Regional workshop “The role of national values in education and project activities “Rural School: Powered by NIS” and “Guest Family Project”

On October 10, 2024, Uryl Secondary School of Katon-Karagai district hosted a regional workshop in accordance with the action plan of Örken Scientific and Methodological Center for Informatization and Education Development of Education Administration of East Kazakhstan region. 

The goal of the workshop was to integrate national values into the educational process, showcasing effective language teaching methods through the Guest Family Project.

The workshop was attended by subject teachers of rural and small schools.

The workshop covered three directions.   

1. “Ethnocultural projects”.

- S.B. Alpatina, a teacher of the Kazakh language and literature, discussed the importance of national values in the educational process.

The following teachers demonstrated master classes and shared their experiences: 

- T.Kh. Tokpayeva, a labor teacher, presented a master class “Alaman kurak” (patchwork technique);

- A.K. Jumagulova, a geography teacher, presented students’ research projects on ethnocultural topics;

- G.A. Alpatina, a primary school teacher, explained the importance of the traditional alasha carpet as one of the national values;

- A.B. Seitkumarov, a labor teacher, presented an exhibition of students' works “In the world of souvenirs” as part of the ethnocultural direction.

The second direction – “Tourism projects”. Master classes were presented by: 

- S.K. Nursaparov, a physical education teacher, demonstrated the traditional game “Asyk atu”;

- I. Muratkhan, a physical education teacher, conducted a lesson on the game “Togyzkumalak”;

- M.M. Tyumenbayev, a teacher of basic military training and technology, organized a lesson on national archery “Mergen”;

- B.R. Masakova, an educational psychologist, conducted a master class “Wonder shop”; 

- English teachers E.E. Kurmangaliyeva, S.B. Alpatin and A.B. Kazhymukan shared their experience through the master class “Trails of our travels”.    

The photo exhibition displayed the tourist routes of the students during summer holidays.

The third direction: “Guest Family Project”.

R.N. Akhmetov discussed the project’s progress.

B.K. Amanova, a teacher of the Kazakh language and literature shared her effective methods of teaching the Kazakh language to students of other nationalities through the master class “Learning to speak Kazakh”. 

The participants viewed the students' works created using the equipment of classrooms funded by the Sustainable Development Fund.

The program of the workshop included 9 master classes and presentation of 32 projects.   

Following the workshop, the participants expressed gratitude to the teachers and the school administration for the experiences shared and positively assessed the event.   

Moderator: Gulnara M. Boshayeva, a methodologist of Educational Management and Educational Organizations’ Activities Monitoring Department of Örken Scientific and Methodological Center for Informatization and Education Development of Education Administration of East Kazakhstan region.