05.03.2026
A seminar titled “Historical Education and AI: Developing Teachers’ Digital and Pedagogical Competence” was held
On February twenty-seventh, two thousand twenty-six, at fifteen zero zero, a seminar was held by the project group of the history section for the humanities teacher training track under the educational and methodological association at Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University on the topic Historical Education and AI Forming Teacher’s Digital Pedagogical Competence.
The goal of the seminar was to identify ways of effective implementation of artificial intelligence capabilities in the historical and pedagogical education system of Kazakhstan, analyze global educational trends, propose models for new educational programs, and disseminate advanced innovative practices.
The seminar was organized as a theoretical and practical workshop involving lecturers, teachers, researchers, museum and archive specialists, as well as the university faculty, doctoral students, and senior lecturers from the department of social sciences and humanities of the Almaty branch of the Orleu National Center for Professional Development. During the session, reports, discussions, and practical cases were considered and discussed.
In the first section titled Global Transformation of Artificial Intelligence in Historical Education Scientific Trends and the Paradigm of Professional Competence, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, and international expert Bauyrzhan Olzhabayevich Zhanguttin, who is the head of the Digital History Digital Lab international educational and research center at Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University, and Kairat Shakarimuly Alimgazinov, the deputy director of the Archive of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, analyzed modern education in historical science and digital possibilities for preserving data in archival materials.
In the second section titled Updating Historical Education Programs Based on Digital Pedagogical Competence Course Models and Teaching Strategies, Candidate of Historical Sciences and senior lecturer Sholpan Toregeldikyzy Nurman, who is the leader of the project group at Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University, together with Azat Bakytuly Kaliyev, a master and senior lecturer who coordinates the history educational program at SDU University, and Bekzat Tynysbekkyzy Kaliyeva, a PhD and head of the department of history and social humanities disciplines at Zhetysu University named after Ilyas Zhansugurov, presented their reports and conducted a comprehensive analysis.
In the third section titled Practical Workshop Applied Experiences of Artificial Intelligence Tools for the Professional Development of Historians, senior lecturer and master of humanities Guljanat Gabdulakhmetkyzy Baibolova from the Almaty branch of the Orleu National Center for Professional Development, together with Gulbala Kenishtaikyzy and Lashyn Batyrkhanovna Abdildinova, a doctoral student at Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University and a history teacher at general education school number two hundred seventeen, shared their experience on the effective and successful use of artificial intelligence in modern education.