There are often blog posts on Science Online that involve "postgraduate training topics".For example, some professors often regret the daily academic underperformance of some doctoral students they are studying, which is mainly due to the serious lack of academic research "fans" in the doctoral study.They believe that the reasons for the problem may be more complex, perhaps without careful evaluation of the academic ability (or academic potential) of candidates, but now it is easy to send guests, often worried that such students will not graduate on time.Some doctoral students seem to lack basic health psychology, and a little criticism from mentors can sometimes lead to depression, which makes professors worry about both students' studies and students' mental and physical health.As a group of knowledgeable adults, the main responsibility for mental and physical health should not be schools and mentors, but we have the public, especially parents, who indiscriminately blame schools and professors for such problems.
I feel the same way about my on-the-job PhD students.In spite of this, as a doctoral student, his academic achievements rely mainly on his own independent scientific research ability and hard work attitude, the tutor mainly provides students with the necessary academic research conditions.However, that's not the case, and for those who are seriously lacking the "academic van" of PhD students or are unfit to pursue PhDs, mentors can't help even if they move out.Moreover, not to mention such high-level students as doctoral students, even ordinary college students should emphasize the self-cultivation of self-directed learning ability.Our old people used to say to the children, "I don't work hard, even if the teacher sits in your stomach, it doesn't work."Needless to say, some people are not suitable for doctoral studies, some are temporary or other non-academic factors to choose to read a bachelor's degree, such a reading process will cause both teachers and students to complain to each other.
Professor Liu Quanhui's blog post "The great thing about universities is that there are always people who answer questions for you, and the Science Network on January 6, 2024" mentions the topic of answering questions in college students' studies.Dare to question the basic "academic paradigm" that is good at questioning doctoral students.A few years ago, I saw an article in the China Science Journal entitled "No matter the instructor, bring out a group of students", which deeply explained that both teachers and students must have a basic "academic model" to produce high-quality "talent products".This requires our professors to first examine whether the candidate has an "academic profile" when selecting a graduate candidate.We generally select several types of doctoral candidates: undergraduates directly (directly), master's graduates read widely, in the master's degree in advance, the same academic ability to pursue doctoral degrees.I think their "academic style" is slightly different.
How to determine whether a candidate is fit for a PhD is a matter of opinion.There is also a different understanding of the "academic paradigm" of a doctoral student, which in the final analysis depends mainly on the knowledge of the teacher.In my impression, in addition to the undergraduate academic performance of the undergraduate students, more importantly, professional course learning motivation and initiative, because this is the main research direction of their doctoral students (except for transfer majors).Recently, I learned from Sun Yat-sen University's School of Geoscience and Engineering that a student who performed well in their 2014 "Geophysics" course in geology and engineering is currently pursuing a doctorate in the United States.In my article, "Exercising residual heat at Zhongshan University, Science Network, November 21, 2016", I mentioned the student, saying: "With my encouragement, one of my classmates actually inquired from Science magazine about a paper published a week ago."This shows that the academic "potential" of students can be found through undergraduate teaching.
The selection of candidates for a master's degree should be more targeted.Master tutors should provide students with objective and impartial academic performance during their Master's degree.This kind of doctoral students should enter a higher level of academic research because they have experienced the initial training of scientific research at the master's level, such as actively discussing the doctoral thesis with the tutor, rather than simply listening to the tutor.Master's degree in advance is similar to master's degree application.Studying for a PhD with an equivalent degree is more complicated because it involves previous candidates' basic academic studies and job performance.It is reasonable to say that candidates with equal academic ability have relatively rich "experience" in life, and the initiative and purpose of reading the liberal arts are relatively clear.
The "Academic Fan" of doctoral students has both conventional and popular aspects of academic performance, such as being able to sit on the bench.When students communicate with me, it is easy to judge whether students are calm, exaggerate, talkative, meticulous, respectful, and so on.In fact, as a mentor, I can understand the "academic paradigm" of students through many specific behaviors, such as I often ask students to follow the peer scientific and technical literature, and find good scientific clues from the literature.Remember when I asked a student what good literature I found recently?The students immediately sent me a bibliography of the last week's literature survey, and I appreciated the students' academic performance when I found out that the latest results from international peers were covered.When I asked him if he knew about the internationally representative field of doctoral studies, he immediately took the computer to show me the email he had contacted me during his master's degree.These are the "academic paradigms" that doctoral students or candidates should have.