From Teachers to Teacher-Researchers Webinar Series
About the webinar series
The ‘From Teachers to Teacher-Researchers Webinar Series’, consisting of four webinars, will introduce insights and best practice on Classroom Research from teachers in Thailand alongside Professor Anne Burns. The webinars will introduce Exploratory Action Research, from identifying problems to disseminating research findings and everything in between.
Hear from teachers from Thai schools and Professor Burns on how you can conduct research in your classroom.
| Date and Time | Webinar Details |
| Tuesday 5 September 2023, 16.00-17.00 hrs (BKK time), Delivered in English |
From Teachers to Teacher-Researchers Webinar Series: Possible Problems & Planning Sometimes our lessons go well and sometimes they do not. Some students understand and some of them do not. Have you ever set up an activity and it just did not work? Teachers do not seem to have the time or the resources to always work out the answers and solutions to these issues. However, in this webinar, we will discuss and present ways to get started on your exploratory journey and discover the causes for common problems. Prepare to take action in improving your classroom practice. Speakers Prof Anne Burns Bhunnarak Bhurampawe Patcharin Kunna Jittima Duangmanee Moderated by Amie Dodd |
| Wednesday 6 September 2023, 16.00-17.00 hrs (BKK time), Delivered in English |
From Teachers to Teacher-Researchers Webinar Series: How to Use Tools for Classroom Research In this webinar, we identified which specific areas need developing in our classroom practice. So, what do we do next? For the next step, in webinar two, we will break down a variety of effective tools, like questionnaires and surveys, used by teachers to measure the effects of what is happening in the classroom. The researchers will share their experiences on collecting learner data successfully as they implemented their interventions. Speakers Anuchit Tharamanit Pheerapol Muprasert Kanchanokchon Woodeson Moderated by Amie Dodd |
| Thursday 7 September 2023, 16.00-17.00 hrs (BKK time), Delivered in English |
From Teachers to Teacher-Researchers Webinar Series: Taking Action On this webinar in the EAR series will present the potential challenges teachers face whilst carrying out classroom action research. The researchers will explain their procedures when trying out new teaching techniques and how they managed their situations. How do we improve the confidence in speaking of our learners? How can they raise their reading comprehension level and why is it so low? What formative assessment tools are most useful for our learners? Join us for the penultimate webinar in the IPASS series and pick up some tried and tested ideas for your classroom. Speakers Jessie James Ramirez Dagunan Menada Juiboonmee Pajonsak Mingsakoon Moderated by Amie Dodd |
| Friday 8 September 2023, 16.00-17.00 hrs (BKK time), Delivered in English |
From Teachers to Teacher-Researchers Webinar Series: Understanding Results and Sharing Ideas In this final webinar in the series, our researchers will share how they came to a conclusion from their results. How do we analyse the classroom data and summarise our findings in a useful, practical way? How do we package this information and take forward our evidence to share with our peers? Join us to find out how all educators can benefit from this kind of study and improve our teaching practice in the most sustainable way. Speakers Prof Anne Burns Nattanan Lengluan Patcharin Kunna Moderated by Amie Dodd |
Speaker
Professor Anne Burns
Anne Burns is a Professor of TESOL and the Academic Adviser the Applied Linguistics Series published by Oxford University Press, a Senior Consultant to National Geographic Learning, in 2016, she was recognised as one of TESOL International’s ’50 at 50’ who have made a significant contribution to the field of English language teaching. Anne’s research interests include action research, teaching speaking from a discourse/genre perspective, curriculum development, and language teacher education. Her book, Doing Action Research in the Language Classroom: A Guide for Practitioners (2010, Routledge), has been extensively used by English language teachers and teacher educators internationally.
Anuchit Tharamanit
Anuchit Tharamanit teaches English to Grade 12 students at Takpittayakhom School, Tak. Anuchit has teaching experience for 27 years and his area of interest in teaching are grammar and writing teaching.
Bhunnarak Bhurampawe
Bhunnarak Bhurampawe teaches English to Grades 10, 11, and 12 students at Kuthong Phitthayalai School, Khon Kaen. Bhunnarak has teaching experience for 11 years and her area of interest in teaching is speaking for presentations teaching.
Jittima Duangmanee
Jittima Duangmanee teaches English to Grade 11 students at Surathampitak School, Nakhon Ratchasima. Jittima has teaching experience for 24 years and her area of interest in teaching are writing, speaking and formative assessment.
Jessie James Ramirez Dagunan
Jessie James Ramirez Dagunan teaches English to Grade 8 students at Mathayom Taksin Rayong School, Rayong. James has teaching experience for 14 years teaching experience in public school and international school contexts and his area of interest in teaching are vocabulary and grammar.
Kanchanokchon Woodeson
Kanchanokchon Woodeson teaches English to Grades 10, 11, and 12 students at Ammartpanichnukul School, Krabi. Kanchanokchon has teaching experience for 28 years teaching experience and her area of interest in teaching are reading comprehension teaching and active learning teaching.
Menada Juiboonmee
Menada Juiboonmee teaches English to Grade 12 students at Mathayomwatsing School, Bangkok. Menada has teaching experience for 9 years teaching experience and her area of interest in teaching are communicative language teaching.
Nattanan Lengluan
Nattanan Lengluan teaches English to Grade 11 students at Saparachinee Trang School, Trang. Nattanan has teaching experience for 28 years teaching experience and her area of interest in teaching are teaching and assessing writing.
Pajonsak Mingsakoon
Pajonsak Mingsakoon has been an English teacher at Hunkhapittayakom Secondary School in Chai Nat Province for 28 years. He is interested in teaching communicative speaking and writing, teaching strategies development and language structure.
Patcharin Kunna
Patcharin Kunna is an English teacher of grade 9 (15-16 years old) at Damrongratsongkroh School, one of the larger secondary schools in Chiang Rai in the Northern part of Thailand. Patcharin has teaching experience for 14 years teaching experience and her area of interest in teaching are Motivating students, planning lessons, and classroom research.
Pheerapol Muprasert
Pheerapol Muprasert teaches English to Grades 4, 5, and 6 students at Wat Pho-Jae School, Samut Sakhon. Pheerapol has teaching experience for 10 years teaching experience and his area of interest in teaching is pronunciation teaching.
Moderator
Amie Dodd
Amie is a teacher trainer with 17 years’ experience in ELT. As well as being a master trainer for Ministry of Education projects in Myanmar and Bangladesh, she has experience in primary and secondary education, with refugee and displaced persons and on creative media projects for TV and online. She has presented several talks and webinars promoting teacher development across Asia.