The rapid development of science and technology, socio-economic and cultural changes taking place in modern society put the task of training highly qualified and competitive future physical education teachers on the agenda. The purpose of the study: to cover the issues of the system of image making of the future physical culture teacher in Kazakhstan. To achieve the purpose of the study, the following methods were used: analysis, comparative analysis, retrospective analysis, synthesis, comparison, the study of one's own teaching experience; systematisation and generalisation; abstraction and classification. The image making of the future physical culture teacher in Kazakhstan acquires effectiveness under the following pedagogical conditions: the content of professional disciplines, considering the specific features of health and recreational activities; organisation of professional training using active teaching methods, innovative information and communication technologies and subjective interaction of the teacher and student; integration of theory, practice, and research activities of the future physical education teacher during the practice and organisation of students' research work. The paper focuses on the main provisions of the concept of future physical education teachers' professional training for recreational activities. Developing the author's system of forming the image of the future teacher of physical culture, the authors proceeded from the fact that it is the model that allows describing the pedagogical system most fully and accurately. The system contains five blocks that allow structuring and specifying purposes, objectives, methodological approaches, principles, content of structural components, forms, methods, tools, stages, functions, pedagogical conditions, criteria, indicators, levels, and results. The system developed by the authors is dynamic and can be implemented during the adaptation, training, professional and analytical and correctional stages.
Keywords: physical culture teacher, image making, image of a physical culture teacher, professional education, physical culture teachers' training.