Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology

KazNPU named after Abai is the first university in our country, it was founded in 1928. In 1976, the Faculty of Defectology was opened at KazPI named after Abai. It also became the first defectology faculty in Central Asia and Kazakhstan. The faculty had one department of "Oligophrenopedagogy". In 1980, the Department of Speech Therapy and Psychopathology was opened. It was the second department of the Faculty of Defectology. In the 1985-1986 academic year, the first students were enrolled in the Department of Sign language Education. Then the department of Sign Language Teaching was opened.

In 1988, the Department of Sign Language Teaching was merged with the Department of Speech Therapy and Psychopathology. In 1999, the faculty changed, and the two departments merged into the Department of Special Education, which operated until 2015, and then Special Education. The department is part of the Institute of Pedagogy and Psychology, which has switched to a horizontal cyclical management structure since 2020. Currently, the department is called "Special Pedagogy". It is headed by Akbota N. Autayeva, Candidate of Psychological Sciences, Associate Professor.

The following popular educational programs have been developed and implemented at the Department of Special Education:

Bachelor's degree (1st degree):

"6B01901-Special pedagogy (IP);

"6B01901-Special pedagogy: Sign language teaching";

"6B01902-Special pedagogy: Speech therapy";

"6B01903-Special pedagogy: Oligophrenopedagogy";

"6B01904-Special pedagogy: Typhlopedagogy".

Master's degree courses (2nd stage):

"7M01901-Special pedagogy: Sign language teaching";

"7M01902-Special pedagogy: Speech therapy";

"7M01906-Special education: Inclusive education";

"7M01908-Special pedagogy: Support for children with autism spectrum disorders".

Directions of doctoral studies (3rd stage):

"8D01901-Special pedagogy".

License. Rating. Accreditation.

The specialties "6B019; 7M019; 8D019-Special Pedagogy" operate on the basis of a special license by order of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Education Control Committee No. 751 dated May 2, 2013.

When implementing educational programs in all specialties, the following are used:

- traditional (lectures, practical exercises, preparation and work with abstracts) and active teaching methods (business games, analysis and analysis of situations, problem solving, case technologies, portfolio technology, trainings, etc.);

- various forms of work with students - group and individual classes, face-to-face and face-to-face consultations distance learning in accordance with the learning conditions and methodological recommendations of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the organization of the educational process in the system of higher professional education.

The control of the teaching staff, the effectiveness and efficiency of the teaching activities of the department is carried out by:

- mutual attendance of classes by the staff of the department and their subsequent assessment;

- attendance of classes conducted by the staff of the department, the head of the department, followed by an analysis of its compliance with existing requirements;

- monitoring the assessment of students' opinions about the quality of classes and the specifics of pedagogical interaction;

- conducting open classes by the staff of the department with the invitation of the head of the department, the dean, students of other training programs, etc.

The quality certificate of the NAAR accreditation for the educational program 6B019, 7M019-Special Pedagogy (2022-2027).

The department has passed the institutional accreditation of the Independent Agency for Quality Assurance of Education (IQAA - 09.12.19-06.12.24) under the educational program "6D010500 (8D019) - Defectology".

All implemented educational programs are designed in accordance with the existing requirements (educational standards approved by the Academic Council of the University) and are accompanied by the necessary educational and methodological support (methodological recommendations for independent work, teaching materials, syllabuses, presentations, electronic lectures, video lectures, etc.).

The acquired professional experience is reflected in the recommendations developed by the staff of the department (a map of the analysis of classes attended, a questionnaire of students' opinions on the effectiveness of staff; recommendations for the preparation and writing of graduation papers; updating methodological guidelines for students on the implementation of graduation projects provided by the State Educational Standards and educational programs, educational and teaching aids (include materials for independent work - reference materials on individual psychological and pedagogical disciplines, examination tests; recommendations for students on conducting lectures and practical classes, on the design of presentations and lecture courses), in the development of teaching materials for distance learning provided by educational programs.

The educational process at the department is carried out using information learning tools: computers, a projector, a screen for presentations, WhatsApp, the Moodle program, etc. The Univer system and e-mail are actively used to carry out remote work.

Today, the Department of Special Pedagogy is the leading department for the training of teaching staff for special (correctional) educational organizations of the Republic of Kazakhstan.