Kazakhstan programme open seminar series

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The Sino-Indian relations: unresolved border issue and its impact on the bilateral cooperation Apr 07, 2016

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The territorial dispute between China and India plays а significant role not only because of the large land in dispute but also because of the current rise of China and India in regional and global level.

The Impact of Neoliberalism on Income Distribution Inequality. Countries Case. Overview Apr 07, 2016

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It is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore the growing income distribution inequality as an acute and chronic disease widespread not only in middle-income and developing countries but also in industrialized ones. The main purpose of this study is to develop an understanding of why unequal income distribution is possible.

The Impact of Local Content Policy on Firms' Performance in Kazakhstan: Firm-level Evidence from the BEEPS Survey Apr 07, 2016

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The president of Kazakhstan in his annual address to the nation in 2009 raised objective to increase local content (LC) in Kazakhstan. LC policy is defined as "an industrial policy to incentivise or mandate a greater degree of local procurement, employment and capital accumulation" (Kalyuzhnova et al. 2014).

The Kazkhstani 2011 'e-learning' policy: help or hinderance? Apr 07, 2016

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Over the past one decade, the significance given to ICT and Internet's use within the context of the developing countries' educational system through various national initiatives has been only increasing. However, some available data have revealed that the extent to which such initiatives have been able to be successful differed among the countries, therefore necessitating more academic attention and investigation of this emerging field.

Soviet' in teachers' memories and professional beliefs in Kazakhstan: points for reflection for reformers, international consultants and practitioners Apr 06, 2016

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This paper is a part of a three-year study, 'Internationalisation and reform of secondary schooling in Kazakhstan', jointly conducted by an international team of UK- and Kazakhstan-based researchers in 2012-2014.

Teacher Development in the use of Technology: Insights from Fieldwork in Egypt Dec 01, 2015

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This presentation sheds light on findings from a doctoral study on the relationship between teachers’ pedagogical beliefs and their individual technology use within an Arabic language teaching context in Egypt.

Teacher Competence Beliefs on Classroom Assessment Practices in Secondary Schools in Kazakhstan. The Development of External Assessments in Multiple Languages. A Test of Learning, Certification or Accountability? Perceptions of Standardized Testing in Kazakhstan. Nov 27, 2015

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Kazakhstan is a country undergoing massive educational reform including the introduction of a trilingual policy in all schools. Since 2012, Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) has been working together with departments of the Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools (NIS) group to produce external assessments which test the knowledge and skills present in the curriculum introduced under the Integrated Programme of Development (IPD). This paper sets out to examine the application of a Western construct of the three primary purposes of national summative assessment to post-Soviet context undergoing educational reform. These purposes are defined as assessment for: learning; certification and school accountability (Black, 1998).

The Social Aspects of Transition from School to Higher Education: The Focus on Rural Multi-Ethnic Communities in Kazakhstan Nov 26, 2015

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This paper is a part of a larger study looking at the social aspects of transition from school to higher education in Kazakhstan.

The 1st Bolashak Educational Forum: Contemporary changes in Kazakhstan’s education system - Afternoon session Mar 06, 2015

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The purpose of the Forum is to discuss questions pertinent to educational development in Kazakhstan. The main participants of the Forum are 25 Kazakhstani scholars, who are currently doing their Master’s, PhD and post-doctoral research in the UK through the support of Kazakhstani government programme Bolashak (‘Future’). The forum will be structured around three sessions and one roundtable discussion, which will focus on the questions of education policy, reform and innovation, adaptation of international practices, policy implementation and future educational priorities. This is an intention of the organising committee to make this Forum a traditional annual event hosted in Cambridge. Organising committee: Kazbek Kashkabayev, Bolashak scholar, Centre of Development Studies, University of Cambridge; Klara Murdildina, Bolashak intern, Central Asian Forum, University of Cambridge; Seyfu lmalik Sultanov, Bolashak intern, Central Asian Forum, University of Cambridge.

The 1st Bolashak Educational Forum: Contemporary changes in Kazakhstan’s education system - Morning session Mar 06, 2015

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Morning Session The purpose of the Forum is to discuss questions pertinent to educational development in Kazakhstan. The main participants of the Forum are 25 Kazakhstani scholars, who are currently doing their Master’s, PhD and post-doctoral research in the UK through the support of Kazakhstani government programme Bolashak (‘Future’). The forum will be structured around three sessions and one roundtable discussion, which will focus on the questions of education policy, reform and innovation, adaptation of international practices, policy implementation and future educational priorities. This is an intention of the organising committee to make this Forum a traditional annual event hosted in Cambridge. Organising committee: Kazbek Kashkabayev, Bolashak scholar, Centre of Development Studies, University of Cambridge; Klara Murdildina, Bolashak intern, Central Asian Forum, University of Cambridge; Seyfu lmalik Sultanov, Bolashak intern, Central Asian Forum, University of Cambridge.