Exploratory Action Research in Thailand (EAR-Th)

The EAR-Th (Exploratory Action Research in Thailand) project aimed to address the underdevelopment of classroom research skills among Thai teachers, a crucial area that often remains neglected. Teachers in Thailand face challenges in critically analyzing their classroom practices, and classroom research is often perceived as overly academic and inaccessible. Although the Ministry of Education introduced initiatives requiring teachers to identify classroom challenges and develop evidence-based solutions, training in classroom research remained limited, was typically short-term, and lacked long-term support structures. To bridge this gap, the British Council Thailand and King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi launched an Exploratory Action Research project to assist schoolteachers in doing classroom research. ​​​​​​​