Mukhanbetzhanova Akmaral Utepbergenovna

Akmaral Utepbergenovna Mukhanbetzhanova — Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor, Dean of the Faculty of Innovative Education. In 1988–1992, she graduated with honors from Atyrau Pedagogical Institute with a degree in “Preschool Pedagogy and Psychology.” From 1995 to 1998, she pursued postgraduate studies at Kh. Dosmukhamedov Atyrau University. In 1999, she was awarded the academic degree of Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences in the specialty 13.00.01 — “General Pedagogy, Ethnopedagogy and History of Education.” In 2011, she defended her doctoral dissertation and was awarded the academic degree of Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences. In 2010, she was awarded the academic title of Associate Professor in Pedagogy. In 2012, under the international “Bolashak” program, she completed a research internship at Montreux Business School in Switzerland. In 2017, she was awarded the grant of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan “Best University Teacher.” In 2018, under the “Education Management” program, she completed an international internship at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf in Germany in the field of “Quality Management in Education” (“Qualitätsmanagement im Bildungswesen”). In 2018, she served as a member of the Subject Commission of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan responsible for reviewing the results of the examination and testing of textbooks, teaching and methodological complexes, and teaching aids, and was awarded a Letter of Appreciation from the Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Since 2020, she has been a member of the expert panel of a specialized independent accreditation agency. Since 2022, she has been working as a member of the Independent Expert Commission established by order of the Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On the Selection of Candidates for Study Abroad” and has received Letters of Appreciation from the JSC “Center for International Programs.” As a member of the international partnership project “A Comparative Study Guiding Educational Practices for Children with Special Needs,” conducted jointly with Simon Fraser University in Canada, she exchanged research experience in 2023–2024 in Canada, Türkiye, Jordan, and the United States. The main scientific works of A. Mukhanbetzhanova focus on the renewal of the content of primary education in the Republic of Kazakhstan, integration of primary education, methodological and theoretical foundations of education, design of primary education content, and the development of competencies among primary school students. She has published more than 100 scientific works in international and central publications of Kazakhstan, as well as 2 monographs, 15 textbooks and teaching and methodological manuals, and electronic textbooks. She is a member of the Republican Educational and Methodological Council under the Kazakh National Women’s Teacher Training University and a member of the Academic Council of Atyrau University. Awards: * “Best Researcher” award of the Association of Higher Education Institutions (2021); * “For Contribution to the Development of Science” badge (2023).