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Ms Leona Harris

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Department: School of Educational Studies and Leadership

Email: leona.harris@canterbury.ac.nz

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Languages: English, Spanish

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Fields of Research

  • Development of languages
  • Language environments
  • Physiology of social engagement
  • Digital technology and child well-being

Researcher Summary

Leona Harris is a UC doctoral student and research assistant for A Better Start: E Tipu e Rea National Science Challenge.  Her thesis on linguistic landscapes of emergent bilingual young children will contribute to the Literacy Strand - Emergent Bilinguals in a Digital World https://ebdwwebsite.wixsite.com/ebdw.  Originally a primary school teacher, Leona later specialised in teaching English to speakers of other languages and gained TESOL certification. Her Post Graduate Diploma in Teaching and Learning (Primary), with a teaching and learning languages endorsement, received distinction. Her MEd, a pilot for the project, was set in a Māori language immersion early childhood centre.  Her future research interests are young children’s development of languages and well-being in environments with increasingly more mobile digital screen technology use.

Subject Area: Disciplines

  • Education: Bilingual and Immersion Education; Childhood Development; Diversity; Education and Development; Educational Policy and Practice; Social Competences; Socio-Cultural Theories of Education

Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

Journal Articles
  • Davis N., Harris L. and Cunningham U. (2019) Professional ecologies shaping technology adoption in early childhood education with multilingual children. British Journal of Educational Technology 50(3): 1320-1339. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjet.12774.
  • Harris L., Cunningham U. and Davis N. (2018) Languages seen are languages used: The linguistic landscapes of early childhood centres. Early Education 64: 24-28.
  • Harris L., Davis N., Cunningham U., de Vocht L., Macfarlane S., Gregory N., Aukuso S., Ova Taleni T. and Dobson J. (2018) Exploring the opportunities and challenges of the digital world for early childhood services with vulnerable children. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 15(11) http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15112407.
Conference Contributions - Other
  • Harris L. (2019) Visibility of language diversity in the educational settings of 4 to 6-year-olds. Christchurch: Child Well-Being Research Symposium, 6-7 Jun 2019.
  • Harris L., Davis N. and de Vocht L. (2018) "Is my language treasured here?" Supporting linguistic diversity by enriching the linguistic landscapes in early childhood education. Prague, Czech Republic: 70th OMEP World Assembly and Conference, 25-29 Jun 2018.
  • Harris L. (2017) Linguistic landscapes of emergent bilinguals in a digital world. Poster Presentation. Christchurch, New Zealand: Literacy and Learning Symposium, 26-27 Oct 2017.
Oral Presentations
  • Harris L. (2018) Supporting the language development of linguistically diverse young children. Christchurch, New Zealand: Early Years Professional Learning Hui Kidsfirst Kindergartens, 18 Apr 2018.
  • Harris L. (2017) Linguistic landscapes of young emergent bilingual children growing up in a digital world. Christchurch, New Zealand: CANTESOL mini-conference, 02 Sep 2017.
  • Harris L. (2014) Social engagement creates the physiology for language learning. University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand: Learning and teaching languages symposium, 22 Oct 2014.
Theses / Dissertations
  • Harris L. (2017) An ethnographic case study of the linguistic landscape of an award-winning Māori immersion early childhood education centre. Christchurch. University of Canterbury.

Research Projects

  • A Better Start: E Tipu e Rea

Key Methodologies

  • Qualitative
  • Ethnographic case study
  • He Awa Whiria: Braided Rivers approach
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