Abaeva Galiya Askerbekovna

Galiya Askerbekovna Abayeva graduated from the Herzen Russian State Pedagogical University in St. Petersburg with a degree in Defectology.

Since 1992, she has worked as an assistant, teacher, senior lecturer at the Kazakh Pedagogical Institute named after Abai (now KazNPU named after Abai). In 2001, she entered the graduate school of KazNPU named after Abai, in 2005 she defended her PhD thesis on the problems of speech development in children with severe visual impairments (specialty 13.00.03 - Correctional pedagogy).

From 2008 to 2016, she worked as the head of the Department of "Special and Social Pedagogy" of the Kazakh State Women's Pedagogical University.

From 2016 to 2020, she worked as the director of the state institution "National Scientific and Practical Center for the Development of Special and Inclusive Education."

From 2020 to the present, he has been the director of the Institute of Pedagogy and Psychology of KazNPU named after Abai.

Associate Professor Abayeva G.A. takes an active part in search and applied research commissioned by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan.:

• 025 - Program "Methodological support of special education" (2009-2011);
• 014 - Program "Scientific and theoretical foundations of the design of the correctional and pedagogical process of special education" (2011-2013);
• 055 - Program on "Scientific and scientific-technical activities" (2013-2015);
• 217 - Program "Scientific and scientific-technical activities" (2017-2020);
• 099 - Program "Improving the quality of education "Development of primary basic and general secondary education programs for students with disabilities" on the basis of the NNPC of the Russian Academy of Education (2020-2021).

The sphere of scientific interests of G.A. Abayeva is very wide: inclusive education, psychological and pedagogical support for children with visual impairments, with multiple disabilities; issues of upbringing and education of children with disabilities; inclusion of children with special educational needs in the general educational space; criteria for assessing special educational needs of children, professional training of special educators, general educators to work in an inclusive educational environment, the use of digital platforms in education, etc.

The published publications of the scientist in Kazakh, Russian and English are in great demand in the scientific community of special pedagogy and inclusive education, higher education.

Abayeva G.A. is the author of the first textbooks for blind children in Kazakhstan, "Relief-point literacy" for blind 1st grade students in Kazakh and Russian.

She has published over 70 scientific and methodological works in the open press: 8 textbooks for special schools recommended by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan; 2 textbooks (with the UMO RUMS stamp), 9 methodological recommendations (recommended by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan), 1 terminological dictionary (with the UMO RUMS stamp), 1 electronic textbook, 1 teaching aid, 1 monograph, 3 articles in international scientific journals indexed by the Scopus Q1,Q3 information databases with percentiles 88 and 56, over the past five years 11 articles in publications recommended by COXON of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan, standard training programs for higher and secondary education organizations.

It has an h - 1 in the Scopus database. 8 state certificates of copyright registration for monographs and educational publications have been obtained.

Associate Professor Abayeva G.A. is active in scientific, organizational and methodological activities: Deputy Chairman of the Dissertation Council in the field of 8D019 - Training specialists in special pedagogy (6D010500 - Defectology/8D01901 - Training specialists in special pedagogy), member of the editorial board of the Bulletin of KazNPU.Abaya series "Special pedagogy". From 2010-2016, she was the chairman of the UMS of the specialty "Social Pedagogy", in different years she was the head and member of the working groups on the development of state educational standards for the specialties "Defectology" and "Social Pedagogy and Self-knowledge".

Abayeva G.A. is a participant in scientific research within the framework of International and National projects of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan.:

• Erasmus+Programme of the European Union 618835-EPP-1-2020-1-KZ-EPPKA2-CBHE-SP Implementing dual system in Kazakhstan/ Implementation of the dual system in Kazakhstan - KAZDUAL (2021-2023); The Inclusive Education Online Courses (IEOC) project aimed at expanding educational tools and resources of Higher Education.
• Selection and evaluation of educational innovations and conducting a pedagogical experiment. Grant financing of Abai KazNPU jointly with the Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia (2020-2021).
• Grant financing of the Soros Foundation-Kazakhstan Inclusive Education Online Courses (IEOC) project - based on the NGO "School for All";
• Grant from the Rector of KazNPU named after Abai: "Designing a virtual laboratory within the framework of a developing educational environment", (2022).

Under the scientific supervision of G.A.Abayeva, more than 25 master's theses have been defended and Master's degrees in pedagogical sciences have been obtained. She regularly undergoes internships abroad, various advanced training courses abroad and in the Republic of Kazakhstan, constantly improving her scientific level and expanding the scope of scientific communication.

Associate Professor Abayeva G.A. is the holder of the title "The Best University Teacher" (2012); has a Letter of Thanks from the Minister of Education and Science for his personal contribution to the development of education in the Republic of Kazakhstan (2018); was awarded the Birlik medal of the Assembly of the Peoples of Kazakhstan, the Yeren yenbegi Ushin state medal (2021).

Abayeva G.A. was a member of the working group under the Mazhilis of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the development of the Draft Law "On amendments and additions to certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on inclusive education".

Thus, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor G.A.Abayeva makes a great contribution to science and education in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Currently, in continuation of research under the leadership of G.A.Abayeva, a research program has been developed on the topic "Preparing teachers of secondary schools to work in an inclusive educational environment" for professional support of teachers.