Methodological guidelines for preparing future language teachers for professional activity in the conditions of scientific education

The article analyzes educational regulatory documents that serve as the basis for developing methodological guidelines for preparing future Ukrainian language and literature teachers to teach students in conditions where elements of scientific education are being introduced. It is proven that scientific education is a pedagogical concept, the implementation of which involves the use of research, situational methods, and project methods as varieties of the problem method / problem-based learning. The main methodological guidelines / elements / models of professional training of future language teachers of literature for the implementation of their own scientific education and scientific education of gymnasium and lyceum students are formulated. These methodological guidelines include forming a scientific worldview; the value criterion of scientific education; integration of science and learning in the educational process; transition from traditional learning to self-learning and self-development, and research competence as a result of problem-based learning. It is established that in modern scientific education, the activity-based approach is applied in parallel with other key approaches – personally oriented and competency-based. The research activity of a student is an intellectual, creative activity aimed at acquiring and using new knowledge in life practice. This activity includes such a sequence of movement towards results as identifying and formulating problems; constructing hypotheses and selecting methods to verify their reliability or falsity; generalizing obtained results. The main ways of forming the research competence of higher education students at the first (bachelor's) and second (master's) levels are highlighted. The methodological guidelines defined in this article reveal the problem of preparing future language teachers for professional activity in conditions of scientific education development, which relies on an activity-based approach that involves forming competencies through active, independent, creative activity.