On methodological approaches to develop educational programs in the school-university system taking into account continuity

The article objective is to define the basis of educational program continuity of higher pedagogical education and general secondary education in conditions of the secondary education renewal. Research Methodology. The authors carry out analytical and comparative study, analysis of philosophical, psychological, pedagogical, scientific and methodological literature, normative legal documents, forecasting, and synthesis. Results. The paper defines methodological approaches determining the basis of continuity of educational programs in the school-higher educational institution system; structural and substantive features of educational curricula of secondary education and higher education in the Republic of Kazakhstan; methodological basis of educational program design. To preserve and improve continuity in training teachers in natural science, higher educational institutions are offered recommendations to develop educational programmes and modular curricula based on the existing program study and analysis. The aurhors reveal didactic principles of ensuring continuity of educational programs of secondary and higher pedagogical education, and draw up a matrix for determining the content of education. Scientific novelty. The study is the first systematic work to ensure continuity of natural and scientific pedagogical education in the school-university system in frames of updating the content of secondary education. Practical importance. To improve the quality of training future teachers in natural science, recommendations are developed to improve the content of educational programmes based on continuity, which are the foundation to develop theoretical and methodological bases for ensuring the continuity of natural science education.