AUT - Sharon Harvey

Dr Sharon Harvey

Deputy Dean of Faculty - Culture and Society (Research and Postgraduate); Head of School - Language and Culture

Phone: +64 9 921 9999 extn 9659

Email: sharon.harvey@aut.ac.nz

Qualifications:

Biography:

Dr Sharon Harvey is Head of the School of Language and Culture and Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Culture and Society (Research and Postgraduate) with responsibility for Research and Postgraduate Studies.

Sharon was a language and workplace literacy teacher for many years. Over the last 15 years she has also been closely involved in the development of postgraduate programmes and a research culture at AUT. From 2007-2010 Sharon led three substantive Ministry of Education research evaluations in the areas of ESOL paraprofessionals and building language teacher capacity in New Zealand schools.

Her research and supervisory interests cover critical language and migrant studies, discourse analysis, language learning and teaching, curriculum studies, intercultural communication and competency and language teacher development. Sharon also has a strong research interest in public policy analysis particularly in the fields of research, knowledge and national science.

Publications:

Commissioned reports

• Harvey, S. (2011, September). English Language and Literacy Proficiency Assessment: Expert witness report one. Pp 1-4 . Auckland: AUT University.
• Harvey, S. (2011, September). English Language and Literacy Proficiency Assessment: Expert witness report two. Pp1-4 . Auckland: AUT University.
• Harvey, S. Roskvist, A., Corder, D. & Stacey, K. (2011) 'Evaluation of the Language and Culture Immersion Experiences for Teachers Programmes – Their impact on teachers and their contribution to effective second language learning.' Commissioned Report for the Ministry of Education. Internationally refereed. View the full report (295 pages/4.4mb) from www.educationcounts.govt.nz/.
  
• Harvey, S., C. Conway, H. Richards and A. Roskvist (2010). ‘Evaluation of Teacher Professional Development Languages (TPDL) in Years 7-10 and the Impact on Language Learning Opportunities and Outcomes for Students’. Commissioned Report to Ministry of Education. Internationally refereed. View the full report  (132 pages/1mb) from www.educationcounts.govt.nz/
• Kell, C., Guy, S., Hastwell, K. & Harvey, S. (2009) ‘In-house Literacy, Language and Numeracy (LLN) Initiatives in New Zealand Workplaces: Summary Report’. Commissioned Report for Department of Labour. 79 pages. Reviewed. View article on the Department of Labour website.
  
• Harvey, Sharon, Heather Richards and Karen Stacey (2009). ‘Paraprofessional practice in ESOL programmes. Part II: Evaluation of para-professional English Language Assistants’ professional development programme. Commissioned Report to Ministry of Education. Reviewed. View the full report (128 pages/720kb) from www.educationcounts.govt.nz/
• Harvey, Sharon, Karen Stacey and Heather Richards (2009) ‘Part 1: Description and evaluation of ESOL paraprofessional practices in supporting initial reading programmes’. Commissioned Report to Ministry of Education. Reviewed. View the full report (91 pages/550kb) from www.educationcounts.govt.nz/
• Yee, Victoria, Pat Strauss and Sharon Harvey (2006) ‘An investigation into refugee homework support centres for students from refugee backgrounds at secondary schools’. Confidential report to the Ministry of Education. Reviewed. 28 pages.
• King Barry, Geoff Bridgeman, Philippa Smith, Allan Bell, Andrea King, Sharon Harvey and Charles Crothers, (2003) ‘Television violence in New Zealand: A study of programming and policy in an international context’. Comissioned report to Government Working Group on Television Violence . Internationally refereed. 261 pages. 
  

