Abstract:
The article presents a theoretical analysis of the system of views on the research activities of the instructors of higher education institutions; analyzes the main tenets of modern education, which prove the expediency of integrating science and education and the formation of the personality of a researcher instructor; highlights and characterizes the properties and qualitative characteristics of modern higher education: innovation, cultural orientation of pedagogy development, the orientation of pedagogical thought and practice towards a person, a person's active participation in their own development, the systemic nature of teaching activities and the development of pedagogical knowledge.