Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Pre-service research training is widely recognized as a crucial component of teacher education, preparing teachers who are critical, reflective, and inquiry-driven. Aligning with this global trend, Kazakhstan has also adopted a research turn in teacher education to enhance the quality of schooling. This research examined the gap between policy intervention and institutional practices by exploring the barriers and challenges Kazakhstani universities encounter in implementing research-based teacher education. The study employed a qualitative multiple-case study research design. 45 academic staff and administration working at four teacher training universities were interviewed. Drawing on social practice theory, our study revealed that meaningful and sustainable implementation of research-based teacher education in Kazakhstan is hindered by a range of factors categorized into three intersubjective spaces: semantic, material, and social. We argue that the true transformation of teacher education into a more research-based field is impossible without concurrent remodeling of the arrangements that shape it.
Source: Education Sciences
Authors: Gulfiya Kuchumova, Dinara Mukhamejanova
Institution: Maqsut Narikbayev University
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $2,172
OpenAlex ID: W4415008550