Professor Tony Harland, Our people, Higher Education Development Centre, University of Otago, New Zealand

BSc(Hons) (Newcastle), PGCE (Strathclyde), MPhil (Newcastle), PhD (Glasgow)

Email: tony.harland@otago.ac.nz
Phone: +64 3 479 8136
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About Tony

Photo of Tony Harland for profile Tony studies the purposes of a university education. Recent projects have looked at the ways in which higher education is valued, how teaching values form an important part of a student’s education, what critical theory has to offer our thinking about university work and its relationship to society, and how students learn through doing research. Tony teaches qualitative research methods and other topics such as learning theory, leadership and peer review.

Teaching

HEDU503 - Research in Higher Education
HEDU510 - Advanced Topics in Higher Education
HEDU590 - Research Dissertation
ECOL212 - Ecological Applications
ECOL313 - Ecology Field Course

Teaching at Tautuku

Supervision

Prospective PhD Students:

I am happy to consider proposals from suitable candidates from any discipline to work in the fields of policy and practice in higher education.

For scholarship information see the University of Otago website

Apply for Postgraduate study with Higher Education Development

Uplift at Kaikoura

Current Students

Maree Steel - PhD: The teaching experiences of medical interns in a period of transition

Past Students

Krishneel Reddy (2020) Using student peer review to enhance student's learning experience in higher education
Rachel Tan (2019) The impact of globalisation on an emerging research university in a developing country
Raewyn Lesa (2019) Simulated learning environments and the development of clinical judgment in undergraduate nursing students
Farhana Abu Bakar (2018) The use of humour in teaching and learning in higher education
Wee Chun Tan (2018) The oral examination
Sharon Sharmini (2015) Examining a thesis by publication
Joanna Joseph (2014) Critical Pedagogy in English language teaching
Rob Wass (2012) Critical thinking in higher education
Jessie Jansen (2011) Enhancing research capability in a clinical setting
Althea Blakey (2011) Critical thinking in clinical teaching
Maree Steel (2009) Portfolios in clinical education: multiple spaces for learning
Sherry Lilley (2007) Experiences of mentoring in primary health care settings

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Publications

Wald, N., Harland, T., & Daskon, C. (2023). The gap statement and justification in higher education research: an analysis of published articles. European Journal of Higher Education. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/21568235.2023.2189132

Wald, N., Harland, T., & Daskon, C. (2023). Why we should rethink the method section in higher-education qualitative research. International Journal of Research & Method in Education. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/1743727X.2023.2165642

Harland, T. (2022). Students as scholars and the scholarship of student learning. In E. Heinrich, A. Jolley & L. Rowan (Eds.), Proceedings of the Tertiary Education Research in New Zealand (TERNZ) Conference. (pp. 39). HERDSA Aotearoa/New Zealand. [Abstract]

Lesā, R. P., Daniel, B. K., & Harland, T. (2022). Student nurse experiences of learning from clinical practice and simulations in New Zealand: A descriptive qualitative study. Journal of Professional Nursing, 41, 58-64. doi: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2022.04.009

Mori, Y., Harland, T., & Wald, N. (2022). Academic developers’ professional identity: A thematic review of the literature. International Journal for Academic Development, 27(4), 358-371. doi: 10.1080/1360144X.2021.2015690

Harland, T. (2020). University challenge: Critical issues for teaching and learning. Abingdon, UK: Routledge, 192p. doi: 10.4324/9781003008859

Authored Book - Research

Daniel, B. K., & Harland, T. (2018). Higher education research methodology: A step-by-step guide to the research process. London, UK: Routledge, 154p.

Authored Book - Research

Harland, T. (2012). University teaching: An introductory guide. Abingdon, UK: Routledge, 136p.

Authored Book - Research

Harland, T., & Pickering, N. (2011). Values in higher education teaching. London, UK: Routledge, 134p.

Authored Book - Research

Harland, T. (1998). Stories about small-group teaching. A problem-based approach. VOlume 2: Students' reflections. Sheffield: University of Sheffield, 50p.

Authored Book - Research

Harland, T. (1997). Stories about small-group teaching. A problem-based approach. Volume 1 Lecturers' reflections. Sheffield: University of Sheffield, 50p.

Authored Book - Research

Harland, T. (2017). The contemporary research university and the contest for deliberative space. In B. K. Daniel (Ed.), Big data and learning analytics in higher education: Current theory and practice. (pp. 73-86). Cham, Switzerland: Springer.

