Marika Kirvalidze

Direction:Direction of General Didactics
Position:Assistant Professor

Marika Kirvalidze graduated from Ilia State University in 2010 with a Bachelor’s degree in Education. She obtained a Master’s degree from the same university in 2013 and was awarded a Doctoral degree in Education in 2024. Her dissertation topic was “Factors Affecting Teacher Collaboration in Georgian General Education Schools.”

She has been working in the field of general education since 2014 and has been involved in higher education since 2016. She is an expert in general education quality assurance and higher education program accreditation at the National Center for Educational Quality Enhancement. She is also a general education expert within the Teacher Professional Development and School Support Program at the Teacher Professional Development National Center.

She is the author of several publications and actively participates in local and international conferences dedicated to general and higher education issues.

She has been working at Ilia State University since 2016, initially as an invited lecturer and, since 2026, as an Assistant Professor.

As a researcher, expert, and trainer, Marika Kirvalidze has been actively involved in local and international projects since 2013, including EU-funded international projects.

Scientific interests / research interests

School and higher education pedagogy
Teaching methodology
Pedagogical ethics
Teacher professional development
Teachers collaboration
Quality management in education

Featured publications

Quality Management of the Teaching Process in Schools – A Guide for Internal School Quality Development Teams (2024). Diogene. https://diogene.ge/ka/shop/1295-sastsavlo-protsesis-khariskhis-martva-skolashi
Professional Development and Performance Assessment System Focused on Strengthening Teachers’ Collaboration: The Case of Georgia (2023). Problems of Education in the 21st Century. https://doi.org/10.33225/pec/23.81.66
Critical Friend Approach (2020). Publication co-funded by EU ERASMUS+ Project. Tbilisi, Georgia

Books

Quality Management of the Teaching Process in Schools – A Guide for Internal School Quality Development Teams (2024). Diogene. https://diogene.ge/ka/shop/1295-sastsavlo-protsesis-khariskhis-martva-skolashi
School-Based Teacher Professional Development – A Guide for General Education School Teachers and Leaders (2023) https://shorturl.at/usHmB
Critical Friend Approach (2020). Publication co-funded by EU ERASMUS+ Project. Tbilisi, Georgia

Articles in magazines

Professional Development and Performance Assessment System Focused on Strengthening Teachers’ Collaboration: The Case of Georgia (2023). Problems of Education in the 21st Century. https://doi.org/10.33225/pec/23.81.66
Lobzhanidze, S., & Kirvalidze, M. (2019). Factors Affecting Teacher Collaboration in the Georgian Context. Education Science, (10). http://www.jes.org.ge/number/10/article/60/

Articles in newspapers

An extensive list of publications

School-Based Teacher Professional Development – A Guide for General Education School Teachers and Leaders (2023) https://shorturl.at/usHmB

Lobzhanidze, S., & Kirvalidze, M. (2019). Factors Affecting Teacher Collaboration in the Georgian Context. Education Science, (10). http://www.jes.org.ge/number/10/article/60/

Current Courses

Course	Academic Year	Level
Modern Approaches in Teaching	Since 2020–2021 academic year	Bachelor–Master
Ethics of School Relations	Since 2016–2017 academic year	Bachelor; Master; Certificate
Effective Teaching, Communication and Classroom Management	Since 2016–2017 academic year	Master; Certificate
Master's Thesis	Since 2022–2023 academic year	Bachelor–Master

Course Catalog

Course	Academic Year	Level
Pedagogical Reflection	2024-2025	Bachelor–Master
School-Based Teacher Professional Development	2024-2025	Certificate
School Practice	2020-2021	Certificate
Classroom Management and Communication	2019-2020 2017-2018	Bachelor; Master
Teaching and Assessment Strategies	2016-2017	Doctoral
Classroom Assessment	2016-2017	Certificate
Master's Thesis -Education Management	2023-2024	Master