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2024
IATEFL ReSIG Supported Event: The International Festival of Mentoring Teacher-Research in ELT (2024–25)
The International Festival of Mentoring Teacher-Research in ELT (2024–25) is a year-long series of monthly events that highlight teacher-research mentoring initiatives from around the world. These events serve as a platform to share insights, best practices, and experiences related to teacher-research. It’s an exciting opportunity for educators to engage, learn, and collaborate in the field of teacher-research and mentoring teacher-research!
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The festival's main aim continues to be to map and draw lessons from mentoring initiatives around the world and to inspire others to engage in mentoring teacher-research and/or to organize teacher-research mentoring support schemes themselves:
20 July – 13:00–14:30 UK time – '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). Further details and registration.
31 August – 13:00–14:30 UK time – Mentoring teachers new to research in the Electronic Village Online – Webinar showcasing work by mentors, arising from the Teacher-Research for Professional Development Electronic Village Online (EVO) sessions. Further details and registration
14 September – 13:00–14:30 UK time – Mentoring teacher-research in a Teacher Association Community of Practice: Experience from Rwanda. Further details and registration.
The Festival website, which provides access to recordings of previous events, e.g. our June event on the work of NETRUZ in Uzbekistan is here: https://mentoring-tr.weebly.com/festival-2024-25.html
Best wishes
Richard Smith
International Festival of Mentoring Teacher-Research Chair
20 July – 13:00–14:30 UK time – '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). Further details and registration.
31 August – 13:00–14:30 UK time – Mentoring teachers new to research in the Electronic Village Online – Webinar showcasing work by mentors, arising from the Teacher-Research for Professional Development Electronic Village Online (EVO) sessions. Further details and registration
14 September – 13:00–14:30 UK time – Mentoring teacher-research in a Teacher Association Community of Practice: Experience from Rwanda. Further details and registration.
The Festival website, which provides access to recordings of previous events, e.g. our June event on the work of NETRUZ in Uzbekistan is here: https://mentoring-tr.weebly.com/festival-2024-25.html
Best wishes
Richard Smith
International Festival of Mentoring Teacher-Research Chair
August
MA TESOL Quickfire Event 2024
If you are a postgraduate student, you are probably in the last stages of your final piece of work, the dissertation. Applied Linguistics, University of Warwick (with support from the IATEFL Research Special Interest Group) would like to invite you to an event where you can share what you have found out in your research with other students also at the same stage in their career from all over UK. The event (MA TESOL Quickfire Dissertation Presentation) will take place in person and online (i.e. in hybrid format) on Monday 12th August 2024.
A Quickfire Presentation means that every presenter gives a VERY SHORT (5 minute) summary of their topic (your dissertation research) using exactly 15 PowerPoint slides, which automatically move on every 20 seconds. You should focus mainly on why you chose the topic, how you researched it and what you discovered (if you have reached that stage, what you expect to find if not) - no literature review needed. We realise you may not have finalised your conclusion - this is a chance to discuss your findings and get some feedback before submission. In the afternoon, our special guest Dr Luis Carabantes (Queen Mary University of London) will reflect on his own journey from MA student to PhD and beyond, giving you a chance to ask questions and clarify your own future plans. Date: Monday 12th August 2024 Time: 10.00 (Registration open from 9.30) to 17.00 Location: Hybrid Venue: Room FAB2.43 Faculty of Arts Building, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry CV4 7AL / ONLINE Registration and the call for presentations is now open! Click here Read the MA TESOL QuickFire event page on the Warwick University website. |