• Guy, S. & Harvey, S. (2012), Going it alone: New Zealand company-sponsored language, literacy and numeracy (LLN) training in an era of government funding. Journal of Education and Work Pp 1-24. View the full article (25 pages/500kb); also available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/
• Clare C., Heather R., Harvey, S. & Roskvist, A. (2010)  Teacher opportunities for learners to develop language knowledge and cultural knowledge. Asia Pacific Journal of Education. Vol 30 Issue 4, pp 449 - 462.
• Richards, H.,Conway, C., Roskvist, A., & Harvey, S (2010) Intercultural language learning (ICLL): Awareness and practice of in-service language teachers on a professional development programme. New Zealand Studies in Applied Linguistics.Vol 16  Issue 1. pp1-15.
• Richards, H., Harvey, S. & K. Stacey (2009) ‘Have you seen a cotton plant, Romila?’ An examination of paraprofessionals’ questioning practices in initial ESOL reading programmes. New Zealand Studies in Applied Linguistics, Vol 15, Issue 2, pp 1- 14.
• Harvey, Sharon (2006) ‘Discourses of (non)western subjectivity and philosophical recovery’, Journal of Multicultural Discourses, Volume one, Number one. May. pp 27 – 34. 
• Harvey, Sharon (2004). ‘Virtual(ly) Universities? An examination of Two Digitally Contextualised Universities’. ACCESS: Critical Perspectives on Communication, Cultural and Policy Studies, 20(2): 27-36. 
• Harvey,  Sharon (2003) ‘Critical Perspectives on Language(s)’,  Journal of  Sociolinguistics. Vol. 7, No. 2. pp. 246-259. 
• Harvey, Sharon (2003) ‘What is critical discourse analysis?’ Perspectives: The American Sociological Association Theory Section Newsletter, Vol. 26, No.3, July pp 2,4,7,8. 
• Harvey, Sharon (2002) ‘Constructions of  knowledge, tertiary education and research policy in Aotearoa/New Zealand’,  ACCESS: Critical Perspectives on Communication, Cultural and Policy Studies.Vol.21, No. 1, pp 61-73. 
• Harvey, Sharon  (2001) ‘Dominant discourses and appropriation in the English language classroom: Thinking For Aotearoa-New Zealand’, New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies, 36(2), pp277-284.
• Harvey, Sharon (2001) Virtual(ly) Universities: An Examination of Two Digitally Contextualised Universities. Working Papers in Communication: Digitisation and Knowledge, Volume l, Number 1, December. View the full article (15 pages/182kb)
  
• Harvey,  Sharon (1999) ‘Rethinking Traditional Binaries: Researching the Teaching and Learning of ESOL (To Adults) in New Zealand’, The TESOLANZ Journal, Volume 7, pp. 48- 61.
• Harvey, Sharon (1999) ‘Cultural Politics, Research and Tertiary Educational Institutions: A Focus on New Zealand Polytechnics’, SITES: A Journal for South Pacific Cultural Studies, Issue 37, pp. 49-63. 
• Harvey, Sharon (1993) ‘From ACCESS to TOP: Do the new criteria disadvantage women?’ Women Studies Newsletter 14(2), Summer 1993, pp. 22-24.
• Harvey, Sharon  (1990) ‘The Language Experience Approach in the ESOL literacy classroom’, New Settlers and Multicultural Education Issues, Vol. 7, No.3.
  

Book chapters

• Richards, H., Conway, C., Roskvist, A., & Harvey, S. (2011). A framework for analysing observation data: Language teacher provision of opportunities for learners to develop intercultural competence. In Intercultural Competence: Concepts, Challenges, Evaluations.Bern: Peter Lang AG.
• Roskvist, A., Corder, D., Harvey, S., & Stacey, K. (2011). Developing language teacher capability through immersion Programmes and the impact on student language learning, cultural knowledge and intercultural competence. In A. Witte (Ed.), Intercultural Competence. Concepts Challenges, Evaluations (Vol. 10, pp. 209-224). Bern: Peter Lang AG. 
• Harvey, Sharon  (2010) 'Tertiary education, research policy and science' in Thrupp, M & Irwin, R (eds) (2009) Another decade of New Zealand education policy: Where to now? Hamilton: Wilf Malcolm Institute of Educational Research. pp149 – 165.
• Harvey, Sharon  (2001) ‘Repositioning knowledge in the Information Age: Implications for Higher Education’. In Peter Roberts and Mark Chambers (Eds.) Digital Developments in Higher Education: Theory and Practice. Cambridge: Taylor Graham Publishing, pp 41-62.
  

