As the saying goes, reading thousands of books is better than reading Wan Li Road, and reading Wan Li Road is better than reading Wan Li Road. Choosing a tutor is a university question-choosing a teacher should not be hasty. Choosing a suitable tutor can make your graduate life full of efficiency. Its importance is no less than the review of graduate students. But most tutors are unknown and unfamiliar before you apply for the exam. How can I choose a suitable tutor? How can we achieve information symmetry so that our own interests will not be harmed? This requires us to do our homework in advance and collect as much information as possible about the tutor you want to apply for. The source of information is your future brothers and sisters or our students. The more information you have, the less unnecessary trouble you will have in future graduate studies. In fact, this group of tutors is very complicated. Let's let Ma Hongli, the senior guidance department of the cross-examination exam, explain the group of tutors in detail. It will be much easier for you to choose the right tutor after you understand these.
According to the impression of ordinary people, tutors are divided into three categories: academic, practical and comprehensive tutors. The former is a more traditional university professor, while the practical tutor is more in science and engineering colleges. These tutors are generally engaged in the development of practical scientific research projects or market projects, and guide students to publish papers and apply for patents through research and development.
In fact, if subdivided, academic tutors can be divided into administrative and purely academic types according to their identity, research direction and practical work direction. Teacher Ma, the tutor of the internship school, thinks that it is more appropriate to divide according to the identity of the tutor itself, that is, whether the tutor is a professor at a university or a senior engineer at a research institute.
Academic tutor
One-shouldered tutor of length administration academic.
Such a tutor, as the name implies, is in school or studying all administrative positions, but in addition to these positions, he often holds academic positions in related majors. Such tutors are well-known in professional fields, many of them have overseas study experience, and their academic ability and level have also been unanimously recognized. For example, the dean and director of the college are often graduate tutors, and students often choose these tutors when they take the postgraduate entrance examination.
However, we can't just look at the reputation of graduate school tutors. We are more concerned about whether such tutors personally guide graduate students or how to guide graduate students. This kind of tutor seldom guides graduate students personally because of his many jobs, many projects and short time. The general tutor will consult your personal interests and actual level according to your own direction, and then make a training plan. Usually, there will be senior doctors or masters to guide students' practical work, hold group meetings regularly, listen to students' reports at group meetings, and then make comments and further arrangements.
Although it seems that there are not many opportunities to get in touch with these tutors, from the tutor's point of view, the tutor is really busy and it is impossible to guide you in every detail. More can only guide you in the big direction, and most of the rest depends on your own efforts. As the saying goes, "the master leads the door and practices in the individual"; On the other hand, you can often improve yourself by learning from these brothers and sisters, because they all grew up at your present stage, know what to learn at this stage and how to improve themselves, and it is easier to ask them questions, so it is a good thing to ask them directly.
In addition, an important advantage of applying for this kind of tutor is that the administrative tutor is well-known in the industry because of his position, and he has contacts with many related units, and usually has cooperative relations or participates in the evaluation, which is also a hidden advantage for students to find a job. It is worth mentioning that if the tutor has experience in studying abroad, he will generally have a cooperative relationship with foreign universities or enterprises. If his foreign language level or academic ability meets the requirements, he will have more opportunities to apply for studying abroad.
2. Academic tutors
Such tutors are often "stars" in academic circles, often attending some international and domestic academic conferences and often publishing papers or articles in core journals. They are generally well-known experts in the industry. They have many projects in their hands, some of which are unknown. Their main work is teaching and projects. They belong to doers and have many projects in their hands. Generally speaking, such tutors are mainly interested in academics. They often take part-time jobs in some academic posts, such as part-time professors and members of academic research committees, and rarely hold administrative positions at the same time.
These tutors usually instruct students directly by themselves or master students through their doctoral students. If you and your tutor have different interests, your tutor will also modify your training plan according to your requirements, or introduce some assistant tutors to you personally. Generally speaking, with this kind of tutor, the academic level is guaranteed, and the projects are endless. As long as you have energy and ability, you can earn enough living expenses from the project, which is also attractive.
In addition, the cooperation between famous teachers and local or research institutions is generally stable. If you are assigned to work in a local or scientific research unit, you are likely to stay in your job if you perform well. Such tutors generally have experience in studying abroad, and the cooperative relationship with foreign countries is relatively stable, so it is more likely to recommend students to go abroad. However, it may be difficult for some tutors who are academically successful but lack practice to find a job. There are also tutors who are too professional in their research fields and have strict requirements on their majors and knowledge structure. Although their employment is narrow, their employment channels are usually relatively stable. So when you apply for the exam, you should consider these objective factors comprehensively according to your own situation.
3. Comprehensive tutor
The types of tutors basically belong to normal distribution, administrative tutors and academic tutors account for a small number, and most of them belong to comprehensive tutors. Some of these tutors are academic, some are commercial, some are administrative, and so on. However, because they are not as clearly defined as the first two tutors, and the number is relatively large, it is necessary to classify these comprehensive tutors, who account for more than half. American scholar Udall JW divided the project leaders into nine categories in Nature Review (Molecular Cell Biology). They are: talkers, slave owners, demigods, control freaks, Frankenstein, lazy, neurotic, small-town freaks and rising stars. A demigod is similar to an administrative tutor, and a science Wonk can be understood as an academic tutor, but it is not exactly the same. Here I will use the above nouns to classify and summarize the comprehensive tutors.
First: slave owners.
This kind of tutor usually has many projects and strict requirements. They attach great importance to students' studies and papers, on the one hand, for their own papers, on the other hand, for completing projects, and some projects are also profitable. There is an advantage of learning from this kind of tutor: "You will have endless experiments and projects, and endless literature". Through the devil training of the tutor, your professional foundation will be solid and your ability to read literature will be high, so you will have certain advantages in finding a job. The downside is: "you will be too busy to remember the name of your girlfriend (or boyfriend)." Therefore, if you "accidentally" meet this kind of tutor, you must pay attention to exercise, otherwise you will "collapse before you get started, and your mother's mouth is full of tears."
Second: small town grocer.
This kind of tutor is very interested in his own research field and has made achievements in his own field. Generally, you can apply for projects through your own major and basically "make a living" in the future. From this kind of tutor, he can learn a wealth of knowledge in his familiar field, but that's all. This kind of tutor's indifference to other fields, lack of ambition and pursuit will also make him gradually fall behind, the knowledge structure is aging, and the phenomenon of living on his laurels is more serious. Generally, when doing projects, he will cooperate with other colleagues and take charge of some projects. Therefore, if you accidentally choose such a tutor, you should keep a clear head, lay a good professional foundation, and at the same time focus on related disciplines and other disciplines, broaden your knowledge structure and broaden your suitable employment fields.