Revealing the essence of the concept of "pedagogicalapproach"in the article, it turns out thatitisoneof the basicconceptsin the field of pedagogy. The application and implementation of the pedagogicalapproachleadsto a deepmastery of the methodology by futureteachers.At the same time, oneof the maintaskswill be to develop the methodologicalcompetence of futureteachers.Therefore, the concepts of competence and methodologicalcompetencewerecharacterized. The relation of methodologicalcompetencetoothertypes of competence is explainedas a conceptindeeprelationtoalltypes of methodologicalcompetence. The content of the formula of methodologicalcompetence is structuredhereasmethodologicaleducation,methodologicalcreativity,methodologicalart,methodologicalthinking,methodologicalculture,methodologicalliteracy. The content of thesecompetencies is presentedas a set of knowledge of a sufficientlevelinoneprofessionalfield.Methodologicalcompetenceimplies that aspecialistworkingin the professionalfield has completetheoreticalandpracticalknowledgeofhisprofession.Whenanalyzingtheoreticalresearch,weclarifiedthatmethodologicalcompetenceis a structure that generates a newtheoryfromtheory,creativelyprovidingalltheoreticalknowledgefrom a practicalpoint of view.

In the empirical section, work is being carried out step by step to diagnose the development of methodological competencies of future teachers, and statistical analysis is proposed. The diagnostic stages here were: the level determination stage, the laboratory stage, and the final diagnostic stage.