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Personal profile
Research and Innovation interests
I am interested in practice-based research in education, particularly within the context of autoethnography. As a musician and teacher I view myself as a pracademic who seeks to illuminate and reveal the narratives of other teachers and education leaders, particularly marginalised voices that search for difference and a better future for those in their care. Recent research has centred on rethinking epsitemology within subject domains, contributing to debates in compulsory education that centre on the role of knowledge in schooling. What knowledge, whose knowledge and why?
Education/Academic qualification
Doctorate of Education, EdD, From Shifting Sands to Disappearing in Dunes: Using critically reflexive autoethnography to rethink place, position and purpose in general classroom music teacher education, Birmingham City University
Award Date: 26 Mar 2021
Master of Education: Education Leadership, MEd, University of Gloucestershire
Award Date: 20 Jul 2006
External positions
Chair of Quality of Education Committee, Hereford College of Art
1 Sept 2025 → …
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Mirror, mirror on the wall… supporting beginning music teachers to become reflective practitioners
Fautley, M. & Axtell, I. J., 26 Nov 2025, Mentoring Music Teachers in the Secondary School: A Practical Guide. Wolf, M., Booth, N. & Younie, S. (eds.). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 108-119 11 p. (Mentoring Trainee and Early Career Teachers).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Supporting pupils’ learning
Axtell, I. J. & Fautley, M., 26 Nov 2025, Mentoring Music Teachers in the Secondary School: A Practical Guide. Wolf, M., Booth, N. & Younie, S. (eds.). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 154-165 11 p. (Mentoring Trainee and Early Career Teachers ).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Beowulf Opera Scenes: Classroom music pedagogy and knowledge when composing an opera with primary-school children
Axtell, I., Anderson, A. D., MacGregor, E., Nenadic, E., Fautley, M. & Evans, N., 15 Nov 2024, In: Research Studies in Music Education.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Knowledge and Music Education: A Social Realist Account - Knowledge and Music Education: A Social Realist Account by Graham J. McPhail . Routledge, 2023. Hbk, 256pp, £130. ISBN: 9781032292519.
Axtell, I., 6 Nov 2023, British Journal of Music Education, 40, 3, p. 408 to 410 2 p.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Book/Film/Article review
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Rethinking pedagogic identities for Key Stage 3 general classroom music teacher education: an autoethnographic study
Axtell, I. (Corresponding / Lead Author), 18 Dec 2023, In: British Journal of Music Education. 41, 2, p. 145 to 156Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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CSAPCE Conference July 2025
Axtell, I. (Participant) & Griffin, S. (Participant)
1 Jul 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participating in a conference, workshop, ...
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Hoping or coping
Axtell, I. (Speaker)
5 Oct 2025Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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CSPACE Conference July 2025
Axtell, I. (Participant) & Macleod, G. (Participant)
1 Jul 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participating in a conference, workshop, ...
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HELS Conference 2024
Axtell, I. (Participant)
8 Jul 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participating in a conference, workshop, ...
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CSPACE Conference July 2024
Axtell, I. (Participant)
3 Jul 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participating in a conference, workshop, ...