Teaching and Research Interests

Languages and multiliteracies in the early years,(acquisition and learning of oral , written and visual literacies);Critical literacies and diversity (linguistic and cultural rights of learners and teachers in Early childhood and Primary settings).
 

Current Research

BA PGDipLangLit Waik.,DipTchg NSTT, DipTchg(ECE) ACE, TEFL LTCL,Trin.Coll.Lond.
 

Biography

Nola has lectured in Languages and Literacies at the Faculty of Education since 1996. Nola’s career began with Playgroup work in Birmingham UK and later worked as an intermediate school teacher in Auckland before following up her prior interests within NZ Playcentre in 1986. In 1990, she became the supervisor of an early childhood centre for on-arrival refugee families establishing a licensed centre for AIT Refugee Education at the Mangere Refugee Reception Centre. Nola has developed expertise in the field of languages, multiliteracies and diversity in the early years and works extensively to facilitate professional guidance for teachers around languages and literacies. Her video Excuse me! We’re reading and writing. ( Producer :Judy Duncan) is used throughout New Zealand. Nola presented at a IPA Child’s Right to Play in Berlin 2005 and recently co authored a chapter on bilingual identities with Criss Jones- Diaz from the University of Western Sydney (in press).

Nola lectures on early years languages and literacies within the following programmes:

• Bachelor of Education (Teaching) ECE; Graduate Diploma of Early Childhood Education and support lecturing in Bachelor of Education (Teaching) Primary (Introduction to TESSOL) She recently completed the Post Graduate Diploma in Language and Literacy at Waikato University. Bilingualism and biliteracy in early childhood education are the focus of her current research.
   

Community

She maintains her advocacy work for children’s rights, particularly in relation to language rights and refugee issues, through non-government organizations. Since 1999 she has initiated workshops on diversity and worked as committee member and co-facilitator of public fora, contributing to debate/ public understanding of implications of research on pedagogy and policy in education in Aotearoa New Zealand for OMEP; ACYA; Human Rights Network. and ASP UNESCO.
 

Publications

• Harvey, N. (2003) Children and Youth in Aotearoa 2003 Second non government organisations’ report from Aotearoa New Zealand to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child. Appendix 6 : Refugee and asylum seeking youth ,75-89.
• Harvey, N & Jones-Diaz, C.( 2002)Co-author chapter Other words ,other worlds: bilingual identities and literacy’, in Laurie Makin & Criss Jones -Diaz (eds.) Literacies in Early childhood, Sydney: MacLennan & Petty
• Harvey , N.& Jesson J.(2005) Review: Robert Le Vine (2003) Childhood socialisation: Comparative Studies of parenting, learning and educational change. Hong Kong : Comparative Education Research Centre. In Educational Review 57 :1