Chapter in Book - Research

Harland, T. (2016). Deliberate subversion of time: Slow scholarship and learning through research. In F. Trede & C. McEwen (Eds.), Educating the deliberate professional: Preparing for future practices. (pp. 175-188). Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-32958-1_12

Chapter in Book - Research

Harland, T. (2010). Educating the doctoral student: Don't forget the teaching. In M. Walker & P. Thomson (Eds.), The Routledge doctoral supervisor's companion: Supporting effective research in education and the social sciences. (pp. 292-299). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.

Chapter in Book - Research

Harland, T., & Scaife, J. (2010). Academic apprenticeship. In T. Kerry (Ed.), Meeting the challenges of change in postgraduate education. (pp. 179-188). London: Continuum International.

Chapter in Book - Research

Harland, T. (2009). The university, neoliberal reform and the liberal educational ideal. In M. Tight, K. H. Mok, J. Huisman & C. C. Morphew (Eds.), The Routledge International Handbook of Higher Education. (pp. 511-523). New York: Routledge.

Chapter in Book - Research

Journal - Research Article

Wald, N., & Harland, T. (2022). Reconsidering Vygotsky’s ‘more capable peer’ in terms of both personal and knowledge outcomes. Teaching in Higher Education, 27(3), 417-423. doi: 10.1080/13562517.2021.2007474

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Harland, T., & Wald, N. (2021). The assessment arms race and the evolution of a university’s assessment practices. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 46(1), 105-117. doi: 10.1080/02602938.2020.1745753

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Joseph Jeyaraj, J., Wald, N., & Harland, T. (2021). Higher education teachers’ experiences of becoming research active: Striving for university status in the Global South. Asia Pacific Education Review, 22, 417-425. doi: 10.1007/s12564-021-09688-8

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Lesā, R., Daniel, B., & Harland, T. (2021). Learning with simulation: The experience of nursing students. Clinical Simulation in Nursing, 56, 57-65. doi: 10.1016/j.ecns.2021.02.009

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Reddy, K., Harland, T., Wass, R., & Wald, N. (2021). Student peer review as a process of knowledge creation through dialogue. Higher Education Research & Development, 40(4), 825-837. doi: 10.1080/07294360.2020.1781797

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Tan, R. S.-E., Harland, T., & Daniel, B. (2021). The benefits and challenges of globalisation for the development of higher education teaching and research: A case study of an emerging University in East Africa. Journal of Asian & African Studies, 56(4), 905-918. doi: 10.1177/0021909620950359

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Wald, N., & Harland, T. (2021). Measuring changes in higher-order cognition through the assessment of complex knowledge over time. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 46(8), 1286-1299. doi: 10.1080/02602938.2020.1871467

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Wald, N., & Harland, T. (2021). Students as scholars and the scholarship of student learning. Teaching in Higher Education. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/13562517.2021.1989583

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Tan, R. S., Harland, T., & Daniel, B. K. (2020). The influence of digital globalisation on an East African university. International Journal of Education & Development using Information & Communication Technology, 16(2), 176-187.

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Wald, N., & Harland, T. (2020). Rethinking the teaching roles and assessment responsibilities of student teaching assistants. Journal of Further & Higher Education, 44(1), 43-53. doi: 10.1080/0309877X.2018.1499883

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Wass, R., Timmermans, J., Harland, T., & McLean, A. (2020). Annoyance and frustration: Emotional responses to being assessed in higher education. Active Learning in Higher Education, 21(3), 189-201. doi: 10.1177/1469787418762462

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Joseph Jeyaraj, J., & Harland, T. (2019). Linking critical pedagogy practice to higher education in Malaysia: Insights from English language teachers. Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 39(1), 1-13. doi: 10.1080/02188791.2019.1572590

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Wald, N., & Harland, T. (2019). Graduate attributes frameworks or powerful knowledge? Journal of Higher Education Policy & Management, 41(4), 361-374. doi: 10.1080/1360080X.2019.1613310

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Harland, T., & Wald, N. (2018). Curriculum, teaching and powerful knowledge. Higher Education, 76(4), 615-628. doi: 10.1007/s10734-017-0228-8

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Harland, T., & Wald, N. (2018). Vanilla teaching as a rationale choice: The impact of research and compliance on teacher development. Teaching in Higher Education, 23(4), 419-434. doi: 10.1080/13562517.2017.1395408

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Harland, T., Wald, N., & Randhawa, H. (2017). Student peer review: Enhancing formative feedback with a rebuttal. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 42(5), 801-811. doi: 10.1080/02602938.2016.1194368

