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School of Education
Ulviyya Mikayilova
Dean, School of Education
Education/Education Leadership
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COURSES
- Master Thesis Writing I and II
EDUCATION
- PhD, Tbilisi State University
- MA, Baku State University
- BA, Baku State University
PUBLICATIONS
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The Role of Principal and Leadership Styles in Student Achievement: Case of Post-post-Soviet Azerbaijan (2025). Ulviyya Mikayilova, Gunel Alasgarova and Naila Peken. European Education MEUE. Article ID: MEUE (2559317).
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The Project on Early Childhood Development Leadership Training in Rural Area of South Africa (2025). 1-20. Elina Fonsén; Matshediso Modise; Ulviyya Mikayilova; Kirsi-Marja Heikkinen; Tuelo Matjokana; Daniel Turani; & Hannele Roponen. Educational Studies (2025-05-29).
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Soviet, Global and Local: Inclusion Policies in School Education in Azerbaijan and Russia. Sergey Kosaretsky, Ulviyya Mikayilova, Ivan Ivanov. Revista Brasileira de Educação Especial, 2024 | Journal article (Added 2024-10-07, Last modified 2024-10-07.
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Student Underperformance in Azerbaijan: Who is to Blame and What to Do? Psychological Science and Education, Moscow State University of Psychology and Education, in co-authorship with Garib Z. Huseynzade. 2023. Vol. № 5. C. 34—45.
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Synthesis Note of Day 4 of the first Education Policy Innovation Conference (EPIC). Network for International policies and cooperation in education and training (NORRAG) at The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva. June 22, 2023.
- Status of Inclusive Education in Azerbaijan. Chapter in Book “Progress Toward Agenda 2030”, in co-authorship with Lalakhanim Orujova and Ulkar Babayeva. Emerald (September 20, 2023). ISBN 978-1-80455-509-5
- Interpretations of Pedagogical Leadership among Community-Based Early Childhood Education Leaders in Azerbaijan. Chapter in Book “Pedagogical Leadership in Early Childhood Education: Thinking From Across the World: Conversations From Across the World, in co-authorship with Gwen Burchell. Bloomsbury Academic; 1st edition (28 July 2022)
- Parental Involvement in Early Childhood Education in Azerbaijan. Chapter in Book “Parental engagement and early childhood education around the world”, in co-authorship with Ali Kemal Tekin and Nigar Muradova. Taylor & Francis / Routledge, 2021. eBook ISBN9780367823917.
- Оценка школ-Опыт Азербайджанской Республики. Глава I. Стр. 13-27. В сб. «Оценка работы школ в постсоветских странах» [Электронный ресурс] / сост. и науч. ред. В. А. Болотов, Р. В. Горбовский, Е. А. Ленская ; Нац. исслед. ун-т «Высшая школа экономики». М. : Изд. дом Высшей школы экономики, 2020. — 166 с. — ISBN 978-5-7598-2238-7
- Facing The Research Challenges: Lessons Learned from Monitoring Studies on Education Reforms in Azerbaijan. “Reimagining Utopias: Theory and Method for Educational Research in Post-Socialist Contexts”, in co-authorship with Elmina Kazimzade, pp.181-198. Sense Publishers, 2017.
- School Leadership in Azerbaijani Early Childhood Education: Implications for Education Transfer, Ulviyya Mikayilova and Vitaly Radsky, in book “Researching Leadership in Early Childhood Education”, Eeva Hujala, Manjula Waniganayake and Jillian Rodd (eds), Tampere University Press, 2013.
- Supporting early years practitioners’ professional development as a vehicle for democratization, Policy Issues in the Early Years, Edited by Linda Miller and Denise Hevey, SAGE, 2011, Chapter 9, p. 122 (in co-authorship with Dawn Tankersley and Gerda Sula)
- Using Scaffolding for Teaching Children with Disabilities: Applying Vygotsky’s Ideas in Azerbaijan”, Early Childhood Programs as the Doorway to Social Cohesion: Application of Vygotsky’s Ideas from an East–West Perspective, edited by Aija Tuna and Jacqueline Hayden. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2010, Chapter 11, (in-co-authorship with Yulia Karimova).
- Evaluation of Step by Step Program (Addım-Addım Proqramı üzrə qiymətləndirmə hesabatının layihəsi), Monitoring and Evaluation in Education System (Təhsil sistemində monitorinq və qiymətləndirmə, M. Mərdanov, R. Ağamalıyev, A. Mehrabov, T. Qardaşov). Çaşıoğlu, Baku, 2003, pp. 360-389, (in co-authorship with Elmina Kazimzade).
- Learning through leadership: Capturing practice architectures. In co-authorship with Dr. Cathryn Magno et al. International Journal for Academic Development (RIJA). The DOI: 10.1080/1360144X.2022.2073447.
- Global education monitoring report, 2021, Central and Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia: inclusion and education: all means all. Participated as a Consultant of the Network of Education Policy Centers.
- Azerbaijan: Information gathering template prepared for the Global Education Monitoring Report 2021 - Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia - Inclusion and education: All means all. PROFILE PREPARED BY: ELMINA KAZIMZADE, ULVIYYA MIKAYILOVA.2021.
- School Leadership Case Studies (Azerbaijan) for the Comparative Education Leadership Lab (CELL). In partnership with Fribourg University (Switzerland), University of New England (Australia) and Mongolian Education Alliance (MEA) (funded by Movetia Foundation, Switzerland), Developed in 2019-2020.
- Factors influencing instructional leadership capacity in Baku, Azerbaijan, Swetal Sindhvad, Ulviyya Mikayilova, Elmina Kazimzade, 2020.
