Important Lessons from Twenty-four Years of Postgraduate Development
Since I started guiding master's students in 2001 and doctoral students in 2012, I have completed the training of more than 50 Bosch graduate students.
First, in the two-way choice between teachers and students, let prospective master students or doctoral students understand the rules and regulations, management regulations, and culture of the group.
1) What is the best teacher?What is the best graduate student?There is no standard answer!In modern society, a spirit of contract and agreement is needed, and both teachers and students are prepared, agreed, or basically agreed to avoid accusing each other of cheating when things happen later on.It's a well-known truth for all ages to speak honestly, speak truthfully, and settle accounts with one's own brother, but sometimes it's not easy to really do it.
(2) The rules and regulations of the task force, preferably on paper, rather than word of mouth, vary from person to person.The rules and regulations of the research group should be binding and motivating for the tutor and graduate students, not the overbearing clause, only the graduate students and not the guidance teachers.
(3) When formulating the rules and regulations of the task force, it is necessary to take into account the reality, acknowledge the differences between personalities, and leave room for individual development of students and teachers.Rules and regulations are required to be observed or enforced by everyone, and when they are impractical and demanding too much, they are nothing.
4）4组Teachers should build their own academic resumes and provide convenient ways and platforms for teacher-student exchanges and peer-to-peer exchanges, so that prospective graduate students, graduate students and graduate alumni can understand the academic achievements and work progress.The transparency of many things is protective and binding for both teachers and students.
Second, young people are active and self-conscious.Under the premise that young people abide by the laws, regulations and regulations, instructors should not interfere too much with young people's activities, and at the most, make appropriate suggestions and suggestions.When young people are biased in compliance with the law, they are not short-sighted, and adults need to take responsibility for their actions.When young people have deviations in the implementation of the rules and regulations of the task force, teachers need to point out in a timely manner that the facts are reasonable, fair and strict, and should not be beaten to death.
(1) Teachers don't have to be angry with students for everything, they don't like students, they don't like students, they don't like students, they don't like students, they don't have to think calmly.Even teachers are not saints, they can be wrong.Think about it a little further, when we were young teachers, when you were undergraduates, master's students, and doctoral students, you didn't make mistakes, you were always right?How does your teacher treat you?Don't copy the tragedy!Do not be so kind as to be generous to others!People need love and education needs temperature.
(2) Teachers are older than graduate students and have more social experience, it is best to set a good example for graduate students in words and deeds, try not to miss people's children, so that students really recognize you in their hearts, or not after graduation."Four good teachers" should be the direction of each of our teachers in his career, even if the teaching career is not so brilliant and bright, at least to be a "real human", not a "hypocrite".
(3) Students have different origins and personalities, different academic pursuits, different academic achievements, different academic contributions, different foundations and abilities, different ways of thinking, different ways of doing things, and so on.Teachers need to acknowledge the reality, accept the reality, try to pay attention to each student, do not give up on each student, look at the progress of students after entering the school, can not let students feel that teachers are too "snobbery".Education is the cause of accumulating virtue and doing good deeds, teachers should not be too "angry" to students, and the fire will hurt both teachers and students.
(4) The research team needs to have a good academic atmosphere and a harmonious relationship between teachers and students, so as to avoid everyone's self-dangerousness and only think about people and not think about business.Adult's three views may be difficult to change, may be adjusted in local time or place, but "individuation", "academic democracy" and "academic freedom" are not absolute, and need to advocate national sentiment, public spirit, collective concept and sense of helping others.Sophisticated egoists are the sorrows of education!
Third, for graduate instructors (especially young instructors), how to guide graduate students is also a learning, everything is difficult to start with, do not rely on "your own experience" to act, "follow the feeling" is harmful to students.It is recommended to learn more about the successful mentors around you, analyze the "less successful" mentors around you, humbly learn from the network about other people's success experiences, and pay attention to the reasons for others' "rollovers".There is no end to learning, no end to art, do not be arrogant, sit on the well and look at the sky.
(1) On www.sciencenet.cn , you can find many wonderful blogs on graduate training, teacher-student relationship processing, scientific research methods, Wang Dehua of Shandong University, Ma Zhen of Fudan University, Wen Shuangchun of Hunan University, etc.Look, are you serious?Tension at work, no time, is not a hard reason, time is "squeezed out".
(2) Long-term attention to "Beijing University of Technology graduate education" WeChat public account, every year launched a large number of "universal style" articles, which help us understand how excellent doctoral students are cultivated, how to grow up.In addition, the WeChat public accounts of postgraduate education of famous universities such as Tsinghua University, Peking University and Peking University of Technology have a large number of articles on postgraduate training and postgraduate tutor experience.
(3) You should pay close attention to the selection of outstanding graduate degree papers (including excellent and excellent) in your field of study, find a template for reference and study, see your own gap and direction, and stimulate the driving force.
(4) Many famous scientific researchers or teaching experts have published a number of books on graduate training, which we can humbly study, such as "The Way of Scientific Research - A Guide to Teachers" by Academician Zhou Liwei of Peking University of Technology.In addition, some related papers in professional journals such as Degree and Graduate Education, after reading, are inspired or resonate.Find the right way and way, find the right strength point, clever force, work with less effort.
There are three lessons that are not necessarily correct (the benevolent and the wise, for reference only):
1. Understand the actual situation and life difficulties of students, can not talk about feelings, need to find ways to improve the living allowance and living treatment of graduate students, so that it is possible to boost students' scientific research enthusiasm.
(1) Due to the nature of the topic and scientific research funds, our research team has long been relatively lacking in this regard.But teachers need to explain to students that we are really underfunded, not without money or money, and that all graduate students have the right to know how our funds are used and to be transparent so that they can understand.
(2) Regular monthly basic allowances are paid to each graduate student, regardless of 369, etc., without discrimination, respect for the student's personality, and resolutely do not engage in so-called "fine" for various purposes.The current quota is not high and cannot completely solve the problem of students' eating.
(iii) Pay performance grants from time to time, according to students' academic achievements, academic contributions to the research team, the nature of participation in the project, teachers and students agreed in advance.
Continuous attention needs to be paid to the physical and mental health of students, especially mental health issues.