Future biology teachers training for professional activity on the basis of sustainable development

The article deals with one of the possible ways of modernization of pedagogical education in Ukraine in order to train teachers of the new generation and to provide conditions for the formation and development of modern alternative models of teachers’ professional and personal growth on the principles of sustainable development. The ideas and ways of integrating education for sustainable development and Biology teachers professional training have been determined. It has been substantiated the methodological system of Biology teachers training for professional activity on sustainable development ideas. Its system-forming factor is the idea of combining the activity approach to acquiring knowledge with their ethical reflection, comprehension of personal value in professional and everyday life. The content of the suggested methodological system is made up of the following academic disciplines: compulsory – “Methods of Teaching Biology and Fundamentals of Health Studies” and elective. The efficiency of the corresponding methodological system of Biology teachers training on the basis of quality indicators of the knowledge acquisition (completeness, awareness, consistency and systematicity) has been proved.