Emma Salter

Senior Lecturer, Department of Education and Community Studies
Member, Huddersfield Centre for Research in Education and Society
School of Education and Professional Development

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1409-4178

Phone01484 478282
EmailE.Salter@hud.ac.uk
Websitehttps://research.hud.ac.uk

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Biography

Emma joined the University of Huddersfield in 2007 as Course Leader for BA(Hons) Religion and Education. Since then she has had various roles in the School of Education including undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and doctoral supervisions. Emma was awarded her PhD by Cardiff University in 2000, which was an ethnographic study of Jainism [http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/9211/]. Nowadays Emma's research focuses on various areas of Religious Education, including RE policy, the representation of religions in RE, and teachers' professional practice. Currently she is PI on a funded project researching Primary RE teachers as practitioner-researchers. Emma does/has done consultancy work for Culham St Gabriel Trust, Kirklees LA and the International Baccalaureate. She is an executive member of the Association of University Lecturers in Religion and Education.

Research Expertise and Interests

Pedagogy in Religious Education
Pedagogy in Religious Studies
Teachers as researchers
Education for Sustainability
Jainism

Education/Academic qualification

PhD, University of Cardiff

Award Date: 17 Feb 2003

External positions

Principal Examiner World Religions, International Baccalaureate

Sep 2019 → …

Research Expertise and Interests

Religious Education
Education theory + practice

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3 Article
1 Other report
1 Chapter
1 Other chapter contribution

Implementing Reading Interventions to Support Disadvantaged Children in England: insights from a process evaluation
Wood, A., Price, J., Salter, E., Woodhouse, F. & Zsargo, L., 28 Jan 2021, In: Educational Review. 19 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Strictly teacher-researchers? The influence of a professional RE conference on primary RE teachers' agency and self-identities as teacher-researchers
Salter, E. & Tett, L., 29 Jan 2021, In: British Journal of Religious Education. 12 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
Strategic School Improvement Fund (SSIF) 'Narrowing the gap in reading attainment for disadvantaged pupils': A report into the impact of reading interventions in schools to support disadvantaged children
Price, J., Salter, E., Wood, A., Woodhouse, F. & Zsargo, L., 17 Feb 2020, University of Huddersfield. 51 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Other report

Open Access
Welcome to my church: faith‑practitioners and the representation of religious traditions in secular RE
Salter, E., 1 Oct 2020, In: Journal of Religious Education. 68, 3, p. 289-303 15 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
Equality and diversity
Avis, J., Ashmore, L., Dalton, J., Hadwen, D., Lavender, K., Noel, P., Rennie, S., Salter, E., Swindells, D., Terry, R., Orr, K. & Thomas, D., 11 Oct 2018, Teaching in Lifelong learning: A guide to theory and practice. Avis, J., Fisher, R. & Thompson, R. (eds.). 3 ed. london: Open University Press, p. 57-78 22 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

5 Oral presentation
3 Invited talk
2 Membership of a Society or Institute

Evidencing Impact in Funded Research Projects
Emma Salter (Invited speaker)
25 Feb 2021
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
NATRE (National Association of Teachers of Religious Education) (External organisation)
Emma Salter (Member)
2021 → …
Activity: Membership types › Membership of a Society or Institute
RExChange: In Conversation
Emma Salter (Speaker)
25 Nov 2020
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
A Communities of Practice approach to supporting teachers and teacher-agency in practitioner research
Emma Salter (Speaker)
3 Oct 2020
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
HE Teaching and Learning stream: Should I teach about Sati? A pilgrimage to Deorala
Emma Salter (Speaker)
2 Sep 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation

Religious education in primary schools, a new research project
Emma Salter
20/11/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment