Inclusive Education in a Post-Soviet Context

Introduction.- Part 1: Inclusive Education in Kazakhstan.- Kazakhstan Education System after the  Introduction of Inclusive Education.- Part 2: Teachers and Inclusive Teaching and Learning.- Inclusion  of Diverse Learners is a  Beautiful Idea But ......: Preparing pre-service teachers to cater for diversity.- Part 3: Inclusive Pedagogy and Teaching Methodologies.- The perceptions and practices of differentiated instruction of teachers who are also in the position f subject coordinators in a school for gifted students in Kazakhstan.- Part 4: Students Support and Parental Involvement in Inclusive Schools.- Factors Influencing Parental Choices for Home-schooling as an Alternative to Schools in Kazakhstan.- Part 5: School Leadership and Inclusion Education.- Exploring the Role of Distributed Leadership in Managing Inclusive Schools in Astana/Nur-Sultan.- Part 6: Inclusive Education in Higher Education.- Experiences of graduate students with mobility and visual disability in Universities of Astana/Nur-Sultan.

Dr. Tsediso Michael Makoelle is one of the recipients of the prestigious Nelson Mandela scholarship to the United Kingdom (UK). He holds the degrees of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Inclusive Education from the University of Manchester, UK and a Doctor of Education (D Ed) in Education Management and Leadership from University of South Africa (UNISA). He has been working at Nazarbayev University for nearly five years in the capacities of associate professor, and then Director of Doctoral Studies, General Director for Research and lately the Vice Dean for Research at the Graduate School of Education.
He has written and published extensively on the topics of inclusive education and educational leadership, management, governance and administration for both national and international audiences and readership. Dr Makoelle has supervised many Master and PhD students. He is a member of several international research bodies. He is a reviewer of grants and funding applications for the South African National Research Foundation (NRF), reviewed papers for several international Scopus and Web of Science journals and evaluated research theses for several universities in South Africa and abroad. He has also reviewed post graduate courses and programmes for many universities and serves on editorial boards of several international Journals. He has collaborated with universities from the US, UK, Europe, and Africa. He is passionate about inclusive education with the research interest in conceptualization and operationalization of inclusive pedagogy within disadvantaged South African classroom contexts and beyond. He has devoted his research work within the framework of Participatory Action Research, informed by notions of critical, reflective practitioner and transformative epistemologies
Dr Michelle Somerton is Assistant Professor at the Graduate School of Education and appointed to the position of Academic Program Director of the degree Masters in Leadership Inclusive Education