In November in Zwolle, Netherlands, Kazakhstan's Center of Excellence officially accepted the global baton of the World Association of Lesson Studies. WALS President Catherine Lewis and CoE Director Zhanbota Kabdykarimova signed an agreement, according to which for the first time in history the international conference of the World Association of Lesson Studies will be held in the post-Soviet space - in Astana In late September, the strategic theme - "Lesson studies: aspiring to better Learning and Teaching" - for five days will bring together world-renowned experts, scientists, practising teachers, and doctoral students from more than 40 countries.
Already today among the participants of WALS 2024 are Great Britain, Singapore, Japan, Finland, Malaysia, Austria, China, the United States of America, Hong Kong, and Turkey. The official registration of participants of the Astana Forum will begin in a few days on the WALS website (www.walsnet.org.).