The article deals with the actual problem of domestic pedagogical education — the problem of formation of future specialists’ desire for self-organization in professional pedagogical activity. The significance of the problem chosen by the author for the study is beyond doubt. This value is determined by the modern socio-cultural realities of Russia. The article presents a deep, from a scientific point of view, valuable analysis of substantive issues within the framework of the consideration of the central concepts of the problem field. In general, the article has a strong theoretical, applied and practicalmeaning.