• PERSONAL BANKRUPTCY FILING BEHAVIOR: THE CASE OF YOUTH IN THE U.S. 

  BISSENBINA, ASSEMGUL (Nazarbayev University, School of Humanities and Social Sciences., 2017-05-29)

  The current study analyzes personal bankruptcy ling behavior of young Americans born in the period from 1980 to 1984. Using National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 (NLSY97), I nd the importance of demographic and ...
• Geostatistical Simulation of Cross-Correlated Variables: a Case Study through Cerro Matoso Nickel-Laterite Deposit 

  Madani, Nasser; Ortiz, Julian (The 26th International Symposium on Mine Planning and Equipment Selection. Nazarbayev University School of Mining and Geosciences, 2017-08-31)

  Geostatistical methods have been increasingly used as powerful techniques for predicting spatial attributes and modelling the uncertainty of predictions in un-sampled locations, especially through multi-element deposits. ...
• Bridging Language, Identity and Integration in the Ethnic Migration- Student Experience of China-Kazakhs in Kazakhstan 

  Toktau, Zhuldyz (Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Education, 2017-06)

  The Kazakhstan government launched ethnic immigration policy since becoming an independent nation. During this post-Soviet ethnic migration, ethnic Kazakhs from far abroad with limited knowledge of Russian have faced social, ...
• Reconceptualization of English Teacher Beliefs and Practices Related to Teaching and Learning as a Result of Working at Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools 

  Akizhanova, Zhanar (Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Education, 2017-06)

  The problem of teacher change in beliefs and practices is crucial in the light of recent educational reforms in Kazakhstan where Nazarbayev Intellectual schools are seen as an experimental site for development and ...
• The role of curriculum in teachers’ understanding of Global Citizenship Education in one public school in Akmola region, Kazakhstan 

  Ordabayeva, Zhanar (Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Education, 2017-06)

  Today Global Citizenship Education is becoming a popular in school system. This new aspect has not widely discussed Kazakhstani schools and it is important to find out what is the situation of the schools toward GCE. The ...
• Exploration of Teacher Identity in the Context of Current School Reforms in Kazakhstan: perceptions of NIS teachers 

  Khegay, Yuliya (Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Education, 2017-06)

  Kazakhstan is presently experiencing significant reforms in secondary education trying on best practices and experiences borrowed from abroad. Important figures at this stage are Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools (NIS) created ...
• The Role of Mentoring in Teacher Professional Development 

  Koroleva, Yelena (Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Education, 2017-06)

  School teachers in Kazakhstan, both newly hired and those with longer tenure, enhance their teaching skills and competencies through attending various professional development programs, both inside and outside their schools. ...
• Academic burnout among high-school students in Kazakhstan: The protective role of personality and academic motivation. 

  Munko, Yekaterina (Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Education, 2017-06)

  The current study aimed to investigate the relationship between Big Five Personality Factors, academic motivation elements and academic burnout of high-school students at NIS, Taraz. Additionally, the relationship between ...
• Reflective practices: the experiences of teachers in one NIS school in Kazakhstan 

  Artamonova, Xeniya (Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Education, 2017-06)

  The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the experiences of teachers related to the use of reflective practices (RP) and the underlying perceptions about a teacher as a reflective practitioner. As a result of ...
• Learners’ Language Use in Communication in a Multilingual Learning Environment 

  Belova, Xeniya (Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Education, 2017-06)

  Following the trilingual policy implementation strategies, some higher education institutions in Kazakhstan have been actively introducing multilingual programs based on learning through Kazakh, Russian and English languages. ...
• High school teachers experience in implementing critical reading: A case of a Nazarbayev Intellectual school, Kazakhstan 

  Yutsevichutene, Svetlana (Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Education, 2017-06)

  Teaching critical reading is one of the concerns in secondary schools of Kazakhstan. Taking into account that reading is one of the main skills to get relevant and credible information means that critical reading skills ...
• University students’ perceptions of and experiences with code-switching in a programme with English-medium instruction 

  Ospanova, Sholpan (Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Education, 2017-06)

  Kazakhstan is striving to reform its higher education in order to educate its students so that they contribute to making the country competitive in the world arena. Therefore, Kazakhstan is maintaining the trilingual policy ...
• Students’ Attitudes and Perceptions of Content and Language Integrated Learning in a Secondary School 

  Syzdykbayeva, Rizagul (Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Education, 2017-06)

  Following trilingual education that is being implemented in a number of piloting schools since 2007, science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects are taught in English by employing CLIL approach. However, ...
• Managing Implementation of English Medium of Instruction in Higher Education in Kazakhstan: Practices and Challenges 

  Prilipko, Arina (Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Education, 2017-06)

  The implementation of Strategy 2050 in Kazakhstan amplified the importance of English as a medium of instruction (EMI) in education within the frame of trilingual policy (TLP). In achieving this goal some higher educational ...
• Investigation into process and factors influencing high school students’ career 

  Bidanov, Olzhas (Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Education, 2017-06)

  Education-job mismatch is one of key problems for education system, labour market and economy as a whole in Kazakhstan. Analytics in educational field state that only 12% of fresh university graduates are employed according ...
• Language Policy, Ideology and Practice: Parents Views on the Trilingual Policy 

  Ayazbayeva, Nazira (Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Education, 2017-06)

  At present, Kazakhstan is at the initial stage of implementing nationwide the new language policy that is designed to reform education system from being taught in one of the two languages used as medium of instruction to ...
• Teacher Perceptions toward Assessment at one of the Public Schools in Akmola region, Kazakhstan 

  Abdrakhmanova, Botagoz (Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Education, 2017-06)

  The assessment system of Kazakhstani schools is shifting from a “norm- referenced” approach of comparing students’ results against the achievements of other students, to a formative assessment belief model. This formative ...
• Teachers’ perceptions, attitudes and concerns about the implementation of the International Baccalaureate program in one IB school in Astana 

  Mukazhanova, Nazerke (Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Education, 2017-06)

  The International Baccalaureate (IB) curriculum is the program that “offers a design for curriculum and instruction that is more challenging than traditional models, but which can produce deeper intellectual and emotional ...
• Uzbek Minorities’ Experiences in Majority Higher Education Institutions 

  Abdurakhimova, Dilnoza (Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Education, 2017-06)

  Kazakhstani higher education is quite diverse; there are representatives of 85 nations who are currently studying at higher education institutions. One of the representatives of these language minority groups are Uzbek ...
• The Relationship between Students’ Social Competence, Emotional Intelligence and their Academic Achievement at Nazarbayev Intellectual School of Aktobe 

  Shaikhina, Dina (Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Education, 2017-06)

  In the modern world the tendency to increase students’ academic achievement can be easily observed and Kazakhstan is not an exception. After getting independence in 1991 the country strives for entering the world arena in ...

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