V monografii predlozhena aprobirovannaya v rabote s magistrantami, soiskatelyami uchenoy stepeni kandidata pedagogicheskikh nauk i aspirantami sistema podgotovki k provedeniyu nauchno-issledovatel'skoy raboty v oblasti pedagogiki. V osnove etoy sistemy lezhat avtorskie programmy podgotovki starshekursnikov pedagogicheskikh vuzov k vypolneniyu metodologicheskoy chasti vypusknoy kvalifikatsionnoy raboty, aspirantov i soiskateley k kandidatskim ekzamenam po pedagogike i napisaniyu dissertatsii. Vyvody i rekomendatsii razrabotany s oporoy na zarubezhnyy i otechestvennyy opyt, kriticheskie zamechaniya metodologov pedagogiki. Kniga mozhet byt' takzhe ispol'zovana pri podgotovke vypusknykh kvalifikatsionnykh rabot studentami pedagogicheskikh spetsial'nostey, zamestitelyami direktorov OU po nauchnoy rabote, uchitelyami-innovatorami i rukovoditelyami obrazovatel'nykh uchrezhdeniy.