PHD STUDENTS

 

Gulmira Tussupbekova (2024)

Pre-service teachers’ beliefs about students with special educational needs and their inclusion in mainstream classrooms. Advisory committee: Daniel Hernández-Torrano (main advisor), Janet Helmer (co-advisor)

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Dr. Gulnara Namyssova (2021)

Secondary school novice teachers' understandings and experiences of becoming a teacher professional in Kazakhstan: A phenomenological study. Advisory committee: Daniel Hernández-Torrano (main advisor), Elaine Sharplin (co-advisor), Geoff Hayward (partner advisor)

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Dr. Dilara Orynbassarova (2021)

A stakeholders' conception of a triple helix innovation policy framework in a three-side university-industry-government partnership in a developing country: the case of Kazakhstan. Advisory committee: Duishon Shamatov (main advisor), Daniel Hernández-Torrano (co-advisor), Matthew Hartley (partner advisor).

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Dr. Assel Kambatyrova (2020)

Parents' attitudes towards trilingual education policy in Kazakhstan

Advisory committee: Bridget Goodman (main advisor), Daniel Hernández-Torrano (co-advisor), Peter Eckel (partner advisor)

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Dr. Xeniya Tursumbayeva (2018)

Teachers' conceptualization of critical thinking in secondary schools: The case of North Kazakhstan. Advisory committee: Carole Faucher (main advisor), Daniel Hernández-Torrano (co-advisor), Colleen McLaughlin (partner advisor)

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Dr. Ainur Almukhambetova (2018)

Gifted students' first-year adjustment to a national and an international university in Kazakhstan. Advisory committee: Daniel Hernández-Torrano (main advisor), Jason Sparks (co-advisor), Matthew Hartley (partner advisor) 🏆 Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) Eurasia SIG Best Dissertation/Thesis Award 2019.

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Dr. Madina Tynybayeva (2017)

The exploration of teacher leadership at secondary schools in Kazakhstan. Advisory committee: Lynne Parmenter (main advisor), Daniel Hernández-Torrano (co-advisor), Liz Winter (partner advisor)

 

Dr. Aidar Khoroshash (2017)

The exploration of teacher leadership at secondary schools in Kazakhstan Advisory committee: Tsediso Michael Makoelle (main advisor), Daniel Hernández-Torrano (co-advisor), David Frost (partner advisor)

MASTER' STUDENTS​

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2023

 

• Saltanat Mukhamadiyeva - Teacher experiences with adaptive learning in gifted education: A qualitative case study in Kazakhstan

• Dana  Nуgmеtzhаnоva - Teacher burnout in Kazakhstan: Prevalence, causes, and consequences

• Zhanat Ashimkhan - The role of school psychologists in the career guidance of high school gifted students in Kazakhstan

• Bakhytzhan Duissenova - Developing creativity in the art classroom in Kazakhstani schools: Teachers’ beliefs, strategies, barriers, and enablers

• Elmira Uteuova -  The teachers’ perception of gifted children’s perfectionism

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2021

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• Miras Baimyrza - Parents’ perceptions about private supplementary tutoring in urban and rural secondary schools in Kazakhstan

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2020

 

• Zauresh Baimyrza - Reversing gifted underachievement in Kazakhstan: Teachers' perception, experiences, and practices

• Ainur Muratkyzy - Equity and excellence: A multilevel analysis of Kazakhstani 15-year old students performance on PISA 2018

• Nurgul Shaimerdenova - Teacher mentoring relationships in secondary schools in Kazakhstan: Experiences, preferences, and challenges

• Anara Makitorova - The effect of students’ emotional intelligence on teacher-student relationships: The case of one NIS School in Kazakhstan

• Madina Rashitova - Exploring teacher work intensification and work extensification at one NIS School in Kazakhstan

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2018

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• Zhananur Kassimova - English beliefs, practices, and understandings of an integrated curriculum in NIS for gifted children

• Akmaral Uteulina - High school students’ perceptions of peer assessment on language classes

• Nagima Sarsenbayeva - Personal and environmental factors affecting teachers’ commitment

• Alyona Kaus - Parental involvement in elementary education

• Olga Plyuskho - Foreign language anxiety level of middle school students

• Guldana Sadvakassova - The impact of parental involvement on students’ academic achievement

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2017

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• Yekaterina Munko - Academic burnout among high-school students in Kazakhstan: The role of personality and academic motivation

• Gulzada Pussurmanova - Nature and factors influencing high school students and parents’ demands for private supp. tutoring in Kazakhstan

• Marya Zdorovets - The effect of demographic, family, and school-related variables on academic perf. of high school students in Kazakhstan

• Zhanar Akizhanova - Reconceptualization of English teacher beliefs and practices related to teaching and learning at NIS

• Dina Shaikhina - The relationship between students’ social competence, emotional intelligence, and their academic achievement at NIS

• Oxana Panina - Opportunities and challenges of 7th-grade students in a specialized school in Kazakhstan

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2015

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• Aizhan Kerimkulova - Perception of the NIS graduates on the role of NIS high school curriculum to succeed at Nazarbayev University

• Raina Zhaparova - Teachers' preferences of the physical learning environment at NIS of Astana city

• Fariza Imashpayeva - Job satisfaction of mainstream school teachers in Astana, Kazakhstan

• Laura Abdezimova - Key sources of academic motivation among students at Nazarbayev Intellectual School of Astana.

• Aisulu Makanova - Parental involvement in secondary education in Kazakhstani schools

• Roza Auespayeva - High school teachers’ and students’ perceptions on effective teaching: A study in Eastern Kazakhstan

• Kamshat Akan - Teachers' attitudes towards inclusive education in one of Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools in Kazakhstan.

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2014

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• Dilyara Tashibayeva - Teachers and students' perceptions of the characteristics of effective teachers: The role of content knowledge, pedagogical knowledge and skills, and trait emotional intelligence.