Modern Teacher Education in Ukraine and EU Countries: Transformation, Vectors of Development

The article provides an overview of the main trends and vectors of the development of higher teacher education in the EU countries and Ukraine. The authors analyze the main trends in the development of modern pedagogical education, identify points of contact, and problematic issues that need to be solved for the effective integration of Ukraine into the European educational environment. The article reflects on the problematic issues faced by modern pedagogical universities both in the EU countries and in Ukraine. It was also possible to identify the typical features of the European educational environment, historically inherent in the Ukrainian tradition of teacher training, which shows that Ukraine belongs to the pan-European socio-political and cultural family.