- Azərbaycanda inklüziv təhsil islahatları: tənqidi təhlil cəhdi. «Azərbaycan məktəbi». № 3 (688), səh. 39–51. 2019.
- Trainer Manual “Внедрение Государственной учебной программы Илк Кадам для дошкольных образовательных учреждений и Государственных требований к развитию детей раннего и дошкольного возраста Республики Узбекистан», Министерство дошкольного образования и ЮНИСЕФ, Ташкент, 2019 (in Russian and Uzbek languages)
- İbtidai təhsil səviyyəsi üzrə “Həyat bilgisi” kurikulumun müqayisəli təhlili. Azərbaycan məktəbi, elmi-nəzəri pedaqoji jurnal, № 2, 2018, pp.75-88.
- Comparative Study on Azerbaijani Primary School Science Curriculum with Curricula of High-Performing Countries and TIMSS 2015 Science Curriculum Framework. ADA 2018 Education Conference: “Strategizing Education Development: Reflections and Way Forward”, June 19-20, 2018
- The Effectiveness of System for Student Assessment linked to New Curriculum and Interactive Teaching Methods: Evidences from the Monitoring Studies in Azerbaijan. Conference Proceedings, International Scientific Conference on Sustainable Development-2017 “Transforming Our World: The Role of Science to foster the integration and the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), November 24-25, Baku, Azerbaijan, pp. 215-224.
- Müəllimlər refleksə edən şagirdlər qismində: müəllimlər Azərbaycanda təhsil islahatları kontekstində öz peşəkarlıqlarını necə dərk edirlər. Həm-müəllif Elmina Kazımzadə. Azərbaycan Məktəbi, №4 səh.47-56, 2016, Bakı.
- Teachers as Reflective Learners: Teacher Perception of Professional Development in the Context of Azerbaijan’s Curriculum Reform (Преподаватели как рефлексирующие учащиеся: как учителя воспринимают свое профессиональное развитие в контексте реформы образования в Азербайджане. В соавторстве с Эльминой Казимзаде. Вопросы образования/Educational Studies, стр. 125-145. Москва, 2016, № 2.
- Action Research, Teacher Guide Book (Tətbiqi tədqiqat. Müəllimlər üçün bələdçi kitab). Meqa Print MMC, 2015, in co-authorship with Nurana Racabova, Aida Samadli
- Challenges in Focus Group Discussions in a Post-Totalitarian Context, in co-authorship with Aynur Nabiyeva and Vitaly Rasdky, CRRC Research Methods Conference, Tbilisi, Georgia, 2013
- Exploring Public-Private Partnership in Preschool Education Provision: Potential for Socio-Economic Development, in co-authorship with Vitaly Radsky and Aynur Nabiyeva, Khazar Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, vol. 16, #4, pp.5-25, 2014.
- Measuring the Impact of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) by Gathering Empirical Data on a Community-Based School-Readiness Program in a Remote Rural Area of Azerbaijan, ESP Working Paper Series, N 36, 2012. (in co-authorship with Y.Karimova)
- İnklüziv Təhsil (Məktəbəqədər Təhsil Pilləsi üçün)ş metodik vəsait. L. Şərəfxanova, Ü. Kərimova, S. Mustafayevavə s. İndiqo nəşriyyatı, Bakı, 2011
- İbitidai İnklüziv Təhsil. Peşəkarlar üçün metodik vəsait. L. Şərəfxanova, Y. Kərimova, S. Mımmıdova). İndigo Nəşriyyatı. Bakı, 2010
- Inclusive Education in Azerbaijan, Young Children, Journal of the National Association for the Education of Young Children, November, 2010 (in co-authorship with Jim Lesko, Deborah Ziegler, Dave Roels).
- Məktəbəqədər yaşlı uşaqlar üçün oyun təlim vəsaitləri: Metodik Vəsait”, Çaşıoğlu nəşriyyatı, 2009 (vəsaitin məsləhətçisi)
- “Xüsusi qayğıya ehtiyacı olan uşaqların təhsili”, Azərbaycan Respublikasının Təhsil Nazirliyi, “Kurikulum” elmi-metodik jurnal, № 3 (7), (iyul-sentyabr), 2009, s. 36-44 (L. İsmayılova, Y. Kərimova, L. Şərəfxanova ilə birlikdə).
- Education of children with disabilities. National Journal of Curriculum, N3, 2009, (in azeri) (in co-authorship with L.Ismayilova, Y.Karimova, L.Sharafkhanova).
- “Education of Children with Disabilities in Azerbaijan: Barriers and Opportunities”, “Human Rights Education in Asian Schools”, Volume Asia-Pacific Human Rights Information Center, Osaka, Japan, March, 2009 (in co-authorship with AlmazIsmayilova, Yulia Karimova, Ulkar Isazade, Ramiz Behbudov, Yusif Agayev and Nigar Aliyeva), pp. 107-128.
- Study on Educational Provision for Children with Disabilities in Azerbaijan. UNICEF Azerbaija
- “Strengthening Community Participation in the Azeri School Governance: Lessons Learned from Some Project Experience”, “Human Rights Education in Asian Schools”, Volume Twelve, Asia-Pacific Human Rights Information Centre, Osaka, Japan, 2008.
- Women in Politics, in co-authorship with R. Ibrahimbeyova and S. Akhundova, Baku, 2008
- Targeting Community in Azerbaijan: Some Reflections from Inside, research paper, Caucasus Context, Volume 3/Issue 1, 2007
- Evaluation of Educational Projects, Baku, 2003
- Evaluation of Step by Step Program in Azerbaijan, ISSA Journal Educating Children for Democracy, N.5, Summer/Fall 2003, pp.25-32
