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What does it take to build an education system for the future? Start with the people at its heart: teachers.

At the latest NU Science Café, NUGSE researchers brought evidence and expertise into conversation with journalists, examining the future of the teaching profession in Kazakhstan.

The discussion went beyond the question of how teachers are prepared.

It focused on what enables them to thrive: meaningful professional autonomy, strong mentoring and leadership, continuous development, and sustainable conditions that support professional well-being.

These are not simply questions for academia. They are questions for education policy, schools and society.

At the Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Education (NUGSE), we believe research achieves its greatest value when it moves beyond the academic community -when evidence informs conversations, conversations shape thinking, and thinking contributes to change.

That is why we value opportunities to bring our researchers into dialogue with the wider public.

We thank our colleagues at the NU Press Office for creating this space for exchange between research and the media.

The conversation has since reached a national audience through media coverage, including:

📰 The Astana Times -Teachers at Heart of President’s Vision: NU Researchers on Kazakhstan’s Education Future

📰 Nazarbayev University -What Does the Modern School Need? NU

📰Что на самом деле нужно учителю: накануне 1 сентября ученые разложили профессию по полочкам

📰Сильные учителя оказались в зоне риска: исследование NU

Professors Discuss the Future of Teaching

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Research should not only explain the world of education. It should help shape its future.
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