Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology

The research work of the Department of Preschool Education and Social Pedagogy is carried out in the following areas:

• development and deepening of relations with organizations of potential employers and training of specialists in accordance with the needs of the labor market;
• own scientific research of the faculty of the department (within the framework of the master's degree and doctoral dissertation), including new technologies for working with information and updated pedagogical methodology;
• scientific supervision of diploma projects, master's and doctoral dissertations with the optimal organization of research work of students, master's students and doctoral students;
• direction of creative initiatives for the development of research and scientific projects of students, master's students and doctoral students, involvement in research work and participation of students, master's students and doctoral students in scientific conferences;
• creation of scientific cooperation relations with similar educational institutions of Kazakhstan, the CIS countries and far abroad.

Work in this direction with other educational and scientific structures, exchange of experience and joint participation in various conferences and forums;

• participation of the faculty in the implementation of scientific projects with grant funding from the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan, under the rector's grant and in international projects.

Applied and fundamental research is being developed, financed from the republican budget of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the rector of the KazNPU named after Abai (grant) and continuation of scientific research under scientific grants (under the rector's grant). The faculty of the department regularly makes presentations at scientific conferences, advanced training courses for specialists in the field of education and media expertise.

Participation of teachers in the following scientific projects:

• MES RK. IRN AR 19679368. "Integrative approach to fairy tale therapy as an innovative technology for maintaining psychological health in the context of digitalization of education" (2023-2025). A.I. Akhmetova
• Scientific Director of the Project of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan AR 15473674 "Formation of readiness for self-education of future teachers through project activities" Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor Bekmagambetova R.K.
• Scientific Director of the intra-university project for the rector's grant "Development of the basics of self-realization in senior preschoolers in the process of interaction with objects of the surrounding world" Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor A.K. Aitpaeva. (Socio-cultural project). 2023
• Scientific Director of the intra-university project for the rector's grant "Young Scientist", dedicated to the 95th anniversary of KazNPU named after Abai, "Improving Soft SKILS of preschool teachers from a gamification point of view" PhD Doctor, senior lecturer Zhakupova A.Zh. (Socio-cultural project). 2023
• Scientific supervisor of the rector's grant "Young Scientist", dedicated to the 95th anniversary of Abai KazNPU "Development of social-emotional learning (SEL) skills of future teachers based on interdisciplinary integration". PhD, associate professor Bulshekbaeva A.I. (minutes of the meeting of the scientific advisory council dated 02.24.2023)
• Scientific supervisor of the rector's grant "Young Scientist", dedicated to the 95th anniversary of Abai KazNPU "Methodological support for early career guidance work in preschool organizations based on game technologies" PhD, associate professor Abitova G.T. (order dated 01.04.2024)
• Scientific supervisor of the Project "Development of measures to prevent bullying against children and the study of its current aspects." funded by the Ministry of Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
• Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor Asylbekova M.P.

External research fellow in the implementation of the project Doctor PhD, Associate Professor A.A. Alimbekova (BR18574152) for 2022/2024.