Understanding teacher agency through narratives while looking from the lens of Bourdieusian concepts

incidents in particular, influence the manifestation of teacher agency in the context of private schools in Lebanon. This conceptualization was formed by looking through the lens of Bourdieusian concepts, particularly the habitus and field. The study followed a narrative analysis approach in understanding the information shared by 5 private school teachers through semi-structured interviews. The data was then shared through creating three personas where their stories were narrated in line of the Labovian approach to narratives. Each story shared a different outcome with regards to how a past experiences affect participants’ current practice in the school. The study found a connection between critical incidents and the manifestation of teacher agency in Lebanese private school structures which is further described below. The research paper concludes with offering recommendations with regards to how the findings can be utilized in terms of practice and future research.