I have taken on a full advising load and have supervised 26 Master's theses as the main supervisor to completion and another seven Ph.D. dissertations, two as the main advisor. At the moment, I serve as the main advisor of two Ph.D. students.

 

Doctoral Students

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           Gulmira Tussupbekova

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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2021   Dr. Gulnara Namyssova

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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2021   Dr. Dilara Orynbassarova

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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2020   Dr. Assel Kambatyrova

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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2018   Dr. Xeniya Tursumbayeva

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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2018   Dr. Ainur Almukhambetova

           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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2017   Dr. Madina Tynybayeva

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)

 

2017   Dr. Aidar Khoroshash

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)

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Master's Students

 

2021   Miras Baimyrza - Parents’ perceptions about private supplementary tutoring in urban and rural secondary schools in Kazakhstan

 

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

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

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

Zhanar Akizhanova - Reconceptualization of English teacher beliefs and practices related to teaching and learning as a result of working at NIS

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

Oxana Panina - Transition to a new educational environment: Opportunities and challenges of 7th-grade students in a specialized school in Kazakhstan

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2015   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.

 

2014   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.