Emese Hall

Emese Hall is a Lecturer at the School of Education, University of Exeter, specializing in visual arts education and primary teacher training. She co-leads the Primary 3-7 Leadership strand in the PGCE Primary program and is a visual arts specialist on the MA Creative Arts in Education program. Her professional roles include former Vice President of the National Society for Education in Art and Design (NSEAD), Chair of the NSEAD Art Education for the Environment and Climate Emergency Research Group, and coordination of the Exeter Area Art Educators network. She co-edited the International Encyclopedia of Art and Design Education (Wiley-Blackwell, 2019) and served as Subject Lead for Primary Art, Craft and Design at Oak National Academy (2020-2021).

Research Interests:

• Visual arts education in primary schools
• Teachers' professional learning (initial and continuing)
• Artist-teacher identities
• Visual literacy and drawing as reflective practice
• Environmental justice and degrowth advocacy in art education
• Connections between art education and addressing the Earth Crisis
• Young children's drawings (4-6 years) and socio-cultural theories of representation
• Interpretive methodologies and visual research methods

Education:

• BSc (Hons)
• PGCE
• MEd
• MSc
• PhD

Scientific Awards:

• Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)