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Publications and Outputs: Journal Articles

Journal publications

  • Bridges, D. (2015). Working without shame in international education: From consequentialism to casuistry? Ethics and Education, 10:3, 271-283.

  • Bridges, D. (2014). The ethics and politics of the international transfer of educational policy and practice, Ethics and Education, 9:1, 84-96.

  • Brownhill, S., Ungarova, T. & Bipazhanova, A. (2016). ‘Jumping the first hurdle’: Framing action research questions using the Ice Cream Cone Model. Action Research Journal.

  • Cohen Miller, A.S., Faucher, C., & Hernández-Torrano, D. & Hajdukova, E.B. (in print). Practical steps for interdisciplinary cross-cultural educational research: Studying Wellbeing in the Kazakhstani School Context, International Journal of Research & Method in Education.

  • Fimyar, O. and Kurakbayev, K. (2015). ‘Soviet’ in teachers' memories and professional beliefs in Kazakhstan: Points for reflection for reformers, international consultants and practitioners, International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education. 29:1, 86-103.

  • Fimyar, O. (2014). What is policy? In search of frameworks and definitions for non-Western contexts, Educate, 14:3

  • Fox, A. & Wilson, E. (2015). ‘Networking and the development of professionals: beginning teachers building social capital’. Teaching and Teacher Education, 47, 93 - 107.

  • McLaughlin, C. & Ayubayeva, N. (2015). ‘It is the research of self experience’: Feeling the value in action research. International Journal of Educational Action Research. 23:1, 51-67.

  • Turner, F., Brownhill, S., Wilson, E. and Sharimova, A. (2016) The transfer of content knowledge in a cascade model of professional development, Teacher Development: An international journal of teachers' professional development, 21:2, 175-191.

  • Yakavets, N. (2017). Negotiating the Principles and Practice of School Leadership: the Kazakhstan Experience. Educational Management Administration and Leadership .Vol.45:3, pp.445-465

  • Yakavets, N., Frost, D. & Khoroshash, A. (2017). School Leadership and Capacity Building in Kazakhstan, International Journal of Leadership in Education: Theory and Practice. Vol 20:3, pp.345-370.

  • Yakavets, N. (2016). Societal culture and the changing role of school principals in the post-Soviet era: The case of Kazakhstan. Journal of Educational Administration, 54:6, 683-702

  • Yakavets, N. (2014). Reforming society through education for gifted children: the case of Kazakhstan, Research Papers in Education, 29:5, 513-533.

Conference Papers

  • Bridges, D. & Kurakbayev, K. (2014) 'Constructs of school autonomy in the discourses of school reform in Kazakhstan' – presented as part of the symposium “Institutional Autonomy and Educational Reform in Central Asia” at ECER, 2-5 September, Porto, Portugal.

  • Brownhill, S. (2015) Supporting Students' Reflective Capabilities Through Self-Reflective Shapes. Presentation given remotely as part of the «Modern forms and methods of evaluation of educational achievements of students: experience and prospects» Orleu conference, 29 October, Zhambyl region, Kazakhstan.

  • Brownhill, S. (2015) Supporting CoE Trainers’ Reflective Practice Through The Use Of Self-Reflective Shapes. Paper presented at ECER, 7-11 September, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary.

  • Brownhill, S. (2015) Supporting CoE Trainers’ Reflective Practice Through The Use of Self-Reflective Shapes. Paper presented at Standing Conference on University Teaching and Research in the Education of Adults (SCUTREA), 7-8 July, University of Leeds, UK.

  • Brownhill, S. (2015) ‘The fear of failure’: CoE trainers and the anxiety of ‘getting it wrong’. Presentation given at the 2015 Educational Forum for Central Asia, 25th March, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK.

  • Brownhill, S. (2014) ''Reflecting on reflection': An exploration of trainers' perceptions of reflective practice in Kazakhstan". Individual paper presented at ECER, 2-5 September, Porto, Portugal.

  • Brownhill, S. (2014) 'Reflecting on reflection': An exploration of trainers' perceptions of reflective practice in Kazakhstan. European Conference on Education, 9-13 July, Brighton, UK.

  • Fimyar, O. (2015)'The value of dialogic approach in understanding international teachers’ identity in Kazakhstan'. CIES, March 8-13, Washington D.C., USA.

