The article deals with the issues of professional and pedagogical training of the future teacher in the light of the historical and cultural approach. The authors revealed the essence of the concepts "culture"," culture intensity " and touched upon the problems of the historical-genetic method when considering culture-oriented learning. The article presents the principles of cultural - oriented content of pedagogical education, pedagogical conditions for the implementation of the cultural approach in the course of professional and pedagogical training of teachers. The article is aimed at the implementation of pedagogical education, which makes it necessary to implement a historical and cultural approach to the selection of content.