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Abay’s Legacy to the Philosophy of Education

Shon, Peter (NUGSE Research in Education, 2017)

As early as the nineteenth century, Abay Kunanbayev foresaw the need to adapt to the world being altered by the hands of geopolitical powers. Rather than to be swept away by the waves of colonial influences, he became the ...
Academic mobility and the labor market

Jumabayeva, Zhanna (NUGSE Research in Education, 2016-06)

The current study is aimed to better understand the concept of academic mobility and identify its labor market outcomes in the context of Kazakhstan. The paper considers whether mobility is an advantage for the domestic ...
Balancing life and studies in a classroom without walls: graduate students’ perspectives on online learning

Akhmetova, Dinara (NUGSE Research in Education, 2018-06)

Technological advancements taking place in the 21st century are changing the ways in which classes are taught (Allen & Seaman, 2011). Education worldwide is reaching far beyond the four walls of classroom by offering ...
A Case Study: What is Better for His Future?

Manuilova, Natalya (Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Education, 2018-12)

This case describes the implementation of inclusive education within a mainstream secondary school on the example of the experience of a student with a cognitive developmental delay, whose special educational needs limit ...
Conducting large-scale collaborative research on higher education finance: an insider’s view

Ippolitova, Mariya; Sanat, Aisulu; Serikbayeva, Sagida (NUGSE Research in Education, 2018-06)

National-level reports and programs are written annually but it is rarely possible to talk to the people who actually worked on these documents and find out the story behind them. We were lucky to interview Dr. Ali Ait Si ...
Critical Response: “Teaching Approaches: Theory and Practice” by Olessya Akimenko

Ivatov, Serik (Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Education, 2017-12)

In her article published by NUGSE Research in Education in December 2016, Akimenko discusses the theoretical understandings of teacher-centred and student-centred approaches, and examines these theories with regard to ...
Dilemma in Inclusive Education: How Amre Challenged the Policy of Proportions of Students With and Without Disabilities in an Inclusive Education Center

Rollan, Kamila (Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Education, 2018-12)

This case study highlights a teacher’s struggle to include a student with autism spectrum disorder into a classroom, where there is already a maximum number of students with special educational needs compliant to the ...
Enrichment clusters: educating for the real world

Adilzhanova, Lyutsiya; Ixanova, Ulyana; Kaus, Alyona (NUGSE Research in Education, 2018-06)

Over the last three decades, there has been a dramatic change in the expectations the society holds about compulsory education. Contemporary education is expected to cultivate highorder thinking as well as to develop life ...
Essential Conference Tips for Graduate Students

Yessenova, Aisara (NUGSE Research in Education, 2016)
An Exercise in Argumentative Writing: Arguing Both Sides of an Issue

Chsherbakov, Andrey (Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Education, 2017-12)

Latinisation of the Kazakh alphabet is well under way. The President has signed the Law; a working version of the new script has been approved; and responsible state agencies have been appointed. However, the reform continues ...
Experiencing inclusion in higher education: a student perspective on Nazarbayev University practices and lessons drawn from U.S. policies

Abdykaimov, Ziyat (2016-06)

As the first Nazarbayev University (NU) student with special needs, I am currently researching emerging practices and policies of inclusion at NU. In this editorial I take an opportunity to reflect on my nearly year-long ...
Guidelines for Writing a Book Review: Through the Lens of the First-Year Doctoral Student Experience

Orynbassarova, Dilara (NUGSE Research in Education, 2017)

Writing a critical book review is an integral part of the scholarly development process of any emerging researcher. The payoff of writing a book review is great, as it helps the emerging scholar to sharpen both writing and ...
Inclusive Education in Post-Soviet Countries: a Case of Kazakhstan

Makoelle, Tsediso Michael (Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Education, 2018-12)

Inclusive education has become a focal point internationally (Ainscow, Dyson & Weiner, 2013). In many contexts the implementation of inclusive education is characterized by contradictions, controversies, dilemmas and ...
In defense of the student-centered approach: responding to a critical review

Akimenko, Olessya (NUGSE Research in Education, 2018-06)

What can be more rewarding than having your article published and read? It is, of course, having it critiqued. I do think that if your work has motivated others to think and create something of their own, writing it was ...
Insights from the First NUGSE Graduates

Sirgebayeva, Aidana (NUGSE Research in Education, 2016)
Integration of Returnee Children in Kazakhstani Schools

Terlikbayeva, Nurgul (NUGSE Research in Education, 2017)

This research is devoted to exploring the adaptation experience of returnee children in Kazakhstani schools. Upon arrival, returnee children who have not been exposed to Kazakh culture encounter social and psychological ...
Investigating the Effectiveness of Private Small Group Tutoring of English in Kazakhstan: Perceptions of Tutors and Students

Akimenko, Olessya (NUGSE Research in Education, 2017)

The main focus of education studies has been on mainstream schools and institutions. However, the growing phenomenon of private tutoring has been largely overlooked by scholars. In Kazakhstan, numerous specialists offer ...
“Kazakhs should speak Kazakh”: Language Policy Realization in Urban Kazakh Families

Amantay, Assem; Myrzabayeva, Aigerim; Karabay, Akmaral (Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Education, 2017-12)

The Kazakh government’s after-independence language policy of “Kazakhization” has had a positive impact on the revitalization of Kazakh as an official language. The research shows that the urban Kazakh people tend to support ...
Language-in-Education Policy in Multilingual Education

Ayazbayeva, Nazira (NUGSE Research in Education, 2017)

Language policies and their aspects that impact societies and people are important social phenomena that are not well researched in multicultural and multilingual Kazakhstan. While previous research has investigated how ...
Leadership for Change: Promoting Inclusive Values and Cultures

Passeka, Yevgeniya (Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Education, 2018-12)

Cultural values are the foundation of inclusion, and this is the reason why Ainscow and Booth (2002) in their Index for Inclusion put this dimension at the base of their inverted triangle with the other two sides being ...