Culture of thinking as the main criterion of pedagogical culture

Based on a critical attitude to existing publications and educational literature on the problem of pedagogical culture, the idea is substantiated that the core of pedagogical culture is the culture of thinking of the teacher himself. The author focuses special attention on the teacher's mastery of the dialectical way of thinking as a necessary condition for the development of an effective methodology. The work is written at the intersection of philosophy and pedagogy. The topic raised in the article requires further research from the standpoint of philosophy.