“Leading students”: creating a student-run peer reviewed journal

A reflective study of one higher education institution’s endeavor to create an academic peer-reviewed journal managed by students for students. The article examines the aims and challenges of developing student leadership by authoring, peer-reviewing, and editing a scholarly journal, especially in a multi-lingual, multi-cultural country like Kazakhstan, and offers a methodological framework for investigating and improving the development of student leadership in similar multicultural higher education settings

Welcome letter from the editor

Scholarly research is as much a science as it is an art. The articles presented in this inaugural issue of NUGSE Research in Education reflect the high academic and ethical standards of educational research and policy analysis. All of our authors have completed graduate or postgraduate courses in research methods and educational policy studies. They have chosen and researched the topics themselves, topics which are relevant to education in Kazakhstan and which deserve a wider audience. This critical and analytical inquiry can and will bring positive change to schools, universities and governmental organizations, by placing value on passionate intellectual curiosity and meticulous evidence-based decision-making. The very act of writing, reviewing and editing these articles, we hope, will encourage students to tackle the big problems and wrestle with the big ideas in their field

VII International Conference Building Cultural Bridges

This paper explores the potential of using blogs in the Academic English classroom, especially in an international foreign language setting. The main topics covered include 1) the broad shifts in pedagogy toward student autonomy and engagement; 2) the specific improvements to English writing fluency; 3) the hurdles students and instructors face in participating in open, online communication; and 4) the practical steps needed to set up and implement a class blog

“Leading students”: creating a student-run peer reviewed journal

A reflective study of one higher education institution’s endeavor to create an academic peer-reviewed journal managed by students for students. The article examines the aims and challenges of developing student leadership by authoring, peer-reviewing, and editing a scholarly journal, especially in a multi-lingual, multi-cultural country like Kazakhstan, and offers a methodological framework for investigating and improving the development of student leadership in similar multicultural higher education settings

Welcome letter from the editor

Scholarly research is as much a science as it is an art. The articles presented in this inaugural issue of NUGSE Research in Education reflect the high academic and ethical standards of educational research and policy analysis. All of our authors have completed graduate or postgraduate courses in research methods and educational policy studies. They have chosen and researched the topics themselves, topics which are relevant to education in Kazakhstan and which deserve a wider audience. This critical and analytical inquiry can and will bring positive change to schools, universities and governmental organizations, by placing value on passionate intellectual curiosity and meticulous evidence-based decision-making. The very act of writing, reviewing and editing these articles, we hope, will encourage students to tackle the big problems and wrestle with the big ideas in their field

VII International Conference Building Cultural Bridges

This paper explores the potential of using blogs in the Academic English classroom, especially in an international foreign language setting. The main topics covered include 1) the broad shifts in pedagogy toward student autonomy and engagement; 2) the specific improvements to English writing fluency; 3) the hurdles students and instructors face in participating in open, online communication; and 4) the practical steps needed to set up and implement a class blog

Welcome letter from the editor

The journal issue in front of you marks the fourth issue of NUGSE Research in Education. The authors, peer reviewers, and editors who have worked to keep this project growing and thriving understand too well the difficulty and messiness of writing—and yet they persist..