Future teachers training to personal and professional self-improvement on the basis of self-knowledge

The article deals with the main thesises of the theory of the self-improvement of future teachers on the basis of self-knowledge. The content of the stages of the personal and professional self-improvement of the future teachers is revealed, including the self-knowledge, the self-affirmation, the self-development, the search for a professional vocation and the meaning of life, the self-realization, which determine the essence, structure and functions of a specialist’s personal and professional activities throughout the life.