THE ESSENCE AND SPECIFIC FEATURES OF THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING REFLECTIVE COMPETENCE THROUGH DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES
Keywords:
reflective competence, reflective practice, digital technologies, teacher education, video analysis, e-portfolio, self – assessment, digital competence..Abstract
This article examines the essence and specific features of the process of developing reflective competence by means of digital technologies. Drawing on classical theories of reflection and on empirical studies of video analysis, blogs, electronic portfolios, and online discussion, the article conceptualizes reflective competence as a multicomponent professional capability and describes its technology-mediated development as a purposeful, scaffolded, and socially supported cycle of capturing, interpreting, discussing, and re-planning practice. Six distinctive features of this process are identified, a six-stage pedagogical model is proposed, and the main conditions and risks of implementation are discussed. The study is a theoretical, literature-based analysis; the proposed model requires empirical validation.
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