Theses

• Harvey, Sharon (2006) ‘Discourses of research policy in New Zealand 1984 -2005: Neoliberalism, national science and the universities’. Unpublished PhD thesis. School of Education. University of Auckland. 307 pages. Supervisers: Peter Roberts and Michael Peters.
  

Refereed conference papers

• Harvey, S., Conway, C., Richards, H. & Roskvist, A. (2010). ‘‘Now I can talk the talk’: Experiences of language teachers as students.’ In P.L Jeffery (Ed.), AARE 2009 international education research conference - Canberra [Online], (11 pages). http://www.aare.edu.au/09pap/ham091100.pdf
• Harvey, S., Stacey, K. & Richards, H. (2009) 'An analysis of paraprofessional practices in initial reading programmes for ELL (English Language Learner) migrant students in New Zealand schools.’ [CD ROM] Refereed Conference Proceedings for the 2007 Languages, Education and Diversity Conference (LED), University of Waikato. (14 pages).
• Harvey, S., Roskvist, A., Corder, D., & Stacey, K. (2009) 'Bringing the cultural and language sojourn experience into language classrooms'. [CD Rom] Refereed Conference Proceedings from the NZARE (New Zealand Asssociation of Research in Education) National Conference 2008: Education in Change, Palmerston North  (10 pages).
• Harvey, S., Heather Richards and Karen Stacey (2009). ‘ESOL paraprofessionals and English language learners: Working towards sustainable practices’. In Jeffery, P.L (Ed.), AARE 2008 International Educational Research Conference - Brisbane [Online: http://www.aare.edu.au/08pap/abs08.htm#H]
• Harvey, Sharon, Karen Stacey and Heather Richards ( 2008) ‘Paraprofessional training and practices working with English language learners in New Zealand Schools’. Keynote and refereed papers from the Lifelong Learning Conference Yepoon, Central Queensland University, Australia. Yepoon: Central Queensland University. pp 195 – 199. http://acquire.cqu.edu.au.
  
• Harvey, Sharon, Madeline Banda and Charles Grinter (2008) ‘Implementing a low ethical risk process for research’ in Education in the Pacific, refereed proceedings from the 2007 NZARE National Conference [CD Rom], pp 1-12, Christchurch, 4-7 December 2007.
• Harvey, Sharon  (2007) ‘A theoretical and discursive analysis: Performance and accountability for NZ university research/ers in neoliberal times’ in Enhancing Higher Education, Theory and Scholarship, Proceedings of the 30th HERDSA Annual Conference[CD-Rom], pp. 1-7, Adelaide, 8-11 July 2007.
• Harvey, Sharon  (2007) ‘Injecting spirit into university research policy against all odds: the 1989 Report of the Post-school Scholarship and Research Working Party’. Refereed conference proceedings of New Zealand Association of Research in Education (NZARE) Annual Conference [CD Rom], Rotorua, New Zealand. 5 – 8 December 2006.
• Harvey, Sharon (2007) ‘Charged with fraud: EAL migrants versus New Zealand government agencies’. Refereed conference proceedings of CLESOL 2006. Origins and Connections: Linking Theory Research and Practice [CD Rom],. Eastern Institute of Technology, Napier, New Zealand. 29 September – 2 October 2006. 
• Strauss, Pat, Maria Hayward and Sharon Harvey (2005) ‘No one ever asked us for consent before – why are you? Gaining ethical consent with refugee participants’. (CLESOL) 2004: Language, Community, Diversity: Hearing Every Voice. Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference for Community Languages and English for Speakers of Other Languages [CD Rom]. pp1-9. Christchurch
• Crothers, Charles and Sharon Harvey (2004). ‘The parameters of the New Zealand 'Knowledge Society' (K/I/E/S). In Jay Gao, Richard Le Heron and June Logie (Eds). Windows on a Changing World: Proceedings of the 22nd New Zealand Geographical Society Conference. Vol.22. pp.126-131. Auckland: New Zealand Geographical Society.  
• Harvey, Sharon and Charles Crothers (2004). ‘The Knowledge/Information Economy/Society (KIES) and GE: engineering an election outcome?’ In Jay Gao, Richard Le Heron and June Logie (Eds). Windows on a Changing World: Proceedings of the 22nd New Zealand Geographical Society Conference. Vol22. pp.141-145. Auckland: New Zealand Geographical Society. 
• Harvey, Sharon (2003) ‘For knowledge society read knowledge economy? One future for tertiary education in New Zealand’. Learning for an Unknown future: HERDSA conference proceedings. Carol Bond and Philippa Bright (Eds). Christchurch: HERDSA. Vol 26. 8 pages.
  

