.
Email: R.C.Smith@warwick.ac.uk
Website: https://warwick.ac.uk/richardcsmith