Liz Winter

University of Cambridge | Cam · Faculty of Education

Based on an in-depth, ten-year study, this novel book examines the reform of Kazakhstan's education system, from the initial plans and models of change, through to the implementation at all stages and places in the education system. Through an exploration of a wide range of data, it maps the problems, models, challenges, interventions, and successe...

Based on an in-depth, ten-year study, this novel book examines the reform of Kazakhstan's education system, from the initial plans and models of change, through to the implementation at all stages and places in the education system. Through an exploration of a wide range of data, it maps the problems, models, challenges, interventions, and successe...

Based on an in-depth, ten-year study, this novel book examines the reform of Kazakhstan's education system, from the initial plans and models of change, through to the implementation at all stages and places in the education system. Through an exploration of a wide range of data, it maps the problems, models, challenges, interventions, and successe...

This paper explores how schoolteachers in Kazakhstan engaged with the Renewed Content of Education (RCE) that has been introduced by the Government, and how changes in their beliefs and understandings influenced classroom practice. The study draws on the ecological model of teacher agency and elaborates on factors that contribute to the formation o...

This chapter focuses on the process of developing a concise but conceptually-grounded young people’s wellbeing measure for use in educational practice with secondary-aged students in Kazakhstan. Assessment of young people’s wellbeing is a relatively new field and research has primarily been conducted in western, educated, industrialised, rich, and...

This article explores the effectiveness of a 416-hour professional programme intended to support 5010 Kazakhstani teachers in shifting to teaching their subjects through English. Document analysis describes the perceived intent of the course and how that is reflected in the course description and guidelines given to trainers. Document analysis is t...

This study introduces a culturally adapted 17-item scale of school engagement. It offers an important contribution to the international literature by seeking to measure the school engagement of young people in a society undergoing transition from a collectivist to individualist mind-set alongside an education system focused on improving performance...

There is constant pressure on governments and policy makers to raise the standard of education, and to develop appropriate curriculum and pedagogies for students. It is no easy task. This book presents eight specific case studies of education reform implementation which capture how the design and implementation choices of policy makers are shaped b...

There is constant pressure on governments and policymakers to raise the standard of education and to develop appropriate curriculum and pedagogies for students. It is no easy task. This book presents eight specific case studies of education reform implementation which capture how the design and implementation choices of policymakers are shaped by n...

This paper has relevance for any nation seeking to reform its model of funding through decentralization and a neoliberal agenda that permits marketization of public services such as education. It adopts a case-study approach to locate and discuss where Kazakhstan, a country undergoing considerable educational reform, is currently positioned regardi...

Research on gender gaps in school tends to focus on average gender differences in academic outcomes, such as motivation, engagement, and achievement. The current study moved beyond a binary perspective to unpack the variations within gender. It identified distinct groups of adolescents based on their patterns of conformity to different gender norms...

The team of people who authored this paper are members of a team who have been focusing on the modernisation of the education system in Kazakhstan for four years now. The group have focused particularly upon the aspect of policy and strategy. This paper is based on interviews with 18 policymakers at the regional and national levels, as well as on t...

Research on gender gaps in school tends to focus on average gender differences in academic outcomes, such as motivation, engagement, and achievement. The current study moved beyond a binary perspective to unpack the variations within gender. It identified distinct groups of adolescents based on their patterns of conformity to different gender norms...

The main aim of the project is to adapt Western constructs and scales of wellbeing to provide a culturally sensitive and appropriate instrument that will assist in identifying and then improving students’ wellbeing across the older age range of children in secondary schools.

The present paper describes research to record secondary school teachers’ attitudes towards the initiative to teach certain subjects in English in Kazakhstan two years before the full roll-out of thenationwide reform. All participants were teachers of Biology, Chemistry, Physics or Informatics who were commencing a Professional Development Programm...

The research project presented in this presentation attempted to capture young people’s conceptualisation of their wellbeing by utilising qualitative, young people-focused research methodology. This kind of research not only affirms young people as competent social actors, and therefore valid source of information (Fattore, et al. 2007), but also e...

This poster summarises and describes work conducted to date by the Faculty of Education and Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Education through an Institutional Links partnership to conduct a large-scale research project examining secondary school children’s wellbeing and school engagement in Kazakhstan. The collaborative research process co...