SCHOOL OF BUSINESS,
TECNOLOGY AND EDUCATION
ILIA STATE UNIVERSITY

Direction:Private Methods
Position:Full Professor





Tamar Taliashvili graduated from Tbilisi State Pedagogical Institute of A. Pushkin in 1975 with a major in Russian-Georgian Philology. In1978 Tamar completed her PhD studies in the History of Georgian Literature. In 1985 she defended her PhD thesis “Problematics and Poetics in Early Writings of Mikheil Javakhishvili”. In 1986-1992 Taliashvili served as an Academic Councelor at the Sulkhan –Saba Orbeliani Tbilisi State University. In 2002 she was elected by the Scientific Council as a Dean of the Faculty of Philology and in 2005 was appointed as a Head of Department of Georgian Language and Literature.
Since 2006 she has been holding an academic position of a Professor of the Faculty of Art and Scienec at Ilia State University .in 2006 she was elected as a member of the University Representational Council and in 2007-2011 she served as a Dean of the Faculty of Educaiton. Since 2012 Tamar has been heading the Center of Teachers’ Professional Development Center at Ilia State University. Tamar is an author of more tha 35 scientific articles and papers. At various times she served as a member of State Committee for approving Teachers’ Professional Standards as well as managed U.S. Department of State funded Civic Education through English Language Teaching project in cooperation with PH International. Tamar Taliashvili is a participant of the US Congress funded Open World Leadership Program “Teachers’ Professional Development and Best Practices in the US”. She is also member and contributor to the Erazmus Mundus project “ Curriculum Reform for Promoting Civic Education and Democratic Principls in Israle and in Georgia”.

Scientific interests / research interests

Teachers’ Professional Development, Reading Strategies, Civic Education and Literacy, Value Education

Author of over 20 scientific articles including but not limited to:

  • Tamar Taliashvili , Malkhaz Makashvili , Maia Khadouri and Teona Gubianuri, A Brief Report on School Pupils’ Perception Regarding Anti-smoking  Messages, 2022, Chapter 8,Print ISBN: 978-93-5547-105-5, eBook ISBN: 978-93-5547-490-2·  https://www.bookpi.org/bookstore/product/emerging–trends–in–disease–and–healthresearch–vol–2/
  • Makashvili1, T. Taliashvili1, N. Maglakelidze1, T. Kopadze, E. Maglakelidze“Hemisprheric Dominants in Visual Attention May Infludence the Development of Reading Skills VIin School Begiinners” , 14th Annual International Technology, Education and Development Concerence Valecnia (Spain), 2-4 March, 2020 https://library.iated.org/publications/INTED2020https://library.iated.org/publications/INTED 2020
  • Malkhaz Makashvili, Tamar Taliashvili, Natela Maglakelidze,  Elene Maglakelidze’, Nana Garsevanishvili,”Correlation between the Parent-Child Emotional Attachement and the Visual- Constructive Ability in Early Childhood”, 13thAnnual International Technology, 2019
  • “Metaphor Construction During Working on the Text”, Journal Semiotics, pp 80-87, Tbilisi 2014
  • “Reading and Writing Strategies for Developing Critical Thinking”, Journal “Mastsavlebeli”, National Teachers’ Professional Development Center, Tbilisi 2013, VI
  • “Why Should We Teach Critical Thinking”, Journal “Mastsavlebeli”, National Teachers’ Professional Development Center, Tbilisi 2014 IV
  • “History of Messages”, Journal “Mastsavlebeli, National Teachers’ Professional Development Center, Tbilisi 2011, I
  • “Strategies of Understanding a Text”, Journal Semiotics, pp 23-28, Tbilisi 2010
  • “Adult Education in Practice: Teacher Training and Its’ Potential for Changing School Teachers Through Adult Learning; Problems of Education in the 21st Century, (ISSN 1822- 7864)
  • Makashvili M, Taliashvili T – “On the Negative Attitude Toward Left-Handedness of Students”, ERIC (ED505089_ 2009
  • “Reading Strategies”, “Mermisi”, pp 10-12, Tbilisi 2006
  • “Actualization of Certain Postmodern Postulates in Vazha-Pshavela’s Poems: “StumarMaspindzeli”, “Aluda Qetelauri”, “Bakhtrioni”, and in A. Kazbegi’s “Khevisberi Gocha”, Institute of Literature, Tbilisi 2006
  • Chinchaladze L., Taliashvili T. “Concept and Program of Teaching Georgian as a Second Language”, Tbilisi, 2005
  • “Developing Oral Skills Among Non-Georgian Students While Teaching Georgian”, “Mermisi” Tbilisi 2005
  • “Language Teaching and Socio-Cultural Aspects”, “Mermisi”, pp 8-10, Tbilisi 2005

Current Courses

Course Catalog

  • Integrated Teaching of Georgian Language and Literature;
  • Development of Literacy Skills at Primary Stage (I-IV class);
  • Reading and Writing Strategies;
  • Master’s Thesis;
  • Doctoral Colloquium 1;
  • Doctoral Colloquium 2;
  • Doctoral Colloquium 3;
  • Doctoral Colloquium
  • Tasks and Methods of Working on Texts (Literacy);
  • Integrated Teaching of Georgian Language and Literature;
  • Tasks and Ways of Working on Texts (V-VI);
  • Georgian Classic Authors;
  • Development of Literacy Skills at the Elementary Level;
  • Doctoral Colloquium 1;
  • Doctoral Colloquium 2
  • Georgian Literature of XIX –XX centuries, Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State Pedagogical University, Faculty of Georgian Language and Literature, Russian Language and Literature, 1991-2006
  • Theory of Literature, Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State Pedagogical University, Faculty of Georgian Language and Literature, Russian Language and Literature,, 2000-2005
  • Georgian, as a Second Language, (for Azeri and Armenian students) Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State Pedagogical University, Faculty of Georgian Language and Literature, Russian Language and Literature, 2000-2006
  • Problem of Human Existentialism in XIX century Georgian Literature, Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University, Faculty of Georgian Philology, 2000-2005
  • Teaching Methods of Georgian Literature, Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State Pedagogical University, Faculty of Georgian Literature, 2004-2006
  • Modern Teaching Technologies of Georgian Language and Literature, Ilia State University, Faculty of Art and Science, BA, 2010-2011

International Projects/National Programs:

  • ERAZMUS + “Curriculum Reform for Promoting Civic Education and Democratic Principles in Israel and in Georgia” CURE, 2016-2019
  • Project – “Teachers’ Professional Skills Development in schools in West Georgia (Project Director), 2016
  • Project – “Civic Education through English Language Teaching”, US Embassy funded in partnership with PH International, Project Coordinator, 2014-2016
  • Project- G-PRIED funded by USAID, collaborated as a partner organization representative, 2012-2018
  • Project – “Europe –Tuning”, Education Group Member, 2010-2012
  • Project “Core” in the framework of National Curriculum, Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia, Member of the Coordination Council, 2010
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Netherlands, MATRA Project “Protection of Children against Violence/Maltreatment in Georgia, Invited Expert, 2010
  • Tuning Educational Structures in Europe/Tuning Georgia, Education Group Member, 2008-2010
  • Sociological Research of Schools, Expert, Deer Leap Project, MOES, 2008-2009
  • Georgian Language Courses for Public Servants, Expert, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities/Center of Civic Integration and Interethnic Relations, 2005-2006.