CohenMiller, A. S.(LEARNing Landscapes. Special Issue, Artful Inquiry: Transforming Understanding Through Creative Engagement, 2016)
This study contemplates one facet of academic motherhood through the use of artful research approaches in qualitative research to examine the (im)balance of being a mother writing academic works while raising and caring ...
Sagintayeva, Aida; Kurakbayev, Kairat(Evaluation in Higher Education, 2012)
This paper discusses the relevance of global ranking systems as a policy instrument of strategic planning, quality management and public accountability of higher education institutions (HEI) in Kazakhstan. Being one of the ...
Abstract While widespread concerns exist over the experiences and career trajectories of postdoctoral fellows in higher education, these concerns are not always examined through the lens of a social and cultural context ...
Seidimbek, Ayana(Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2013-10-10)
Abstract In 2010 the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, attended the opening ceremony of a new university in Astana, the capital city of Kazakhstan. The ambitious enterprise, named Nazarbayev ...
Abstract This chapter describes the changes in the quality assurance system, which took place in Kazakhstan during the years of its independence. Largely driven by the standards and guidelines of the Bologna Process that ...
Jumakulov, Zakir; Ashirbekov, Adil(Hungarian Journal of Educational Research, 2016-03-01)
This paper sheds light on the approaches, forms, goals and influencing factors of internationalization of higher education in Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan’s education system is regulated centrally by the Ministry of Education ...
Fimyar, Olena; Kurakbayev, Kairat(International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 2016-01-02)
This paper is a part of a three-year study, ‘Internationalisation and reform of secondary schooling in Kazakhstan’, jointly conducted by an international team of UK- and Kazakhstan-based researchers in 2012–2014. The study ...
Boivin, Nettie(Journal of Intercultural Communication Research, 2016-09-01)
With the increase in cultural and economic globalization and technological advancements, the very nature of communication has become more fluid. As a result, communication practices move past defining socio-cultural identity ...
Ferrando, Mercedes; Prieto, María Dolores; Almeida, Leandro S.; Ferrándiz, Carmen; Bermejo, Rosario; López-Pina, José Antonio; Hernández-Torrano, Daniel; Sáinz, Marta; Carmen Fernández, Maria(Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2011)
This article analyses the relationship between trait emotional intelligence and academic performance, controlling for the effects of IQ, personality, and self-concept dimensions. A sample of 290 preadolescents (11-12 years ...
Higher education is a key economic and social priority in the global arena. Many countries have sought to advance reforms aimed at increasing access, promoting greater educational quality, and ensuring financial responsibility ...
Perna, Laura W.; Orosz, Kata; Jumakulov, Zakir(International Journal of Educational Development, 2015-01-01)
This study utilizes qualitative research methods to explore the human capital benefits of one government-sponsored international scholarship program - Kazakhstan's Bolashak Scholars Program - and how program characteristics ...
Although prior research establishes the forces that “push” and “pull” students to participate in foreign study, the transferability of findings from earlier studies is limited by the absence of theoretical grounding. In ...
This article sheds light on the availability and characteristics of international scholarship programs that are sponsored by national and federal governments worldwide and that are intended to promote student mobility. ...
Several education hubs have emerged in the last decade in Asia and the Middle East. These ambitious policy initiatives share a common interest in cross-border higher education even though diverse rationales underpin their ...
Several education hubs have emerged in Asia and the Middle East in recent years with a specific focus on cross-border higher education. Through considerable efforts in policy planning and generous funding, these hubs aim ...
Kuzhabekova, Aliya; Kuzma, Jennifer(Technology Analysis and Strategic Management, 2014-03)
Targeted genetic modification (TagMo) technologies are being used for new approaches to genetic engineering often called 'genome editing'. These approaches are in the early stages of development, and basic understandings ...
Sagintayeva, A.; Kurakbayev, Kairat(European Journal of Higher Education, 2014-10-24)
Although institutional autonomy has recently received significant attention from scholars and policy-makers in much of the world, few studies have been made of the universities in transition towards institutional autonomy ...
In this article we analyze how roles for evaluation are described and argued for in key texts produced and/or promoted by three influential international networks: the High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness; the Organisation ...
The purpose of this experimental, vignette study was to analyze whether certain demographic characteristics of students (i.e. gender, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status) influence secondary education teachers in referring ...
Gifted education and talent development are considered today as key elements for developing human capital and increasing competitiveness within education and the economy. Within this framework, a growing number of countries ...