Strategicheskie orientiry modernizatsiirossiyskogo obrazovaniya prinimalis' uchitel'stvomlibo srazu i bezogovorochno, libo s bol'shimisomneniyami, neumeniem preodolevat' psikhologicheskie iprofessional'nye bar'ery. Na osnove sistemnogopodkhoda k fenomenu gotovnosti i usloviy ee razvitiya vknige raskryvayutsya kriterii gotovnosti, otrazhayushchierazlichnye ee komponenty, urovni razvitiya gotovnostiuchiteley k vnedreniyu innovatsiy, modernizatsii svoegotruda, privodyashchie v konechnom itoge k perekhodu nabolee vysokie urovni produktivnosti professional'noydeyatel'nosti, predlagaetsya metodika issledovaniyaproblem sovremennoy professional'noy pedagogicheskoydeyatel'nosti. Prednaznachena dlya shirokogo kruga chitateley, uchitelyam, shkol'nym administratoram, spetsialistamsistemy povysheniya kvalifikatsii pedagogicheskikh kadrov.