Professional training of history teachers in Sweden: experience and opportunities for Ukrainian education

The article is devoted to the analysis of the experience in training history teachers in Sweden, as well as the study of the possibilities of its use for improving pedagogical education in Ukraine. The relevance of the search for effective models of professional higher education in the absence of a standard for the specialty A4 Secondary Education is emphasized. Swedish system provides for the training of teachers for basic and high schools through bachelor's and master's levels of education. Attention is drawn to the key features of the Swedish model: the integration of pedagogical and subject disciplines into blocks, mandatory long-term on-the-job training (VFU), the practice of double specializations of teachers etc. Special attention is paid to the analysis of the content of history teacher training programs at Stockholm University, where pedagogical education is structured in the form of three blocks: general pedagogical training, study of the subject and its didactics and practical training. The content of general pedagogy courses, subject modules in history and opportunities for students to acquire additional specializations are detailed. The possibility of adapting individual elements of the Swedish model to Ukrainian realities is substantiated – the creation of integrated educational blocks, the development of dual qualifications for teachers, the formation of a single master's cycle for teacher training. It is emphasized that borrowing positive experience should be accompanied by taking into account the specifics of Ukrainian education and the need for further research in this area.