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On Tuesday 10 September at 11:15am. Find out more by searching the conference programme here.Storytelling is an exciting and powerful way of approaching education research that has the potential to explore the professional lives of educators in a meaningful way. Over time, I have gained inspiration from both hearing the professional stories of others and telling professional stories to others in many scenarios – for example, sharing stories with colleagues during informal reflective moments, and discussing various stories of the school classroom with student teachers. Through storytelling, attention is captured, fragments appear relatable, and human elements (experience, feeling, emotions, complexities) are prioritised (Caine et al., 2022; Clandinin, 2023; Smith & Hendricks, 2020).

In this blog post, I share the findings of a small-scale study that explored the professional lives of primary and secondary school music educators in England through the means of storytelling (Mariguddi, forthcoming). Eight participants argentina consumer email list took part in semi-structured online interviews. Participants were at various career stages, ranging from early career teachers to those who had very recently retired. A two-pronged approach was adopted for data analysis: narrative analysis (co-constructed stories, drawing upon the work of Silverman (2014) and Ollershaw and Creswell (2002); and thematic analysis (to generate key themes across the data, using Braun and Clarke’s (2006) six steps).