CRITICAL LITERATURE REVIEW ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF GLOBALISATION ON KAZAKHSTANI EDUCATION SYSTEM

The process of globalization is a continuous phenomenon that permeates all spheres of life. One of the widespread areas is education. Given article is a critical review of the literature on the effects of globalisation and how it affected the education system of Kazakhstan. The topic is of considerable interest due to the increasing borrowing of ‘best practices’ from powerful economies.
The development of ‘human capital’ is one of the priorities for Kazakhstan that had been reflected in multitude of state documents. With the rise of NIS network of schools, which is taken as an example in the article, new concepts of education were introduced in the time. Critical thinking, ICT competence, language fluency, communication and collaboration skills are a range of requirements being trained in the schools of a new format. A range of authors look sceptically at this trend when some patterns in the education system bear doubtful resemblances.
The article also discusses examples of best practices, critical views of researchers on this topic, analyzes the positive or negative effects of changes brought into education system of Kazakhstan.

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