Measuring the Unmeasurable? Differences in Reflexive Thinking among Polish Students

• Authors: Anna Perkowska-Klejman , Anna Odrowaz-Coates

Abstracts

EN

The paper contains advanced statistical analysis, original methods and a significant contribution to the claim that measurement of reflexivity is possible. It is based on original empirical research using a sample of 334 students from different faculties and educational levels. It utilises a qualitative questionnaire containing a 4-level reflexivity scale, designed by Kember et al. (2000), translated into the Polish language and context. The aim of the study was to identify whether students’ reflexivity levels can be associated with the level of their study, taking into account possible masking effects of their age. Differences were tested for faculty and system of training (full time or part-time). Analysis confirms the strongest relation between reflexive thinking, system of tuition and level of studies. There was no connection found between reflexive thinking and the faculty of study or the respondents’ gender.

Keywords

EN

reflexivity; higher education; habitual action

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: The New Educational Review
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 55
• Pages: 77-88

Dates

published

2019

Contributors

author

Anna Perkowska-Klejman

• The Maria Grzegorzewska University in Warsaw

author

Anna Odrowaz-Coates

• The Maria Grzegorzewska University in Warsaw

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/tner.2019.55.1.06

Biblioteka Nauki

1967804