Flickering meanings of critical reflection in educational discourses

Abstract

The subject of the analyzes undertaken in this paper is the issue of the language of pedagogy. The example of the key categories of contemporary humanities – reflection, critical reflection, reflectivity and reflexivity – illustrates the importance of the problem of using concepts developed in philosophy, sociology and psy-chology in pedagogical research.

The scope of the analyzes presented here is determined by the following issues: 1) What are the meanings of critical reflection and related categories (reflection, reflexivity and reflexivity) in contemporary philosoph-ical, sociological and psychological concepts?, 2) What are the nature of the relationships between these categories?, 3) What are the contents, functions and places of reflection, critical reflection, reflexivity and reflexivity in contemporary pedagogical discourses?

Critical reflection is presented in the article in two “scenes”. The first is formed by the results of the analysis of relations with related categories. The second part of the text is an attempt to show critical reflection in the perspective of the content, functions and places in which it appears in contemporary pedagogical dis-courses.