Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology

The research activities of the Department of Pedagogy and Psychology are organized according to the university action plan and are implemented in the following areas:

• implementation of research projects financed by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan, intra-university projects;
• writing monographs, textbooks, teaching aids, articles;
• making reports at scientific and practical conferences;
• preparing scientific publications in leading scientific journals included in the Scopus and Web of Science databases; in journals recommended by the Committee on the Development of Scientific and Practical Education of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
• conducting various theoretical, experimental studies and scientific events;
• organizing scientific research of students, masters and doctoral students within the framework of the scientific circle "Young Scientist" functioning at the department;
• defense of master's and doctoral dissertations, training of highly qualified scientific and pedagogical personnel;
• establishing creative contacts with leading scientists, universities and scientific institutions of the country, near and far abroad.

Currently, the department employs holders of the international grant "Bolashak", who studied at the best universities in the UK, completed scientific internships in countries such as the USA, Germany, as well as holders of the State Prizes of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the field of science, technology and education, professors who have experience in scientific and pedagogical activities abroad: holders of the grant of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan "Best University Teacher"; intra-university competition "Best University Teacher" of KazNPU named after Abai. Among the teaching staff of the department, there is an academician of the IANPE - 1; academician of the Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Kazakhstan - 1; member of the Council for Comparative Pedagogy of the Republic of Kazakhstan - 1.

An indicator of the high rating of the Department of Pedagogy and Psychology is the participation of its leading professors in the work of scientific councils.

A significant event in 2023 was the opening of a research laboratory for measuring and evaluating the educational environment of students. (Building No. 1, room 510), which is developing tools for measuring the educational environment in face-to-face, distance, remote, and hybrid (offline + online) learning formats.