head of department
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Associate Professor
Tel.: +7 (72 12) 35-11-91
E-mail: siio@buketov.edu.kz
7 Karbyshev str., building №11
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The Department of Special and Inclusive Education trains specialists in the field of special and inclusive education.
The department implements the bachelor's degree program "Special Pedagogy" (4 and 3 years), as well as the master's degree programs "Defectology" and "Speech Therapy" (2 years).
The training program includes relevant disciplines and 5 types of practices that take place on the basis of a network of special educational organizations in the Karaganda region and on the bases of 4 branches of the department. Students gain knowledge in the field of special education and inclusive education.
The department provides the course "Inclusive education" in all educational programs of the "Education" group.
Graduates of the department can work as special educators/defectologists in all types of special education organizations and educational institutions with inclusive conditions, as well as teach at colleges, institutes of advanced training, universities and engage in teaching and research activities.
The department provides the functioning of the University's Resource Center for Inclusive Education, one of the main directions of which is the support of students with special educational needs.
The scientific interests of the department are related to the study of issues of professional training of future teachers of a new formation for a developing inclusive environment.
Dates and facts
History
The department was founded in 1984 at the Karaganda Pedagogical Institute , the second in Kazakhstan for the training of defectologists. Later it was expanded by the defectological faculty. The first head and founder of the Department of Oligophrenopedagogy is Academician of the International Academy of Sciences of Higher Education, Professor, Doctor of Psychology, Namazbayeva Zh.I. Over the years, the department was headed by leading scientists: Candidate of Medical Sciences, docent Duplyakin A.G.; Candidate of Medical Sciences, docent Shishkanov V.V.; Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences Akhtaeva M., Candidate of Medical Sciences Kispaeva Zh.K., Krasnikova N.A.; Candidate of Geological Sciences, Professor Dzhusupov S.I.; Candidate of Medical Sciences, Professor Akhmetova N.Sh., Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences Kolesnikova L.V.; Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor Tebenova K.S.; Candidate of Biological Sciences, Associate Professor Alshynbekova G.K. Since 2022 - PhD, Associate Professor Rymkhanova A.R.
Since 2005, the educational program “Defectology” has been opened at the master's level.
Since 2022, the educational program “Special Pedagogy” at the undergraduate level has been opened.
Since 2021, the Resource Center for Inclusive Education has been opened as a structural unit of the university to support students with special educational needs. The Center also provides scientific and methodological support for inclusive practice in the region, provides correctional and educational services.
Since 2022, the educational program “Special Pedagogy” has been opened at the undergraduate level.
Since 2023, the educational program “Speech Therapy” has been opened in the master’s program.
Teaching staff
The teaching staff of the department consists of more than thirty teachers - doctors , candidates of sciences , doctors of philosophy and masters of sciences . Among them are the holders of the republican title “The best teacher of the university” , academician and corresponding members of various academies, holders of nominal prizes and scholarships.
Students:
The contingent of students in educational programs tends to be stable growth.
Employability
Graduate Employment Rate for Educational Programs annually ranges from 70 % to 85 %, which indicates the demand for personnel .
Accreditation and leadership
The programs of the department occupy worthy positions in national rankings:
IQAA:
6B01901 - Defectology - 3 place;
7M01902101 - Defectology - 1 place;
NCE “Atameken” :
6B01901 - Defectology - 5 position in the list among 17 universities.
Projects
Teachers of the department take an active part in the implementation of scientific research and scientific-practical projects:
International project TEMPUS IV “Professionalization of educational programs for the training of social workers” (Tuganbekova K.M., Tebenova K.S.).
GF MES RK: AR05134666 “Training of teaching staff for professional activities in the context of inclusive education “ (Rymkhanova A.R., SNS) .
GF MES RK: AR08856309 “Scientific and methodological support for volunteer activities of students in the framework of inclusive education” (Rymkhanova A.R., VNS)
GF MES RK: АР19678524 “Modeling the process of socialization of children with autism spectrum disorders, complicated by combined disorders, in the conditions of special and inclusive education” (Rymkhanova A.R., Rakhmetova A.M., Bobrova V.V., Sakaeva A.N., Yakovenko I.V.).
