Scientific and pedagogical cluster of continuous professional education of teachers

This article actualises the problem of the cluster approach in education. The goal of research is to substantiate the use of scientific and pedagogical cluster in additional professional training of teachers.Different approaches to the cluster definition are analyzed. The model of scientific and pedagogical cluster of continuous education is substantiated. The possibilities of cluster interaction are indicated. The methodology - the algorithm for modeling the cluster is formed. Its key accents: partnership of scientists, methodologists, teachers, teachers and pupils; involvement of teachers in research, experimental activity; training of pupils through researches, are allocated and characterized. The process of training teachers for applied research is designed. Its organizational conditions are highlighted. Four interrelated stages of training are reasoned. Motives, difficulties of teachers in the process of research work are analyzed. Factors, that favor research activities, are identified. The effectiveness of the scientific and pedagogical cluster is evaluated by the results of observations, study of the state of teaching subjects, analysis of survey data.