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
โEdisherashvili, N., Saks, K., Kallas, K., Pedaste, M., & Leijen, ร. (In press). Emotions matterโTargeting adult learners' achievement emotions in online instructional settings: Systematic literature review. British Educational Research Journal.
โEdisherashvili, N., Saks, K., Kallas, K., Pedaste, M., & Leijen, ร. (In press). Systematic insights for fostering achievement emotions in online learning. In M. Pedaste & ร. Leijen (Eds.). (In press). The Routledge International Handbook of Learning and Instruction in University Education.
โEdisherashvili, N., Puusepp, M., Kasemets, M., Kalmus, V., Pedaste, M., Tiihonen, S., Irani, F., & Tomczyk, ล. (In Press).
Unlocking effective evaluations: Lessons from media literacy and digital skills intervention studies in Estonia, Finland, and Poland. Journal of Media Literacy Education.
โMazzocchi, P., Agahi, O., Beilmann, M., Bettencourt, L., Brazienฤ, R., Edisherashvili, N., & Yurukov, B. (2024). Subjective wellโbeing of NEETs and employability: A study of nonโurban youths in Spain, Italy, and Portugal. Politics and Governance, 12.
โRocca, A., Agahi, O., Beilmann, M., Bettencourt, L., Edisherashvili, N., Marta, E., & Simรตes, F. (2024). NEETs and youth guarantee registration: Examining the link to past undeclared work. Politics and Governance, 12.
โVissenberg, J., Puusepp, M., Edisherashvili, N., Tomczyk, ล., 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.
โLeijen, ร., 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.
โEdisherashvili, 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.
โEdisherashvili, 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).
โEdisherashvili, 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.
โKhundzakishvilim M., Bever, S. (2018). Formative Assessment and Differentiated Instruction. (Edit/consult work: Edisherashvili, N.).
โEdisherashvili, N. (2018). The main Principles of Assessment Rubrics. Online version available at: http://mastsavlebeli.ge/?p=13937.
โEdisherashvili, N. (2018). The importance of assessment rubrics for the process of instruction. Online version available at
http://mastsavlebeli.ge/?p=11982