University internal funding: “Formation of medical and legal literacy of university students as a factor in improving the quality of the country’s human resources (using the example of the Resource Center for Inclusive and Special Education)” (Rymkhanova A.R., Tebenova K.S., Amanzholova B.A., Zhusupbekova Z.D., Amanbekova A.B.).
Internal university funding for young scientists: “The condition for raising a healthy offspring is the literacy of future parents” (Zhusupbekova Z.D.).
“Salamatty urpak өsirudin sharty - bolashak ata-ananyn sauattylygy” (Zhusupbekova Z.D.).
“Art workshop" as an innovative form of socialization of children with special educational needs” (Arinova K.N.).
Initiative projects implemented with secondary and special education organizations:
“Preparation of practicing teaching staff to work in conditions of inclusion” (Rymkhanova A.R., Alshinbaeva S.Zh., Oleksyuk Z.Ya., Ashimkhanova G.S., Kudarinova G.S., Zhusupbekova Z.D.)
“Today, tomorrow and always: psychological and pedagogical conditions for the realization of the rights to receive a quality education for children with special needs” (Bobrova V.V., Alshynbekova G.K., Rakhmetova A.M.)
“Psychological and pedagogical support for students with autism spectrum disorder in a special boarding school” (Rymkhanova A.R., Sadvakasova N.A., Bekmaganbetova A.K.)
“Training of practicing teaching staff to work in conditions of inclusion” (Rymkhanova A.R., Alshinbayeva S.Zh., Oleksyuk Z.Ya., Ashimkhanova G.S., Kudarinova G.S., Zhusupbekova Z.D.)
“Today, Tomorrow and Always: Psychological and Pedagogical Conditions for the Realization of the Rights to Quality Education of Children with SEN (Bobrova V.V., Alshynbekova G.K., Rakhmetova A.M.)
"Family and school: from dialogue to partnership" (Rymkhanova A.R., Oleksiuk Z.Ya.).
Partners:
General education schools and special boarding schools, preschool organizations, correctional and developmental centers, domestic and foreign universities.
Educational programs:
6В01901 - Defectology: bachelor’s degree. The purpose of the program is professional training of special defectologists / special teachers with fundamental knowledge and research skills for implementation of correctional and pedagogical activities in the system of general, special and inclusive education.
Graduates receive the qualification of a defectologist (teacher-defectologist, defectologist).
Sphere and objects of professional activity: special (correctional) schools, general education schools with special classes, classes with inclusive conditions, rehabilitation centers, correction rooms, speech therapy centers at preschool and school institutions, psychological, medical and pedagogical consultations, etc.
6B01902 - Special pedagogy: bachelor’s degree. The purpose of the program is professional training of special teachers with fundamental knowledge and research skills for implementation of correctional and pedagogical activities in the system special and inclusive education. The program has trajectories “Special and Inclusive Education” and “Speech Therapy”.
Graduates receive the qualification of a special teacher (special education teacher, teacher-defectologist, defectologist), minor - teacher-assistant. The sphere of professional activity is: general education schools with special and inclusive classes; kindergartens from ad hoc and inclusive groups; special (correctional) schools; rehabilitation centers; correction rooms; support rooms inclusive education; speech therapy centers at preschool and school institutions; psychological-medical-pedagogical consultations.
7M01902101 - Defectology: master’s degree. The purpose of the program is to prepare masters with fundamental and applied knowledge in the field special pedagogy, able to carry out correctional and pedagogical and management activities.
Awarded academic degree: Master of Pedagogical Sciences in EP “Defectology”.
Sphere and objects of professional activity: organizations of secondary, secondary special and higher education, correctional educational organizations of preschool and school levels, institutes for improving qualifications, departments of education.
7М01902103 - Speech therapy: master's degree. Training of a specialist of a new formation, capable of carrying out scientific research and correctional pedagogical activities.
Awarded academic degree: Master of Pedagogical Sciences in EP “Speech Therapy”.
Sphere and objects of professional activity: organizations of secondary, secondary specialized and higher education, correctional educational organizations of preschool and school levels, institutes for advanced training, departments of education.