Professor in Education Sciences
Natalia Edisherashvili is an education expert specializing in curriculum reform, teacher professional development, and the practical application of technology in education. Her extensive experience includes developing online professional development courses and AI-powered educational tools designed to enhance teaching effectiveness and learner outcomes.
Her research focuses on self-regulated learning, particularly on the regulation of motivation and emotions in the learning process, especially in online and blended environments. Natalia actively employs systematic literature review methods in her research.
Natalia has extensive international experience in teaching, leadership, and research. She has worked in countries such as the USA, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Estonia. She also has rich experience in consulting and collaborating on educational reforms and policies with renowned international organizations. Currently, she is a senior researcher at the University of Tartu, involved in influential educational research and international projects.
Publications
●Edisherashvili, N., Saks, K., Kallas, K., Pedaste, M., & Leijen, Ä. (In press). Emotions matter—Targeting adult learners' achievement emotions in online instructional settings: Systematic literature review. British Educational Research Journal.
●Edisherashvili, N., Saks, K., Kallas, K., Pedaste, M., & Leijen, Ä. (In press). Systematic insights for fostering achievement emotions in online learning. In M. Pedaste & Ä. Leijen (Eds.). (In press). The Routledge International Handbook of Learning and Instruction in University Education.
●Edisherashvili, N., Puusepp, M., Kasemets, M., Kalmus, V., Pedaste, M., Tiihonen, S., Irani, F., & Tomczyk, Ł. (In Press).
Unlocking effective evaluations: Lessons from media literacy and digital skills intervention studies in Estonia, Finland, and Poland. Journal of Media Literacy Education.
●Mazzocchi, P., Agahi, O., Beilmann, M., Bettencourt, L., Brazienė, R., Edisherashvili, N., & Yurukov, B. (2024). Subjective well‐being of NEETs and employability: A study of non‐urban youths in Spain, Italy, and Portugal. Politics and Governance, 12.
●Rocca, A., Agahi, O., Beilmann, M., Bettencourt, L., Edisherashvili, N., Marta, E., & Simões, F. (2024). NEETs and youth guarantee registration: Examining the link to past undeclared work. Politics and Governance, 12.
●Vissenberg, J., Puusepp, M., Edisherashvili, N., Tomczyk, Ł., Opozda-Suder, S., Sepielak, D., & d'Haenens, L. (2023). Report on the results of a systematic review of the individual and social differentiating factors and outcomes of media literacy and digital skills.
●Leijen, Ä., Pedaste, M., & Edisherashvili, N. (2023). The Role of Teacher Professional Standards for Initial Teacher Education and Continuous Professional Development: The Case of Estonia. In Approaches to Teaching and Teacher Education: ISATT 40th Anniversary Yearbook (pp. 73-85). Emerald Publishing.
●Edisherashvili, N., Saks, K., Pedaste, M., & Leijen, A., (2022). Supporting Self-Regulated Learning in Distance Learning Contexts at Higher Education Level: Systematic Literature Review. Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.792422.
●Edisherashvili, N. (2014). Communicative Language Teaching in Georgia: From Theory to Practice (online version of the book available at: https://www.lotpublications.nl/communicative-language-
teaching-in-georgia-communicative-language-teaching-in-georgia-from-theory-to-practice).
●Edisherashvili, N & Smackman, D. (2012). Technology as a Tool towards Educational Reform: Implementing Communicative Language Teaching in Georgia (online version of the article available at:
https://scholarlypublications.universiteitleiden.nl/handle/1887/21911.
●Khundzakishvilim M., Bever, S. (2018). Formative Assessment and Differentiated Instruction. (Edit/consult work: Edisherashvili, N.).
●Edisherashvili, N. (2018). The main Principles of Assessment Rubrics. Online version available at: http://mastsavlebeli.ge/?p=13937.
●Edisherashvili, N. (2018). The importance of assessment rubrics for the process of instruction. Online version available at
http://mastsavlebeli.ge/?p=11982