Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology

Department of Special Pedagogy

The research activities of the Department of Special Pedagogy of the Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology are carried out in close cooperation with educational and methodological work, which allows for personnel training in a wide range of specialties and areas. Its priority objectives are:

Search and applied research in the field of special pedagogy and psychology;
Implementation of the results of scientific research into the practice of special educational organizations and general education organizations operating in inclusive education;
Development of educational programs, educational and methodical literature for universities and special educational organizations;
Participation in events aimed at the exchange of scientific and practical experience on an international and national scale (conferences, seminars, etc.).

The research topic of the department's staff is determined in line with scientific research on the topic "Scientific and methodological support of special education systems and higher special education".

The main tasks of the department's research work:

conducting relevant scientific research that contributes to the development of advanced Russian science in the field of training personnel in the special education system;
enriching the educational process with the results of scientific research in the field of training specialists in the inclusive education system;
improving the scientific qualifications of teaching staff in the republic and abroad;
training of scientific and pedagogical staff (doctoral, master's, bachelor's degree);
development of textbooks, teaching aids and teaching materials for teachers of the special education system, universities engaged in the training of special teachers; students of special educational organizations;
reviewing, examination of textbooks, textbooks, monographs, scientific articles and reports, master's degree programs, state educational standards, etc.;
development and editing of educational programs, textbooks, textbooks, monographs, scientific articles and reports;
information support of the university library;
cooperation with scientific organizations of the Republic of Kazakhstan, near and far abroad;
work as a member of expert commissions, editorial boards of scientific journals and scientific associations.

In 2023-2024, the teaching staff of the Department of Special Pedagogy participated in projects funded by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan and other organizations. Developers and project participants: PhD, Professor Zhienbayeva N.B., PhD, Associate Professor Autayeva A.N., PhD, Associate Professor Abayeva G.A., PhD, senior lecturer Kemeshova A.M., Senior lecturer, PhD Baydildinov T.Zh.; PhD, Associate Professor Abayeva G.A. participates in international scientific and educational projects under the Erasmus+Program of the European Union.

The indicators according to the scientometric data of the Department of Special Pedagogy are as follows: 94 publications were published in various foreign and national publications and publishing houses, including:

scientific articles published in foreign countries -3;
scientific articles published in the near abroad - 2;
scientific articles published in the journals of the KOKSNVO EOM RK - 19;
scientific articles published in other journals of the Republic of Kazakhstan - 33;
abstracts of scientific conferences published abroad - 2;
abstracts of scientific conferences published in the near abroad - 3;
abstracts of scientific conferences published in RK - 11;
articles published in journals with an impact factor of 9;
textbooks, manuals for teachers, standard curricula, workbooks for schools of RK- 7;
teaching aids for universities - 5.

The teachers of the department have received 11 copyright certificates in the framework of research. This year, the faculty of the department also received 23 certificates of completion of advanced training courses in the Republic of Kazakhstan, in the near and far abroad, which makes it possible to introduce innovations and modifications into the educational process.

Students and undergraduates actively participate in national Olympiads, international competitions and take prizes.

The research conducted by the department is determined by the social order for scientific, theoretical and methodological support of the learning process for children with disabilities. These areas are also determined by the needs of the development and management of the social sphere of the special education system. The areas of scientific interests of the staff of the department correspond to the main areas of special pedagogy and specialties in the training of students: "Speech Therapy", "Oligophrenopedagogy", "Sign language teaching", "Typhlopedagogy".

A special place in the scientific research of the department is occupied by the issue of teaching children with disabilities in the Kazakh language. In recent years, the country has been actively reforming preschool and school education in line with the ethno-cultural orientation of teaching children with disabilities, the formation and development of personal characteristics of children based on Kazakh ethnopedagogy and ethnopsychology. In this case, the Department of Special Education initiated a scientific and methodological substantiation of the content of special education based on a bilingual and bicultural basis.

The teaching staff of the department continues to work on the development of educational and methodological support for the process of teaching children with disabilities in the Kazakh language in special (correctional) schools. This is of particular importance in the socialization of Kazakh children with any developmental disabilities and their national identification. The department also develops training programs, textbooks and teaching materials for preschool and school special education organizations with Russian and Kazakh languages of instruction.

The research activities carried out within the framework of these types of work reflect the latest scientific trends, are relevant and make it possible to improve the system of training scientific and pedagogical personnel in bachelor's, master's and doctoral studies, which contributes to the deepening of both theoretical and practical, individual training of students, ensuring their professionalism, ability to creative search.

Strengthening the integrative processes of the special education system and pedagogical universities will become one of the promising innovative resources for improving the quality of education for children with disabilities, reflecting its synergetic effect. The inclusion of technology for monitoring the personnel of the special education system, based on the automated management of a complex of databases on the needs of regions for specialists and the number of graduates of pedagogical universities, as mandatory, will help optimize strategies for the development of a unified educational space for children with disabilities.

Teachers of the department participate in the development of educational programs for special (correctional) kindergartens and schools for children with hearing, intellectual, speech, speech, and vision impairments.

The teaching staff of the Department of Special Pedagogy maintains contact with foreign and domestic universities:

Sofia University "Sveti Kliment Ohridski" (FNOI), Department of Special Pedagogy (Sofia, Bulgaria);
Moscow State Pedagogical University (Moscow, Russia);
A.Herzen Russian State Pedagogical University (St. Petersburg, Russia);
Kazan Federal University (Kazan, Russia);
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (Kyiv, Ukraine);
Armenian State Pedagogical University named after H.Abovyan (Yerevan, Armenia);
Tashkent State Pedagogical University named after Nizami (Tashkent, Uzbekistan);
Academy of Special Pedagogy named afterMaria Grzegorzewska (Warsaw, Poland);
Kyrgyz State University named after I.Arabaev (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan);
Shakarim University (Semey, Kazakhstan);
M.H.Dulati Taraz Regional University (Taraz);
South Kazakhstan Pedagogical University named after Ozbekali Zhanibekov (Shymkent);
Pavlodar Pedagogical University named after A.Margulan (Pavlodar);
Zhetysu University named after I.Zhansugurov (Taldykorgan).