FORMATION OF SELF-REFLECTION AMONG STUDENTS OF SPO AS A CONDITION OF PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT OF STUDENTS

Abstract

The study touches upon the issue of forming in students reflexive skills as an integral part of universal educational regulatory actions, such as self-control, self-assessment and reflection. An important skill at this age is to give an objective assessment of the situation and offer options for improving the situation in this area of research. Self-reflection in the learning process contributes to a more effective development of cognitive activity, thereby leading to an increase in the level of the educational process of the student. The formation of self-reflection among students reveals the problem of the peculiarities of its formation at different age stages, in particular, among students in educational institutions of secondary vocational education. Reflection is a complex concept, it is the subject of research in such sciences as philosophy, psychology and pedagogy. Historical (retrospective) analysis of scientific theories has shown that reflection in different historical epochs was considered as: the ability to self-knowledge, the justification of human cognitive abilities, the spiritual activity of the subject through the improvement of personality. Reflection refers to a person’s reflection aimed at self-analysis of past events, their own actions. In this case, self-analysis depends on the person’s education and level of self-control. The purpose of the study is to identify the reasons for the development of self-reflection among students in educational institutions of secondary vocational education in the aspect of the development of their personal abilities. Research objectives include to reveal the essence of the concepts of “reflection”, “self-reflection”; to identify the features of the formation of self-reflexive skills in students, to substantiate the reasons affecting the development of self-reflection.