TeachMeet

TeachMeet events are open to all, do not charge an entry fee, and take place in a social setting.

Since global travel restrictions were put in place in March 2020, many TeachMeets have been convened using online platforms.

Very little research has been reported on Teachmeets until 2022 when Dr Mags Amond completed a PhD study titled "Desire Lines in Open Space :: An Exploration of the TeachMeet Phenomenon" to the School of Education at Trinity College Dublin.

Her study conducted an Interpretative Phenomonological Analysis of data arising from her surveys and interviews to clarify the nature of Teachmeets and to identify the niche within the world of teacher professional learning:"The research concludes TeachMeet to be a social, open and humble phenomenon found in the informal intersections of teacher learning, evolving through the agency of participants enacting desires which reflect their political, practical, purposeful, and personal experiences of TeachMeet.

"The following features are often part of a Teachmeet, but the format changes according to the size of the meeting and the preferences of the organisers: