Theoretical standard of pedagogical knowledge: correct scientific and problem description of educational reality, hypothesis and final results of the study

Introduction. The authors investigate the problem of determining the epistemological foundations of pedagogical knowledge. The purpose of the article is to establish epistemological foundations of theoretical standard in pedagogical knowledge. Materials and Methods. The research employed a set of methods, including: a) an analysis of scientific literature on the topic of the article; b) a synthesis of generalized philosophical and scientific ideas, ideas of domain-specific research methodology of natural sciences and their influence on educational research methodology; c) clarifying the content of modern pedagogical knowledge, forms of its presentation to scientific and professional community, and methods of obtaining new pedagogical knowledge. Results. The article proposes an idea about such categories as "objective subject reality" and "scientific-subject reality" unrepresented in theoretical education studies. The authors clarify the epistemological construct called "theoretical standard of pedagogical knowledge". It consists of scientific-problem description of educational reality, fixing the difference between an educational event and a scientific fact, the subject of education and the idealized scientific object of pedagogics, the correct nomination of problems and hypotheses and their epistemological verification. Conclusions. The authors conclude that the methodological concept of "theoretical standard of pedagogical knowledge" can become a reference point in the process of establishing pedagogics as epistemologically verified humanitarian knowledge.