ANALYSIS OF MODERN REFLECTION RESERCH

Abstract

The article is devoted to the analysis of topics and areas of contemporary reflection research in foreign and domestic psychology. It is shown that the origins of modern psychological notions of reflexion were formed in the tradition of philosophical thought from ancient times. The complexity of modern conditions of growth actualizes the study of reflection and determines the diversity of subjects. The analysis of foreign scientific publications shows that works on the themes of reflection are mainly applied. The scientists pay considerable attention to the study of reflexive learning mechanisms, substantiate reflexive methods and techniques in the process of theoretical and practical training of specialists, especially physicians and educators. Also described is the use of reflexive techniques for improving professional activities and personal growth of professionals. The research of reflection and the search for its resources in a new field, such as an analysis of the risks of using innovative technologies, should be noted separately. In the domestic psychology, there are solid theoretical and methodological studies of reflection as a mechanism of spiritual and moral formation of personality, as a factor of age development and various socio-psychological processes, as the key quality of professionals in various fields. It was stated that the latest studies of reflection are not structured into separate holistic schools. Prospects for further research are related to the analysis of socio-cultural and personal reflection as a resource for awareness and overcoming natural and social crises.