Formation of the cognitive component of future teachers' readiness for research

The article presents the results of experimental work on the formation of the cognitive component of future teachers' readiness for research, the importance of which has increased significantly in recent years. Teachers play a key role in shaping students' universal learning activities and personal qualities that help graduates achieve success in their future profession. In this regard, the qualification requirements of modern teachers are constantly becoming more complicated, in particular, readiness for research activities consisting of cognitive, activity and personal components is becoming an integral component of their professionalism. Until recently, the preparation of students of pedagogical universities for it was not strictly regulated, each university could independently develop and implement author's programs and special courses that would involve students in research work. However, from 2022 Russian universities have started implementing a new concept for the professional training of future teachers – the "Core of Higher Pedagogical Education", which ensures the uniformity of educational programs. The preparation of students of pedagogical universities for research activities is becoming systematic and mandatory, as the basic discipline "Methods of research and project activities" has appeared in the curricula of all profiles of pedagogical training areas. This article describes the structure of the author's program of this course, as well as the results of a pedagogical experiment to test its effectiveness. The data obtained can be used by university teachers in the process of preparing future teachers for research activities.