Methodological determinants of research aimed at future specialists' professional training under conditions of higher pedagogical education

The current stage of development of all stages of the domestic education system is characterized by its reformation, gradual integration into the world educational space, new requirements to the quality and efficiency, which predetermines the pedagogical science to create a theoretical and methodological foundation for such transformations. Their legal framework is provided by the updated Laws of Ukraine “On Education”, “On Higher Education”, the National Strategy for the Development of Education in Ukraine up to 2021, the Concept of the Pedagogical Education Development, the Concept of the New Ukrainian School, etc. The purpose of the article is to cover and analyse the methodological determinants of the study regarding the future teachers' training. The analysis of the scientific foundation made it possible to characterize the methodology as "the doctrine of the general principles and methods of scientific knowledge and the transformation of objective reality”; methodology of pedagogy ‒ as the doctrine of pedagogical knowledge, the process of its acquisition, ways of explanation and practical application in order to transform or improve the educational process; the methodological approach ‒ as a set of ideas, baselines, guidelines, starting points, ways of rationing the organization of research activities. The article presents the most widespread methodological approaches applied in pedagogical researches on various aspects of future teachers' professional training due to the application of the content analysis method; the criteria for their selection and the features of their application as well as some character traits are determined.