Internationalisation of Kazakhstan’s Higher Education at Home and Abroad

Critical Explorations

Edited By: Munyaradzi Hwami, Tsediso Michael Makoelle

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This book conceptualises the internationalisation of education in Kazakhstan since its independence in 1991. It deconstructs the interface of Western and post-Soviet ideologies by unpacking higher education policy, student mobility, curriculum, and brain drain.

This book conceptualises the notion of internationalisation of education in Kazakhstan. It provides a historical overview of its emergence since the collapse of the Soviet…

This book conceptualises the notion of internationalisation of education in Kazakhstan. It provides a historical overview of its emergence since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the independence of Kazakhstan in 1991. The interface of Western and post-Soviet education ideologies is deconstructed by unpacking internationalisation processes of higher education policy development, graduate experiences, culture and curriculum practices. The notions of brain drain, faculty and student mobility are foregrounded. It, therefore, makes valuable contributions to theoretical knowledge and practice and provides insights for policymakers to consider in shaping internationalisation of higher education in the future. Thus, higher education students, faculty, researchers, scholars and policymakers will find this volume significant.

Dr Munyaradzi Hwami is a Zimbabwean Canadian educator and Associate Professor at Nazarbayev University’s Graduate School of Education. Previously, he had a tenure track position at Great Zimbabwe University in Zimbabwe. Munyaradzi also served as Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Alberta in Canada. In 2019, he became Associate Professor at Nazarbayev University’s Graduate School of Education. His research experience and interests are in international higher education and development, anti-Black racism and social justice education, anti/hegemonic perspectives and education, and political sociology of education. Munyaradzi has published several journal articles and book chapters on Zimbabwe, Kazakhstan, and Canada.

Professor Tsediso Michael Makoelle (PhD, DEd) is Vice Dean for Research at Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan. He is a recipient of the prestigious Nelson Mandela Scholarship to the United Kingdom. He has published over 90 research pieces in the field of education, with a particular focus on inclusive education and educational leadership. He has supervised over 10 PhD theses and many master’s students. He is also a visiting research fellow at the International Laboratory of Social Integration Research of the National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia.

Munyaradzi Hwami, Tsediso Michael Makoelle, Ahmet Aypay, Aidana Akhmedova, Aliya Kazhabekova, Dilrabo Jonbekova, Gulnar Orynbek, Gulzhanat Gafu, Lynne Parmenter, Madina Kubekova, Saltanat Imanmalikova, Sholpan Tazabek, Viktoriya Rydchenko