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
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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
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)
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
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
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
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.