Competence-activity Approach to the Design and Development of New Modular Basic Professional Education Program of Research Master Program in Cultural-historical Psychology and Activity-based Approach in Education, with Major in Psychological and Pedagogical Education

The article deals with the complex of requirements for the design and development of new modules of the basic professional education Master programs on the integrated group "Education and Pedagogy" (with major in Psycho-pedagogical education). We present the content and structure of the program modules of research Masters in Cultural-historical psychology and activity approach: "Methodology of psychological and educational research: the activity approach", "Methods of psychological and educational research", "Research and communication in the education and practice of the social sphere", "Theoretical and experimental studies of learning and development", as well as practices (including research work). The preparation of future researchers is based on the work of Master students on the problems of learning activities which they start to learn in the course of practical training in various educational institutions. Receiving such training, Master students will be able to carry out practice-oriented psychological and pedagogical research, design new ways of organizing academic work. The novelty of the proposed master's program is due to the fact that the training of teachers and researchers is organized by the type of research career.