Department of History of Kazakhstan and social and public disciplines

History of the department

History of the department: The Department of History of Kazakhstan and Socio-Public Disciplines traces its history back to 1979, since the establishment of the Shymkent branch of the Alma-Ata State Medical Institute, in the structure of which the Department of "History of the CPSU" was opened. Since its foundation, the teaching staff of the department has been working to improve the quality of teaching social sciences and humanities. Heads of departments at different stages: Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor E.A. Abdikulov, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Acting Associate Professor M.A. Zhanysbekov, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, acting Associate Professor L.S. Mailybaeva.
Since September 1, 2018, the Department of "History of Kazakhstan and Socio-Public Disciplines" is headed by PhD - Nurzhanbayeva Zh.O.
Currently, the department employs 6 candidates of sciences and associate professors, 5 senior teachers, 1 senior laboratory assistant and 1 laboratory assistant.

Tasks of the department:

- implementation of the Policy and Objectives of the SKMA in the field of quality within the competence of the department;
- meeting the requirements of the quality management system (QMS)
- continuous professional development of teachers of the department;
- regular educational work of students during the educational process and while on duty in the dormitory;

Basic training courses:

Bachelor course:

- Нistory of Kazakhstan
- Module of "Socio-political knowledge"

- (Psychology and cultural studies)
- Module "Legal, financial, economic, environmental and scientific knowledge" 

- (Fundamentals of law, Fundamentals of anti-corruption culture, Methods of scientific research)

Magistracy:

- Higher school pedagogy

In all educational programs: for undergraduate and graduate students, the subjects studied are taught in Kazakh, Russian, and English.

The updatability of the disciplines being read:
The main place in the work of the department is occupied by educational and methodical work. In accordance with the state standard, the number of hours allocated to general and special courses in all disciplines has been determined, the topics of elective courses in bachelor's, master's and doctoral studies have been updated, standard training work programs have been updated, teaching aids and developments have been published.

Teachers of the department, authors of teaching aids:

1. Nurzhanbayeva Zh.O., Aidarbekova G.S., Erkinbekova A.S. Psychology of zhane madeniyettanu. Oku-adistemelik kural. Shymkent, 2019.
2. Nurzhanbayeva Zh.O., Aidarbekova G.S., Abdurakhmanov N.A., Nigmatullina Sh. SH. "MODERN HISTORY OF KAZAKHSTAN" Oku-adistemelik kural. Shymkent, 2020 y.
3. Nurzhanbayeva Zh.O. Madeniyettanu. Oku-adistemelik kural. Shymkent. "Nurly beine" baspasy.2020j. 280 b.
4. Nurzhanbayeva Zh.O.,Aidarbekova G.S., Bekkulova A.A.,Ibraimova A.Zh. "Kazakstannyn kazirgi zaman tarikhy" pani boyynsha electrondy oku kuraly. Shymkent, 2021 zh.
5.Zhanysbekov M.A., Abdurakhmanov N.A., Erkinbekova A.S. Fundamentals of anti-corruption culture. Educational and methodical manual. Karaganda, 2016.
6. Turadilov M. U., Utegenov B. D.,Ibraimova A. zh. educational and methodological manual for the practice lesson "on the discipline" history of Kazakhstan". Shymkent, 2023.
7. Nurzhanbaeva J.O., Yerkinbekova A.S., Malikov M.M., Makhatova L.T. Educational and methodological tool on the subject "Fundamentals of anti-corruption culture". Shymkent, 2024.
8. Nurzhanbayeva Zh. O., Turadilov M. U., Aidarbekova G. S. workshop on the discipline "methods of scientific research". Shymkent, 2025.
9. Nurzhanbayeva Zh. O. "educational technologies".Educational and methodical manual. Shymkent, 2025.

Scientific priorities of the department:

The department conducts research work in three areas:
1. Problems of spiritual renewal in the modern history of Kazakhstan.
2. Aspects of psychological and cultural education in the system of medical universities.
3. Issues of formation of civic principles and values within the framework of the state programs "Mangilik El" and "Rukhani Zhangyru".
The faculty of the department actively participates in international, republican, regional scientific conferences, symposiums, publishes articles in scientific journals based on SCOPUS, presented by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan. An intellectual property copyright certificate with the Hirsch index has been obtained. To date, the department has developed teaching materials, electronic textbooks and published 9 textbooks with a circulation of 2000 copies.
The works of Doctor PhD, Head of the department Nurzhanbayeva Zhanat Oralbaevna, published in the Scopus database
1. Zhanat Nurzhanbayeva /The Level Indicators of the Professional Readiness of Future Teachers to Dual Training./Man In India/97,2019(21): 705-714 © Serials Publications.
2. Zhanat Nurzhanbayeva/Semantic Guidelines and Conceptual Basis of a Social Education Teacher Professional Mobility in the Pedagogical Science/ Journal of Intellectual Disability - Diagnosis and Treatment, 2020, 8, 560-566.
3. Dual education conditions for pedagogical bases of specialists
inclusive training // Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences Volume 17, Issue 3, (2022) 765-771
4. Zhanat Nurzhanbayeva / Coaching as a tool for developing inclusive leadership competencies in engineering and STEM teacher education: Comparative analysis/ International Journal of Innovative Research and Scientific Studies/ 8(6) 2025, pages: 573-581

In order to achieve the goals of the Quality Management System, the department systematically carries out work aimed at improving the quality of teaching disciplines. In order to address topical issues of using modular learning technologies in the educational process and improve the quality of the educational process, a methodological seminar on "Scientific and pedagogical methods for developing students' creative thinking skills" was held on April 8, 2025 in order to share experiences with teachers. The teachers of the department pay special attention to improving their professional qualifications and scientific work. Annually, in accordance with the plan, he participates in advanced training courses in offline and online format.
Considering that youth is an important subject of social change in sovereign Kazakhstan, the faculty of the department conducts educational work among students within the framework of the programs "Mangilik El" and "Rukhani Zhangyru" aimed at the formation of national identity, patriotism and citizenship among future specialists. The department has "Zan" and "Parasat" clubs with the participation of students and teachers.
The staff of the Department of "History of Kazakhstan and socio-social disciplines" conducts a wide range of pedagogical, educational and community work.
On November 20, 2024, the Department of "History of Kazakhstan and socio-public disciplines" organized a regional scientific and practical conference on the topic "Tarikhy teren Zhoshy ulysyna – 800 zhyl". The student conference, organized to publish the results of scientific research of SKMA students and teachers and to involve students in scientific research, was also attended by university students, secondary school students from Shymkent and Turkestan region.
On April 17, 2025, in honor of Science Day, at the international Student Olympiad on the history of medicine, dedicated to the 95th anniversary of the Kazakh National Medical University named after S. J. Asfendiyarov, the Veritas Medica-2025 team of the Department of History of Kazakhstan and Socio-Public Disciplines took 3rd place and was awarded a diploma.
The department provides mentoring to students of the educational program "Medicine" 1-2 courses of the Faculty of Medicine. Conducts educational work in the dormitories of the SKMA.
According to the results of the 2024-2025 academic year, according to the KPI indicator of the Academy, the Department of History of Kazakhstan and Socio-social Disciplines took 1st place and was awarded a Diploma for high achievements in scientific, methodological, and educational work.