The article deals with the most significant changes of Russian humanitarian education methodology connected with the introduction of the Federal State Educational Standards. In the focus of our attention are teacher’s professional ethics and aesthetics and communicative behavior of participants in the educational process. Moreover we consider the problem of teacher’s readiness to solve exciting tasks by using modern teaching materials.

Keywords: methodological and psychological competence, the Federal State Educational Standards, Refresher courses.

In the article, we present some research results of the most significant and relevant aspects of professional education and self-improvement of a specialist in the field of teaching the humanities (philology, foreign languages, literature). The author attempts to draw the attention of the modern teachers to the need to solve problems of self-organization and self-realization quickly and in the context of the present Russian professional standard.

Keywords: information space, the standard of teacher’s professional education.