Journal of Intellectual Disability - Diagnosis and Treatment, 2020, 8, 181-187 181 E-ISSN: 2292-2598/20 Self-Reflection as a Tool for the Formation of Information Culture Foundations of Preschool Children Gulbanu T. Abitova 1,* , Mariyam K. Bapayeva 2 , Laura K. Ermekbaeva 2 and Zeynekul D. Utepbergenova 2 1 Almaty Branch of St. Petersburg Humanitarian University of Trade Unions, Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan 2 Kazakh National Women’s Pedagogical University, Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan Abstract: Objective: The study aims to clarify the essential and urgent socio-pedagogical problem of preparing the young generation for life in the actively developing information society. Background: At preschool age, the elements of information reflection are expressed in the ability to flexibly respond to information changes and the ability to reason and comprehend the conditions and results of cognitive activity. The most important requirement in the formation of self-reflection of a preschooler is a critical attitude to information which begins with obtaining the information and ends with the adoption of a conscious decision, the formation of one's own attitude. Method: The primary method of research in the article is the study of literature on the research problem, and a method of analysis, which allowed to assert that self-reflection is an important element of information culture of a preschooler. Results: The authors singled out and described, • pedagogical conditions of formation of foundations of information culture of children of senior preschool age directed at the creation of the developing information and cultural environment as communicative and creative space in preschool educational establishment; • substantiation of cognitive interest as a fundamental component of stimulating creative and search initiatives of a child; • orientation to the personally significant attitude of a preschooler to the process of formation of the information culture foundations. Conclusion: The research conducted by the authors allowed to assert that self-reflection is an essential element of the information culture of a preschooler. Keywords: Cultural environment, reflexivity, preschoolers, socio-psychological climate, communication activity, self-image. INTRODUCTION Modern society is impossible to imagine without information technology and information in general, so over time, the definition of “information culture” has become part of human culture. The concept, as mentioned above, is rather multifaceted. We take as a basis one of the definitions of E.L. Semeniuk that, in our opinion, reflects the most characteristic activities when working with information: "Information culture is the degree of perfection of a person, society or a certain part of it in all possible types of work with information: its obtaining, accumulation, coding and processing of any kind, in the creation on this basis of qualitatively new information, its transfer and practical use”. *Address correspondence to this author at the Almaty Branch of St. Petersburg Humanitarian University of Trade Unions, Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan; Tel: +77272331852, +77284354895; E-mail: t.volynets07@gmail.com In the era of the modern information society, the formation of the information culture of the individual acquires a special theoretical and practical importance. In this regard, the existing education system requires certain changes related to the awareness of the need to move on to continuous information education, from preschool age, the first school years and to completion of education, which leads to the emergence of new conceptual approaches to the development and use of technology of the development and education of children of senior preschool age [1-3]. An essential element in the construct of “information culture” of the preschooler is self-reflection, i.e. self- observation, analysis of one's own thoughts and apprehensions. According to E.V. Ilienkov, The inclination to self-reflection means “ability to become outside oneself”, i.e. to go beyond oneself [4]. Through self-reflection, a person discovers his spiritual essence. However, not in vain E. Fromm, when investigating human nature, pays attention to the person’s ability to be aware of himself: in fact, this ability is a distinctive feature of the subject [5]. When losing the inclination to