In the article, the problem of the formation of the methodological culture of future primary school teachers is urgent. A detailed analysis of the evolution of the concept of "culture" showed that the prospects for its development depend not only on theoretical and cognitive-methodological reasons, but also on professional and social principles. Revealed the relationship of the concepts of "methodology", "culture", "methodological culture" and "pedagogical culture", emphasized the definition of foreign and domestic scientists in the methodology of pedagogy. It is shown that the methodological culture is formed and improved in the process of innovative professional and pedagogical activity of the teacher-researcher, the composition and content of the teacher's methodological culture are analyzed.