Overview

The Educational Leadership - School Education, Higher Education and Inclusive Education program at Nazarbayev University is a program that provides working education professionals with the skills, knowledge, and capacities necessary to lead for change within their work institutions, their professional communities, and the larger society. Students in the Program specialize in Higher Education, Inclusive Education, or School Education. In all three specializations, students develop an in-depth understanding of the national and international educational issues and debate relevant to their field of study, strategies for leadership and change management, and methodological approaches appropriate for researching educational topics important to both Kazakhstan and other international contexts. As a result of the successful program completion, each student designs, conducts, writes and presents his/her Master’s thesis research.

After completing the Program, the students will be able to:

• understand key educational trends, theories, issues, and debates for education reform in national, regional, and international contexts;
• analyze educational reform policies, their contexts, and their significance at institutional, national, and international levels;
• apply program learning directly to their work in their home institutions;
• design and conduct a rigorous research project on an important national education topic of their choice;