Abstract
The purpose of the article is to study the state of the problem of the development of image-related competencies of future physical education teachers in psychological and pedagogical literature. The article analyses the development of the problem of image-related competencies of future physical education teachers by examining philosophical, psychological, and pedagogical literature, the regulatory documents, and analytical materials of the Ministry of Education and Science of Kazakhstan, and using the synthesis and interpretation of scientific data, and experimental research with 139 participants. The results of the ascertaining experiment showed that future physical education teachers are constantly in need of the social approval of their actions. The image of a physical education teacher is also understood as a purposefully developed image, which is stereotypical and has an emotional and psychological impact on students, colleagues, and the social environment. Keywords: Diagnostics; development; Empathy; Image-related competencies; physical education; teachers.