Preparedness of a Specialist for professional reflection in activity as a parameter of his / her competitiveness

The article draws special attention to some aspects of the phenomenology of professional reflection in compliance with the personality-centred professional target of the teacher in modern society. It is noted that professional reflection, as a psychological and pedagogical phenomenon, is in the focus of scientists' explorative search, which caused the appearance of diverse interpretations and approaches to its definition and study. The expediency of comprehending a student's capability for professional reflection as a system-forming factor of competitiveness within the personality-centred professional dimension has been substantiated. Some common and distinct semantic features of the concepts “competitiveness” and “competitiveness” have been emphasized. Some markers, in the aspect of which, in the researcher's opinion, it is expedient to comprehend the influence of professional reflection on the competitiveness of the teacher representing a new generation (intersection with the phenomenon “pedagogical abilities”; functional purpose in the construct “pedagogical professionalism”; a natural property for double “mutual mirror reflection”) have been substantiated. The exclusive role of the educational process in the modern higher school dealing with the formation of reflection as a student's personality-centred professional quality has been highlighted. The relevance of the implementation of innovative foreign practices into the native educational sphere has been noted; in particular, according to the parameters allowing the creation of the innovation and educational environment, the online platform for education and career development of higher education applicants, organizational-methodical prerequisites aimed at stimulating self-development of students' professional reflection.