II International essay Contest «Education and Science in the era of digitalization» to be held

In honour of Akhmet Baytursynov`s 150th birthday and as part of the «Ult Ustazy» project, the II International Essay Contest «Education and Science in the era of digitalization» will be held, organized by the Council of Young Researchers of the Abai KazNPU Department of Science. All young researchers (undergraduates, doctoral students, teachers) under the age of 40 can take part in the contest.

Submission of works: carried out by mail: zhas_zerteushiler@mail.ru; Alibek.17@inbox.ru. Essays are received in Kazakh, Russian and English.

The due date of work submission (deadline): until March 31.

Participants who won 1st, 2nd, 3rd and incentive degree will be awarded valuable prizes and diplomas.

REQUIREMENTS FOR WRITING ESSAYS

I. The essay should be written based on the following issues:

- expressing a personal point of view;

- theoretical justification and factual evidence (arguments);

- citing terms and quotations;

- using different approaches based on critical thinking;

- compliance with the laws of logic;

- use of comparison and generalisation methods;

- literacy (spelling, grammatical and stylistic);

- citation of authors;

- taking as a basis of the requirements of academic writing and writing in one of three languages (Kazakh, Russian, English).

II. Planning and writing the essay:

1. Introduction (about 20% of an essay). It includes the essence of the topic, a number of logically and stylistically related structures. At this stage, it is very important that the applicant correctly poses the question that is being answered in the research, and furthermore, consistency of evidence is required to support the answer. For example, you may look for answers to the following questions: »Is the topic I am working on important?», «What concepts, in my opinion, can this topic include?» etc.

2. The main part (about 70% of an essay). The selected problem and the main issue include theoretical and practical foundations. This section assumes that there is evidence and analysis; arguments and positions other than your own need to be justified on the topic. The main content of the essay in this part. Therefore, based on the subheadings, it is important to organize the evidence (using logical data or reasoning), i.e. the presented evidence/analysis must be justified. If necessary, you can use tables, graphs, diagrammes, as well as your own experience as a tool for analysis.

3. Conclusion (about 10% of an essay). Conclusion - reasoned inference and summary on the topic. It summarizes the essay or redefines the meaning and significance of what was said in the main section. Recommended methods for formulating a conclusion: repetition, description, quotation, effective proof. A conclusion can be made by following to a very important element complementary to the essay, such as a reference to the application of the study (implication), without excluding its connection with other problems. The conclusion should contain the answer to the question «What can be said about the question raised at the beginning of the essay?» The essay is evaluated for validity, originality and innovative thinking in the study of the posed problem.

III. Essay structure: no more than 1000 words.

Only those works that have successfully passed the anti-plagiarism test will participate in the contest