Culture of students learning: nature, definitions, principles of development

The article examines the existing approaches to integrating concepts of “culture” and “learning”, showing their dialectical relationship and interaction, the leading role in the mechanism of functioning of the educational institutions, inheritance and transmission of cultural values from one generation to another. A review of scientific research papers stated that the problems caused by the contradiction between the need to develop learning activities in the context of culture and insufficient development of this aspect in the theory and practice of initial teacher training. The critical analysis leads to developing the author's approach, based on the need for disclosing cultural potential of educational activity, highlighting its status and the establishment of a comprehensive culture-paradigm. The author formulated cultural principles of learning which contribute to the range of the content dominants and technological solutions in undergraduate training. The problem of development of specialized educational standards for Higher Education Institutions aimed at creating the culture of students learning is emphasised.