Eurasia

These organizations in various Eurasian countries provide professional development to literacy educators across the region. IRA’s International Development in Eurasian Committee serves a coordinating role.

Contact IRA headquarters or the organizations listed below for more information.

National Affiliates

Georgia
Georgia Association for School-Family-Society
Council No. G6A00
Lasha Mkurnalidze, Ex. Dir.
lm29@list.ru

Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan Reading Association
Council No. K1A00
Sapargul Mirseitova, President
Kazakhstan Reading Association
313 Tole-Bi St.
Almaty 480100
Kazakhstan
7 327 279 7752
mirseitova@mail.ru

Uzbekistan
Uzbek Association of Innovations and Development
Gulsanam Karimova, President
gulsanam@yandex.com

The International Development in Eurasia Committee (IDEaC) and the Kazakhstan Reading Association (KazRA) created an online journal in the Russian language. The journal is called Classroom Inquiry and is an online journal of educators studying teaching and learning processes.

The journal includes teacher inquiry, international research based articles, reflections (submitted from IRA members), international news on education, resources and what's new from IDEaC countries, and tips for teaching.

The journal will be published twice a year.

Tajikistan
Tajik Association of Critical Thinking
Zaynidin Mukhtorov, RWCT Coordinator
mukhtorov67@gmail.com

Publications:

  • Voice and Vision (published in Kazakh and Russian)
  • Young Camel (a children’s journal, published in Kazakh and Russian)

 

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