Reviews

• Harvey, S. (2009) Review of Catching the knowledge wave? The knowledge society and the future of education. Jane Gilbert (2005) Wellington: NZCER Press in New Zealand Sociology, Vol.24, No.2 pp 32 -36.
• Harvey, Sharon (2007) Review of  An Introduction to Discourse Analysis by James Paul Gee (2005). The TESOLANZ Journal, Vol. 15, p. 108.
• Harvey, Sharon (2002) ‘Big Business, Media and the Government’. Review of  Media Research Seminar presented by Nicky Hagar at AUT 19 August 2002. HUMANZ Newsletter, Vol. 4, no.1, September pp.10-11. 
• Harvey, Sharon (2001) Review for The TESOLANZ Journal, Vol..9,  pp 111-113. Review of Critical Applied linguistics: a critical introduction by Alistair Pennycook. 2000, Majwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. 
• Harvey, Sharon (2000) Review for The TESOLANZ Journal, Vol..8, pp 112 - 115. Review of Resisting Linguistic Imperialism in English Teaching by A. Suresh Canagarajah. 1999, Oxford: Oxford University Press. 
• Harvey, Sharon (2000) Review  for New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies, Vol..36, No.2: pp106-108. Review of Starting Fieldwork: An Introduction to Qualitative Research in New Zealand by Martin Tolich and Carl Davidson 1999, Melbourne: Oxford University Press. 
• Harvey,  Sharon (2000) Unfailing Local Commitment. New Zealand Education Review, Vol. 4, No. 38:12. Review of Paulo Friere, Politics and Pedagogy. Reflections from Aotearoa - New Zealand by Peter Roberts (ed) 1999, Palmerston North: Dunmore Press. 
• Harvey,  Sharon (1999) Dogged Polytechnic Testimony. New Zealand Education Review Vol. 4, No. 31: 13. Review of Bricklayers and Mortarboards: A History of New Zealand Polytechnics and Institutes of Technology by Ian Dougherty, 1999, Palmerston North: Dunmore Press.
• Harvey, Sharon (1999) ‘Welcome Antidote to Cacophony’. New Zealand Educational Review, Vol. 4 No.30:11. Review of University Futures and the Politics of Reform in New Zealand by Michael Peters and Peter Roberts.
  

Government submissions

• Harvey, Sharon. (on behalf of members of AUT’s Ethics Committee) (2006) Submission to ACART (Advisory Committee on Reproductive Technologies).
• Harvey, Sharon. and Charles Crothers (March 2002) Shaping the Funding Framework: Fourth Report of the Tertiary Education Advisory Commission. Submission for Tertiary Education Commission. 
• Harvey, Sharon. and Deryn Holt  (August 2000) English Language and Literacy Education for Adult Refugees in New Zealand. Submission to New Zealand Ministers of Immigration and Education.