摘要：The article clarifies the importance of self-organization and self-development for the professional activity of a teacher in the context of the fourth industrial revolution from the standpoint of competence-based and analytical approaches. The reasonableness of the general formulation of a single “Self-organization and self-development” competence in the Russian Federation Federal State Educational Standards of Higher Education is shown. The article describes the empirical study results of the peculiarities of understanding by pedagogical university students separately the competences of self-organization and self-development, as important factors of their general professional expertise. The novelty of the research is based on the identification of motivational, cognitive, and activity components. It was revealed that the highest generalized mean values were obtained for the cognitive and motivational components of the future teachers’ ideas about professional self-development, selforganization and the achievement of professional expertise. The lowest mean values were obtained for the action-oriented component. The obtained results of empirical research can be used in the development of training courses, aimed at increasing the level of students’ competences in this area.
