Institute of Pedagogy, Business and Law

The Department of Pedagogy, Psychology and Socio-Humanitarian Disciplines is a structural unit of the Institute of Pedagogy, Business and Law of the Almaty University of Humanities and Economics.

Today, the department plays a leading role in the training of qualified personnel and carries out its activities for the training of bachelors and masters in the following areas:

Bachelor's degree:

6B01101 — Pedagogy and psychology.
6B01301 — Pedagogy and methods of primary education.
6B03101- Psychology.

Master's degree programs:

7M01101 — Pedagogy and Psychology
7M01301 — Pedagogy and methods of primary education

The mission of the PPiSGD department is to improve the professional level of the teaching staff with the introduction of new teaching technologies in the training of teaching staff into science and the educational process and the comprehensive development of modern higher education.

The task of the department is to train highly qualified competitive specialists with critical thinking, entrepreneurship and management skills. The department prepares full-time bachelors in the form of full-time and distance learning

The educational process of the department is conducted in accordance with the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On Education", the State Educational Standard of the Republic of Kazakhstan, orders and instructions of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the charter of the University.
The main activity of the department is aimed at the implementation of educational programs that are formed in accordance with the National Qualifications Framework, professional standards agreed with the Dublin descriptors included in the Register of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan, taking into account the trend in the development of the country's economy, modern consumer and labor market requirements for the quality of training.

The teaching staff of the department carry out active educational and methodological work, applying innovative teaching methods, and carry out scientific work. They take part in domestic and foreign scientific and practical conferences, publish articles in journals with an impact factor, rating journals and in journals recommended by COXON of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The department actively cooperates with employers who provide their resources for industrial and professional practices, where students and undergraduates gain skills and competencies and engage in scientific research. Employers regularly hold seminars, webinars and presentations.
The department cooperates most closely with the following organizations: K. A. Yassaui Gymnasium No.123;  NGO school No. 42; GKP Specialized School of Higher Sports Skills, etc.

Currently, 33 teachers work at the department.  Among them are 2 doctors of pedagogical sciences, 15 candidates of sciences, 5 PhD doctors, 11 masters with academic degrees.  The overall rate of the department's teachers' settling down is 66%.