Activity approach in teacher education

Abstract

The paper addresses the subject matter and outcomes of the project on modernization of teacher education in Russia (2014-2017) aimed at enhancing professional development of future teachers and bringing it into compliance with the professional standard for teachers as well as with the federal state educational standards (standard-driven reform). I describe the theoretical concept behind the new activity-based model of teacher training which was developed and subsequently tested in the course of the project implementation. Also, I highlight several unresolved issues in teacher training and put forward some suggestions for the next stage of teacher education development.