Established in 1931. the Azerbaijan Pedagogical Research Institute is an independent scientific organ that conducts educational and pedagogical research. According to Dr. Samistan Mikailov. Rector of the Institute, their principle focus is to conduct research and determine the content of each discipline at each level and to prepare teacher's instructional books (guides) and ancillary materials to support instruction in those disciplines. I hey maintain a close relationship with the two inservice education institutes, developing programs for them that are sent to the Ministry of Education for approval before dissemination to the inservice education institutes. Some of their staff also leach in the inserv ice education institutes.
The Instituteconsists of the following research departments: Primary Education: Preschool Education: A/eri leaching Methods: Literature Teaching Methods: foreign languages Teaching Methods: Russian language leaching Methods: National Minorities I anguages Teaching Methods; Physics and Mathematics Teaching Methods: Chemistry and BiblogA leaching Methods; History and Geography leaching Methods: Didactics Psychology: Human Development: Historv of Pedagogy and Managemeni: labor and Vocational fducation: Training and Vocational Education; and Technical Aids and Programmed Education.
In describing their relationship to- the Scientific and Methodological Center on Educational Problems (see below), they
