Dagar Davletov: IT Education Can Equalize the Opportunities of kazakhstani people
Mr. Dagar Davletov, Director of the Alem Programming School, knows what needs to be done to become an IT Professional. And even more - how to become a High-Class IT Specialist. We asked Dagar a lot of questions on how to find out what opportunities each of us had, what opportunities had Dagar, about the professional community in Kazakhstan, and much more.
I studied at Kazakh-Turkish Lyceum (KTL) in Aktobe, where we had a system of continuity - when high school students prepare for the school Olympics those who are younger. In fact, a community was created in our school in which the teacher is no longer a teacher, but a Facilitator. That is, he creates the conditions, the atmosphere - for example, he finds interesting literature, and the students learn independently.
Now I understand that this process is called with a smart word "peer learning". There was not this term at that moment, but this teaching method really worked.
Peer learning (Engl: networked learning, peer-to-peer learning) - network learning, a new paradigm of educational activity. It is based on the idea of mass cooperation, the ideology of open educational courses in combination with a networked organization of interaction between participants.
After KTL, I decided, along with several classmates, to study abroad - Aktobe was not considered at all, and Almaty was plan "B". Most of us did. I entered Computer Sciences. And the first thing that I faced in the States was the language barrier. Therefore, I decided to get a job in order to develop my language skills. I got a job as a Tutor at the Academic Success Center - again I taught and helped other students.
