NETRUZ Research Sharing Workshop 1

NETRUZ Project welcomes our first guest speaker Addy Ahmad, an English lecturer at Jitra Institute of Industrial Training in Malaysia.

Addy Ahmad will share his research experience with the Uzbekistani teacher-research mentors on April 30, 2021 at 6 pm (Tashkent time). His talk will be on "Reflective Practice at Institute of Teacher Education in Malaysia: Challenges faces by student teachers during teaching practicum" with the focus on reflective practices of pre-service teachers in Malaysia.

Addy Ahmad completed his MA TESOL at University of Warwick, United Kingdom, and obtained his B. Ed TESOL from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. His research interest is in the area of Teacher Education and Development.

If you also want to attend the workshop which will be delivered through ZOOM, please send your contact details to netruzproject@gmail.com.

NETRUZ Research mentor training course

 

The NETRUZ Project has launched its first Teacher research mentor training course this week. 

The purpose of this course is to train English language teachers of Uzbekistan in research. This course will help teachers improve their teaching practices by integrating action research, exploratory action research in classrooms, increase their research literacy and implement context-appropriate methodologies.

12 English language teachers who are working in educational institutions (schools and universities) of Uzbekistan were selected to take part in this course and become TEACHER RESEARCH MENTORS.  They are 

Aziza Kadirova (Bukhara School 2),
Dilafruz Sarimsakova (Namangan State University),
Ella Maksakova (Webster University in Uzbekistan; Moscow State University of International Relations (MGIMO); British Management University in Tashkent);
Feruza Erkulova (Namangan State University, EFLT),
Guljahon Narimova (Samarqand State Foreign Languages Institute),
Gyulsanem Kurbanova ( Nukus #46 school, Nukus, Republic of Karakalpakstan),
Khilola Maksudova (UzSWLU),
Klara R. Nazmutdinova (UzSWLU; Webster University in Tashkent);
Malika Mirvokhidova (Kudratova) (TEAM University),
Nilufar Tillayeva (UzSWLU),
Nozima Mukhtarova (Tashkent school-227),
Zukhra Ikanova (Branch of Astrakhan State Technical University in Tashkent Region).

All of them are interested in doing research and having more research-informed teaching practices.

We welcome our research mentors to our course!

Introducing the Core members of the Project:

Mamura Alimova  is the head of the department at Namangan State University. She graduated from Uzbek State World Languages University in 1993. Through her involvement in countless projects organized by British Council, she has established herself as an important contributor to the field of English teaching in Uzbekistan. She has also taken part in a teaching-materials design group that culminated in the publication of the textbook B2 Ready. She is a member of a big ACCESS - Micro scholarship program family.

She lives in Andijan with her family. In her free time, she shares time with her family members. She likes to read novels and cooking.

Introducing the Core members of the Project: Khikmatullo Urazbaev

Mr. Khikmatullo Urazbaev is the head of Global Education Department at Westminster International University in Tashkent. 

He holds an MA in TESOL degree from Sheffield Hallam University (2016). He is currently an independent researcher at Uzbekistan State World Languages University. 

His research interests include learner autonomy, portfolio pedagogy, teacher research capacity building, and pedagogy of reflection. Apart from being a PhD researcher at Uzbekistan State World Languages University, he designed and facilitated series of workshops for PhD candidates on research methodology, research design, and academic writing for research purposes. He gained extensive experience as a teacher trainer at Sirdarya Regional In-Service Teacher Training Institute. He is a British Council certified trainer to deliver Training for Research Enterprise Development (TRED) project.

Call for teacher research mentors

Dear English language teachers of Uzbekistan,

We are pleased to announce the opening of our call for mentors who would like to be trained and share the received knowledge with other teachers within a new project NETRUZ: Network of English  Teacher Researchers in Uzbekistan. 

The link of our project’s blog: https://netruz-project.blogspot.com/.

This project is funded by Hornby Trust and British Council. The main aims of this project are to develop the network for English language teacher-researchers and teacher research mentors, to train English language teacher-researchers and teacher research mentors, and allow teachers to share their best teaching and research practices.

If you would like to improve your research and mentoring skills and develop your collaborative and reflective learning through our workshops and regular meetings, you should JOIN our project and mentor training program now! This project offers the opportunity to experienced (over 2 years of teaching or research experience) teachers and practitioners to expand their knowledge and their research skills, and help to become professional research mentors.

• Are you interested in doing research, particularly classroom research? 

• Are you interested in finding solutions and improving your classroom practices? 

• Are you working in the educational sector and can spare a minimum of two hours every week (or more if you like) for training and mentorship? 

Send your contact details (email and phone number), your CV, and a brief cover letter (max. 150 words) outlining why you are interested in this project and how you as a mentor can benefit other teachers in terms of research and classroom practices to the following email: elyanoramenglieva@yahoo.com. 

Best wishes,

NETRUZ Core Trainers