  • Fimyar, O., Omarbekova, A. Shamatov, D., Tuleuova, N. (2014). ‘Pedagogies and methodologies of organisational learning in Kazakhstan: The case of NIS partner schools’. Symposium “Reforming education – thirty schools at a time: The role of action research and organisational learning in education reform in Kazakhstan" at ECER, 2-5 September, Porto, Portugal.

  • Fimyar, O., Bridges, D., Yakavets, N., Winter, L., McLellan, R., & Parmenter, L. (2014). 'Tracing policies, leadership practices and student experiences in multi-lingual settings: Lessons in education research methodology from Kazakhstan'. Research workshop at ECER, 2-5 September, Porto, Portugal.

  • Fimyar, O. (2014) 'Translating ‘excellence’ into three languages or How Kazakhstani teachers ‘change’'. CIES, 10-15 March, Toronto, Canada.

  • Fimyar, O., Silova, I., Millei, Zs., Piattoeva, N & Ayudarova, O. (2014). 'Memories of Post-Soviet education and childhood'. Workshop at CIES, 10-15 March, Toronto, Canada.

  • Fimyar, O., & Kurakbayev, K. (2013) ''Soviet' in the memories and teachers' professional beliefs: Focus on curriculum reform'. XV Comparative Education World Congress, 24-28 June 2013, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

  • Fimyar, O. (2013) 'Three metaphors and one model of educational change: A Kazakhstani case of rapid ‘internationalisation at home’'. ESA 2013, 28-31 August, Torino, Italy.

  • Frost D., Fimyar, O., Yakavets, N. and Bilyalov, D. (2013). 'The roles of school Principals in educational reform in Kazakhstan'. Symposium "Educational Reform in Kazakhstan from the School Perspective" at ECER, 10-13 September, Istanbul, Turkey.

  • McLaughlin, C., McLellan, R., Fordham, M., with Chandler-Grevatt, A. & Daubney, A. (2014) 'Changing from the inside? Reform and innovation through action research'. Symposium “Reforming education – thirty schools at a time: The role of action research and organisational learning in education reform in Kazakhstan" at ECER, 2-5 September, Porto, Portugal.

  • McLellan, R., Winter, L., Fimyar, O., & Fordham, M., (2014) 'Teachers' constructs of their professional identity in a changing educational environment in Kazakhstan'. ECER, 2-5 September, Porto, Portugal.

  • Winter, L., Kurakbayev, K., McLellan, R., & Fimyar, O. (2014). 'Teachers’ assessment for learning in a Post-Soviet Kazakhstan'. CIES, 10-15 March 2014, Toronto, Canada.

  • Wilson, E., Turner, F., Sharimova, A. & Brownhill, S. (2013) 'Reform at Scale: Teacher Development in Kazakhstan. ECER, 10-13 September, Istanbul, Turkey.

  • Yakavets, N. & Frost, D. (2014) 'Leading schools in a time of change in Kazakhstan: the rhetoric and the reality'. Symposium “Institutional Autonomy and Educational Reform in Central Asia” at ECER, 2-5 September, Porto, Portugal.

  • Yakavets, N. (2014) 'Studying school leadership practice: Evidence form Kazakhstani schools'. British Educational Research Association Annual Conference, 23-25 September, London, UK.

  • Yakavets, N. (2014). 'Leadership by school Principals in a policy-driven context: Innovation, competitions and performativity in Kazakhstan'. Annual conference of American Educational Research Association (AERA), 3-7 April, Philadelphia, USA.

  • Yakavets, N. (2014). 'Very able, highly trained, extremely competitive? Two parallel systems of education for gifted children in Kazakhstan'. Annual conference of American Educational Research Association (AERA), 3-7 April, Philadelphia, USA.

  • Yakavets, N. (2013) 'Drivers of school innovations in Kazakhstan: a critical element of leadership'. Symposium "Educational Reform in Kazakhstan from the School Perspective" at ECER, 10-13 September, Istanbul, Turkey.

  • Yakavets, N. (2013) 'Education for economic competitiveness: Kazakhstan moving from a Post-Soviet to a neoliberal agenda'. Network 23: Policy Studies and Politics of Education. ECER, 10-13 September, Istanbul, Turkey.

  • Yakavets, N. (2013) 'Reforming society through education for gifted children: the case of Kazakhstan'. Accepted for publication in the Research Papers in Education Journal, May 2013 and presented at the XV Comparative Education World Congress, 24-28 June, Buenos Aires, Argentina.