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Abstract: Modern higher education is based on the competency level model of the education. In accordance with the planned results associated with the formation of the design competence of the future teacher special role is played by the methods of teaching geography. Methodological training serves an integral part of vocational education of a geography teacher at the pedagogical university. Professional activities of modern geography teacher in accordance with the objectives of modern general education, in terms of its standardization and humanization, contains a variety of activities: cognitive, exploratory, communicative, designing, diagnostic, self-educational, and others. The most important activity category is project activity. The project competence of students is formed by means of experience in design activityduring educational process by gradual development of design abilities at different levels of complexity and generality, subjectivity and personal merit. Development and implementation in the contents of methodological training of the innovative construct «Scientific bases of pedagogical designing and project work of a geography teacher» as a separate content-methodological line promotes interdisciplinary synthesis of knowledge and skills, strengthens its focus on the tasks of practical educational activities, and ultimately provides the development of student’s project activities. Project activities controlled by design thinking is a basic element of design competence as an integrated personal quality of a specialist and acts as a source part of the design culture of a teacher.