Ode to Joy: discussions on creating a chorus of jubilation in education

Kat  Lord; Stephen Deazley; Education in the North

doi:10.26203/7wyh-ys09

Ode to Joy: discussions on creating a chorus of jubilation in education

Kat Lord
, Stephen Deazley
, Education in the North

Initial Teacher Education (ITE)

Queen Margaret University
Love Music Productions Ltd

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Abstract

In this dialogue, Stephen, Artistic Director of a non-profit arts organisation, and Kat, a former primary school teacher and Senior Lecturer in Education at a Post-1992 university, reflect on the nature of joy in informal and formal education spaces as taken from their professional experiences. They explore how to create the conditions for joy in those spaces through song, discussing their collaboration to design an inclusive and sustainable singing programme, Sing for Wellbeing.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	114-122
Number of pages	8
Journal	Education in the North
Volume	32
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.26203/7wyh-ys09
Publication status	Published - 15 Sept 2025

Keywords

singing
wellbeing
education
inclusion
joy

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