The Russian system of teacher education has a long history and rich heritage. Back in 1859, the first pedagogical classes were created by the great Russian educator Konstantin Ushinsky at the Smolny Institute for Noble Maidens. They implemented the principle of practice-oriented teacher training. The challenges of the modern era put new tasks before methodologists and practitioners of the education system. It is necessary to re-evaluate the past and take a new look at the practical training of student teachers. It is also critically important to analyse the best international experience and promising practices of teacher education. The coordinators of practical training in Russia focus on three main aspects allowing the better linking of theory and practice. The first one is the organisational aspect (how to build a system of practical training in the conditions school-university partnership?). The next one is the content aspect (what should be the content of education in practice? what results are we striving for?). The third one is the procedural aspect (how do we teach in practice? what technologies should be used to achieve the goal and objectives of training?). These three aspects of practical training in one of the leading Russian universities—Kazan Federal University—are described in this chapter. © 2025 selection and editorial matter, Ian Menter, Roza A. Valeeva and Martha Prata-Linhares; individual chapters, the contributors.
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