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Wald, N., & Harland, T. (2017). A framework for authenticity in designing a research-based curriculum. Teaching in Higher Education, 22(7), 751-765. doi: 10.1080/13562517.2017.1289509

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Harland, T. (2016). Teaching to enhance research. Higher Education Research & Development, 35(3), 461-472. doi: 10.1080/07294360.2015.1107876

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Janssen, J., Hale, L., Mirfin-Veitch, B., & Harland, T. (2016). Perceptions of physiotherapists towards research: A mixed methods study. Physiotherapy, 102, 210-216. doi: 10.1016/j.physio.2015.04.007

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Joseph Jeyaraj, J., & Harland, T. (2016). Teaching with critical pedagogy in ELT: The problems of indoctrination and risk. Pedagogy, Culture & Society, 24(4), 587-598. doi: 10.1080/14681366.2016.1196722

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Harland, T., McLean, A., Wass, R., Miller, E., & Sim, K. N. (2015). An assessment arms race and its fallout: High-stakes grading and the case for slow scholarship. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 40(4), 528-541. doi: 10.1080/02602938.2014.931927

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Sharmini, S., Spronken-Smith, R., Golding, C., & Harland, T. (2015). Assessing the doctoral thesis when it includes published work. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 40(1), 89-102. doi: 10.1080/02602938.2014.888535

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Wass, R., Harland, T., McLean, A., Miller, E., & Sim, K. N. (2015). ‘Will press lever for food’: Behavioural conditioning of students through frequent high-stakes assessment. Higher Education Research & Development, 34(6), 1324-1326. doi: 10.1080/07294360.2015.1052351

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Blakey, A., Harland, T., & Kieser, J. (2014). Critical thinking, critical action and critical being in health science tutorials. Focus on Health Professional Education, 15(3), 22-31.

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Harland, T. (2014). Learning about case study methodology to research higher education. Higher Education Research & Development, 33(6), 1113-1122. doi: 10.1080/07294360.2014.911253

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Harland, T., Hussain, R. M. R., & Bakar, A. A. (2014). The scholarship of teaching and learning: Challenges for Malaysian academics. Teaching in Higher Education, 19(1), 38-48. doi: 10.1080/13562517.2013.827654

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Joseph Jeyaraj, J., & Harland, T. (2014). Transforming teaching and learning in ELT through critical pedagogy: An international study. Journal of Transformative Education, 12(4), 343-355. doi: 10.1177/1541344614550042

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Janssen, J., Hale, L., Mirfin-Veitch, B. F., & Harland, T. (2013). Building the research capacity of clinical physical therapists using a participatory action research approach. Physical Therapy, 93(7), 923-934. doi: 10.2522/ptj.20120030

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Harland, T. (2012). Higher education as an open-access discipline. Higher Education Research & Development, 31(5), 703-710. doi: 10.1080/07294360.2012.689275

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Sole, G., Claydon, L., Hendrick, P., Hagberg, J., Jonsson, J., & Harland, T. (2012). Employers' perspectives of competencies and attributes of physiotherapy graduates: An exploratory qualitative study. New Zealand Journal of Physiotherapy, 40(3), 123-127.

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Shephard, K., Harland, T., Stein, S., & Tidswell, T. (2011). Preparing an application for a higher-education teaching-excellence award: Whose foot fits Cinderella's shoe? Journal of Higher Education Policy & Management, 33(1), 47-56. doi: 10.1080/1360080X.2011.537011

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Spronken-Smith, R. A., Walker, R., Dickinson, K. J. M., Closs, G. P., Lord, J. M., & Harland, T. (2011). Redesigning a curriculum for inquiry: An ecology case study. Instructional Science, 39(5), 721-735. doi: 10.1007/s11251-010-9150-5

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Wass, R., Harland, T., & Mercer, A. (2011). Scaffolding critical thinking in the zone of proximal development. Higher Education Research & Development, 30(3), 317-328. doi: 10.1080/07294360.2010.489237

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Harland, T. (2010). Practitioner action research for studying higher education and improving the quality of teaching. Malaysian Journal of Learning & Instructions, 7, 1-14.

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Harland, T., Tidswell, T., Everett, D., Hale, L., & Pickering, N. (2010). Neoliberalism and the academic as critic and conscience of society. Teaching in Higher Education, 15(1), 85-96. doi: 10.1080/13562510903487917

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Harland, T. (2009). People who study higher education. Teaching in Higher Education, 14(5), 579-582. doi: 10.1080/13562510903186824

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