Abai University teachers have completed an international scientific internship

The faculty members of the Pedagogy and Psychology Department of Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University, including Sazhila Abdysadykovna Nurzhanova, Gulbanu Tastanovna Abitova, and Anar Aymoldanovna Alimbekova, completed an international research internship from August 5 to 12, 2024, at the European Research Institute "Development of Young Talents" named after Matthias Corvinus in Budapest, Hungary. The topic of the internship was "Student Well-being and Talent Support: Developing Creativity and Design Thinking. Neuroscience in Education. Artificial Intelligence and Educational Technologies."

The scientists who conducted lectures, practical sessions, pedagogical trainings, and master classes on the education systems of Europe and America included: János Széchenyi, Director of the Learning Research Institute (Mathias Corvinus Collegium); Sylvia Fodor, Ph.D., from Eötvös Loránd University; Vilmos Vas, Ph.D., from the University of Debrecen; and Professor Dr. habil. Vilmos Vas from Budapest Metropolitan University.

The commitment of our university`s faculty to continuous professional development is the key to success in guiding young researchers in higher education. We are confident that international collaboration will lead to significant changes and innovations in the higher education system.

In addition, the faculty members participating in the international internship had the fortunate opportunity to attend the traditional event of the nomadic peoples of Central Asia, the Kurultai, which took place on August 10, 2024, in the city of Bugac, Hungary.

The goal of the Kurultai is to strengthen the unity of the Eurasian steppe nomadic culture and equestrian traditions among the Ugric-Finnic peoples and their cultural relatives, the Eastern Turkic peoples, as well as the Altai and Uralic peoples. The first Kurultai was held in the Turgay region of Kazakhstan in 2007. The first Kurultai in Hungary took place in 2008. These events have significantly contributed to the revival of the self-awareness of the Ural-Altaic peoples.