V monografii osushchestvlen istoriko-geneticheskiy analiz protsessa stanovleniya missii uchitelya v Rossii XVIII - nachala XX vekov. Komponentami analiza vystupali gosudarstvennaya obrazovatel"naya politika Rossiyskoy imperii; sotsiokul"turnaya situatsiya, v kotoroy osushchestvlyalas" pedagogicheskaya deyatel"nost" uchiteley; sotsial"nyy status uchitel"stva; formiruemye sub"ektami rossiyskogo istoriko-pedagogicheskogo protsessa idealy pedagoga, opredelyayushchie normativnuyu model" pedagogicheskoy deyatel"nosti i trebovaniya k ego professional"no-lichnostnym kachestvam. V kontekste issleduemoy problemy analiziruyutsya vzglyady gosudarstvennykh i obshchestvennykh deyateley Rossii, pedagogov na rol" uchitelya, vypolnyaemye im funktsii; obosnovyvayutsya trebovaniya k professional"no-pedagogicheskoy kul"ture v logike politiko-obrazovatel"nykh i pedagogicheskikh traditsiy rossiyskoy sistemy obrazovaniya.