Department of Foreign Languages

Education

• 2003-2007 Kostanay State Pedagogical Institute - teacher of English and German languages.
• 2007-2009 Kostanai State Pedagogical Institute, major "Pedagogy and Psychology", Master of Pedagogy and Psychology.
• 2013-2015 - Chelyabinsk State Pedagogical University, postgraduate programme "Theory and Methodology of Professional Education" Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences.
• 2017 Nostrification of the Diploma of Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree.
• 2023 Obtaining the academic title of Associate Professor (Assistant Professor) of Pedagogy.

Subjects taught

• Theoretical Grammar and Phonetics of English
• Teacher's Professional Orientations
• Basics of Analytical Reading

Work experience

• 2007-2010 Lecturer at the Department of Foreign Languages of Kostanai State University/Kostanai State Pedagogical Institute (formed after the division of the university) of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
• 2010-2023 Senior Lecturer of the Department of Foreign Languages at Kostanai State University/Kostanai State Pedagogical Institute (formed after the division of the university) of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
• 2023-present Associate Professor of the Department of Foreign Languages at Akhmet Baitursynuly Kostanay Regional University of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Certificates of professional development 

• "Advanced English in Media", 72 hours; (July-August, 2022); Coursera Platform; Virginia State University – Certificate.
• Facilitated offline course "English for Media Literacy", "Association of Teachers and Teachers of English of Kazakhstan" and Regional Language Office of the US Embassy in Kazakhstan, 72 hours (July-August, 2022).
• "Practical Grammar and Phonetics of the English Language", NGO "Association of Teachers of Kostanay region", 01.02.2023 - 14.02.2023, 72 hours, Certificate.
• "Theoretical Grammar and Phonetics of English Language", PA "Association of Teachers of Kostanay region", 27.03.2023 - 17.04.2023, 72 hours, Certificate.
• Advanced Training Course on Organisation of Expertise of Educational, Methodological and Scientific publications, MONRC, Astana (November, 2023).
• Professional development course in the sphere of higher and secondary professional education "Winter School for Teachers and Students - 2024", "Modern Aspects of Fiction Literature" (January, 2024) (72 hours).
• "Teaching Grammar" (72h) - Coursera Platform; 07.12.2023-07.01.2024 – Certificate.

Membership in professional organizations

• Membership of the English Textbook Expertise Research Group (since 2023).

Awards and prizes

• 2023 Letter of Gratitude from the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan .

Activities in the service sector 

• Member of the jury of city and regional contests of students' scientific projects in English.
• Preparation of students for regional and republican Olympiads in the Regional Scientific and Practical Centre "Kostanai Daryny", in KSU "Boarding Lyceum "BLLM-INNOVATION" for gifted children", in GU "Gymnasium named after S. Maulenov of the Department of Education of the Akimat of Kostanai city".

Training manuals

• Utegenova B.M., Bezhina V.V., Solovyova N.A. "Professional guidance of the teacher - ICT based approach. Educational and methodical manual. Kostanay. Printed by Ltd "Shapak", Kostanay, 2019. - 83 p.

Certificate of copyright protection

• Formation of participatory digital culture of the future teacher. Certificate of inclusion of information in the State Register of Rights to Copyrighted Objects No. 14482 dated 18 January 2021.

Monographs

• Bezhina V.V. "Participatory digital readiness of teachers of additional technical education: theoretical and practical aspects. KRU named after A.Baitursynov. 2023. - 112 с .

Publications 

• Ordasheva M.J., Bezhina V.V., Matveeva N.A. "Criteria for the development of the Aesthetic culture of a future teacher of fine arts. Journal of Educational and Social Research, Vol.13, 2022, # 2 - P. 105-114.
• Konvisar A.A., Bezhina V.V., Mukanov R.M. "Digital education in Kazakhstani teacher training system. Bulletin of L.N. Gumilev Eurasian National University. Series Pedagogy. Sociology, №1(146), 2024, P. 283-292.
• Shumeiko T.S., Bezhina V.V., Zhienbaeva A.A., Bozhevolnaya N.V., Zubko N.N. "Improving the Readiness of Teachers for using Distance Technologies in Supplementary Technical Education: A Case Study in Kazakhstan. International Journal of Innovative Research and Scientific Studies, # 7(1) 2024, P.92-106.

International projects

• Project Participant of International scientific project "ACADEMICA", (2016-2019).
• Project participant of International scientific project "KUTEL". (2019-2022).
• International scientific project "SAGRIS" (2020-2023).

National projects

• MES RK on GF of Young Scientists - "Virtual foresight laboratory as a means of formation of metacompetences in humanitarian profile" (2021-2023, Order of MES RK 100-KMU2).
• GF MES RK "Formation of readiness of future teachers to develop technical creativity of schoolchildren using distance education technologies" Order № 186/36-21-23 (2021-2023).