The paper is aimed at studying the features of pedagogical culture formation in future social workers and developing methods to improve the professional and pedagogical preparation quality of students in the "Social work" specialty. In the study, a survey of students in the "Social work" specialty (n=400), and a standardized interview with the teachers of educational institutions of the Republic of Kazakhstan (n=150) was conducted. Data of the empirical part of the research suggest that in schools’ practice the standard curricula and programs are used that do not take into account peculiarities of professional activity of social workers, are not aimed at developing practical skills and are not contiguous with the principles of modern personality-oriented educational technologies. The monitoring results became the basis for the development of a model to improve the quality of professional and pedagogical preparation of students in the "Social work" specialty.

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