• I AM LOST’: MAINSTREAM SCHOOL TEACHERS AND CLIL 

  Bazylkanova, Aiza; Jumamuratova, Gullala; Shorman, Mariya (Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Education, 2023)

  The successful implementation of new policies and reforms usually depends highly on the context. This paper offers a comprehensive analysis of the strengths and limitations of CLIL implementation within the Kazakhstani ...
• THE PHENOMENON OF MULTILINGUAL EDUCATION 

  Ishimgaliyev, Adam (Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Education, 2023)

  Multilingual education (MLE), a type of education starting with the mother tongue of the learners, and then gradually introducing one or more additional lan-guages as a medium of instruction policy in teaching, has gained ...
• ABILITY GROUPING IN KAZAKHSTANI EFL SECONDARY SCHOOL CLASSES 

  Ussenova, Ayim (Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Education, 2023)

  The ability grouping in Kazakhstani English as a Foreign Language (EFL) class is a process where a class is divided in two subgroups if class capacity is twenty-four or more students in both rural and urban schools. However, ...
• STRESS MANAGEMENT AMONG FEMALE EDUCATIONAL MANAGERS AND AD-MINISTRATORS IN HIGHER EDUCATION IN KAZAKHSTAN 

  Chinedu, Elizabeth (Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Education, 2023)

  This study aims to examine the sources of stress that affect women in higher education institutions in Kazakh-stan by exploring the influences of stress on their work performance. In addition, the study investigates the ...
• WELCOME LETTER FROM THE EDITOR 

  Makhmetova, Zhadyra; Zhumabayeva, Elmira (Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Education, 2023)

  This 2023/24 winter has been shifting and lurching from a sunny, freezing, white and bright diamond land-scape to the sombre, fragmented quilt of murky greys and browns within one day. The horses depicted in this Winter ...
• CLT IN POLICY DOCUMENTS AND EFL CURRICULA 

  Oralbayeva Nurziya (Graduate School of Education, 2023)

  Since the use of English expanded throughout the post-Soviet states, the trend towards the use of the grammar-translation method in EFL teaching in schools can still be prominent in post-Soviet countries (Hasanova, 2007). ...
• CHANGES IN TEACHERS’ ATTITUDES TOWARDS TRANSLANGUAGING 

  Tastanbek Serikbolsyn, Kazymbek Aigerim, Kalizhanova Zarina, Kaipova Dinara (Graduate School of Education, 2023)

  Teachers have different views toward translanguaging, which is a pedagogical approach that has garnered significant attention over the last decade. This study investigates the changes in attitudes towards translanguaging ...
• APPLYING STATISTICAL DATABASES ON EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH 

  Alimkhanova Dinara, Drybrough Andrew G. (Graduate School of Education, 2023)

  This review presents information on international and national statistical databases that can be used for the purpose of educational research. Each database is derived from the websites and the authentic website source is ...
• WELCOME LETTER FROM THE EDITOR 

  Kozhabayeva Kamila (Graduate School of Education, 2023)

  This is the first issue after a long break following the COVID-19 pandemic period. The journal had some challenges, and so the work on the journal was postponed. In March 2023 the Graduate School of Education announced the ...
• WELCOME LETTER FROM THE EDITOR 

  Kozhabayeva Kamila (Graduate School of Education, 2020)

  This issue is being published in truly unusual times that we, along with the entire world, are forced to experience. The Covid-19 outbreak and the measures taken to tackle this global pandemic have placed humankind in the ...
• UPDATE ON ILSAs: LATEST RELEASES AND UPCOMING PUBLICATIONS 

  Syzdykbayeva Rizagul (Graduate School of Education, 2020)

  Within the last year or so, the new results of four International Large-Scale Assessment (ILSA) programs were released. Let us consider what these programs are, what publications are already available, and what is ...
• THE ROLE OF LEADERSHIP IN THE CONTEXT OF SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT IN KAZAKHSTAN 

  Tazhimbet Guldana (Graduate School of Education, 2020)

  The education system in Kazakhstan has one single centralized authority at the level of the Ministry of Education (national government). This has a top-down approach, which leaves no space for local education authorities ...
• THE INFLUENCE OF EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION AND IMPLICIT APPROACHES TO INSTRUCTION ON OLDER ADULT AND YOUNG ADULT LEARNERS 

  Hooper-Prilipko Arina (Graduate School of Education, 2020)

  The discussion of advantages of explicit approaches to instruction is ongoing in the field of language teaching and learning, due to the fact that modern education is shifting towards teachers being facilitators of the ...
• QUALITY ASSURANCE FRAMEWORK: THE QUEST FOR QUALITY EDUCATION IN KAZAKHSTAN AND THE IMPORTANCE OF STUDENT VOICES 

  Amirova Aida (Graduate School of Education, 2020)

  In the past decade, educational reforms have displayed an upsurge of interest in higher education. Promoting quality education has become a high priority issue in academia, as well as in policy-making units. There are ...
• INSIGHTS INTO THE “INTERNATIONAL STUDY” COURSE AT UPENN 

  Karabay, Akmaral (Graduate School of Education, 2020)

  Within the PhD program at the Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Education, doctoral students in their second year take the eight-week international study course at one of the partner universities of the school. ...
• THE TIN WOODMAN, CAPTAIN FYTER, AND CHOPFYT: L. FRANK BAUM’S PORTRAYAL OF BODY IMAGE AND PROSTHESES IN THE WAKE OF WORLD WAR I 

  Gethins, Marie (Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy, 2020)

  Nineteenth and early twentieth-century children’s literature frequently depicts characters with disabilities as flat stereotypes — villains or saintly invalids. L. Frank Baum’s The Tin Woodman of Oz (1918) provides a sharp ...
• FIRST-PERSON ADOLESCENT STORYTELLERS AND VIRGINIA TUFTE’S ARTFUL SENTENCES: SYNTAX AS STYLE 

  Leonard, Kristin (Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy, 2020)

  In Artful Sentences: Syntax as Style, Virginia Tuft illustrates how grammar, word choice, and syntax strategies help to generate the perfect juxtaposition of words and punctuation that will make each sentence pop (Clark). ...
• FINDING THE SACRED IN THE PROFANE: THE MARDI GRAS IN BASILE, LOUISIANA 

  Guglielmi, Luc (Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy, 2020)

  In Basile, a small community in Southwest Louisiana, there would not be any Mardi Gras without Ash Wednesday and vice-versa. Most of the people in Basile speak of Ash Wednesday when defining the Mardi Gras as there is a ...
• RENEGADE OR PARAGON?: CATEGORIZING NARRATIVE CHOICE IN VIDEO GAME STORYLINES 

  Oliver, Graham (Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy, 2020)

  Choices made during video game gameplay set the stories told in that media apart from other media. Narrative-affecting choices have existed since the earliest games, from character creation in role-playing games to ...
• TRIPLE THREAT OR TRIPLE OPPORTUNITY: WHEN A POP CULTURE COURSE GOES ONLINE AT A COMMUNITY COLLEGE 

  Eaton, Lance; Rockey, Alex (Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy, 2020)

  Teaching popular culture comes with many opportunities and challenges in a traditional classroom, but equally interesting and valuable are the possibilities that teaching such a course online can provide. This article ...

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