Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology

International Activities

     Within the Department of Pedagogy and Psychology, international cooperation is actively implemented; over the years, several international double-degree projects have been carried out:

· Moscow State Pedagogical University (Russia). The project has been successfully implemented within the framework of the network-based Master’s educational program “Pedagogical Measurements”;

· Yogyakarta State University (Indonesia) under the doctoral program. Graduates of the educational program include PhD holders: G.K. Kassymova (2020); G.A. Begimbetova (2026). Professional development programs and international research activities are conducted.

     Since the 2022 academic year to the present, the doctoral program “Management in Education” has been delivered in English with the involvement of professors from far-abroad countries (Veselinov Dimitar; Cristian Ugwuanyi Sanday, etc.).

     The Department of Pedagogy and Psychology maintains collaboration with experienced foreign professors within the Visiting Professor program: Mr. Cristian Ugwuanyi Sanday (University of Nigeria, Africa); Cebahatin Gevikbas (Kocman Sitki University, Turkey); Veselinov Dimitar (Sofia University, Bulgaria); Academician V.V. Grinshkun, S.N. Vachkova, I.B. Shiyan (Moscow State Pedagogical University, Russia); E.V. Lopanova (Omsk State Pedagogical University, Russia); Triono Brury (UNY Yogyakarta State University, Indonesia).

     Within research projects aimed at exchanging experience and participating in international conferences, seminars, and professional development courses, the faculty maintains cooperation with educational institutions in Italy, Germany, Russia, Uzbekistan, Indonesia, Turkey, and other countries.

     During 2023–2025, the Department implemented the project IRN AP19680029 “Theory and Technology of Comprehensive Psychological and Pedagogical Assessment of the Developmental Potential of the School Educational Environment Using International SAKERS Scales (modified version).” The scientific supervisor was Professor A. Kosherbayeva.

     As part of the project, in 2023 a research laboratory “Pedagogical Measurements” was established, and copyright certificate No. 41125 dated December 8, 2023 was obtained. In 2024, a branch of the laboratory was opened at Abykhan Zheksembekov Secondary School in the town of Turgen, Enbekshikazakh District, Almaty Region.

     Based on the laboratory, Master’s and doctoral research is conducted, and students’ graduation projects are implemented. In 2025–2026, doctoral dissertations were defended: L.A. Alpyssbay on the topic “Development of Future Educational Psychologists’ Competencies in Measuring and Evaluating the School Educational Environment”; and G.A. Begimbetova, a doctoral student of Yogyakarta State University (Indonesia), under the program “Scientific Research and Evaluation.”

    As a result of the project, the methodological guide “SACERS-Updated. Modified Version of the SACERS Scales for Secondary Education Organizations of the Republic of Kazakhstan” (copyright certificate No. 49834 dated September 20, 2024) and the scientific monograph “Methodology for Measuring and Evaluating the Quality of the Educational Environment (Based on International SACERS Scales)” (2025) were published.

      The project authors presented their research findings at leading universities in Japan, Singapore, India, Azerbaijan, and other countries.

     Within the framework of academic mobility, undergraduate, Master’s, and doctoral students of the Department participate in distance academic programs.