how to be a producitve doctoral student

如何成為一名高產(chǎn)的博士生（摘抄二）

1. One problem for many students in a doctoral program is not approaching their time as a PhD student correctly.

博士階段中學(xué)生最大的一個(gè)問(wèn)題可能是他們并沒(méi)有像一名博士生那樣把握時(shí)間

2. The underlying goal of any PhD pro gram is to help the student become a serious scholar in her area of inquiry. The way a student establishes herself is by writing a dissertation that makes a substantive contribution to the academic literature.

博士項(xiàng)目的重要目標(biāo)是幫助學(xué)生成為領(lǐng)域內(nèi)真正的學(xué)者。學(xué)生支楞起來(lái)的方式是撰寫一篇對(duì)于學(xué)術(shù)文獻(xiàn)具有重要貢獻(xiàn)的畢業(yè)論文。

3. When a student enters a doctoral program, she should keep the ultimate goal of producing research in mind from day one. She should work to develop skills, to acquire a knowledge of the literature, and to come up with ideas that can lead to a successful research program.

打進(jìn)入博士項(xiàng)目的第一天起，博士生就應(yīng)該牢記自己的目標(biāo)是做研究。他or她應(yīng)該培養(yǎng)技能，獲取知識(shí)以及思考研究問(wèn)題以便成功完成研究項(xiàng)目。

The “Don'ts" ofBeing a PhD Student

博士研究生的十不要

1) Don't be too concerned with your grades. When you apply for a job, nobody will ever ask for them.

不要太關(guān)心你的分?jǐn)?shù)，當(dāng)你找工作的時(shí)候，沒(méi)有人會(huì)關(guān)心這些。

2)Don't be competitive with your fellow students. Your ultimate placement depends on the quality of your work on a national scale, not on your ranking relative to other students in your?program. If you work well with your fellow students, be your future colleagues, coauthors, and lifelong friends.

不要和你的同學(xué)競(jìng)爭(zhēng)，你最終的歸宿取決于你在全國(guó)范圍內(nèi)的工作質(zhì)量，而不是你在同學(xué)中的排名。如果你能和同學(xué)合作好，你們可以成為未來(lái)的同事，合作者以及一生的朋友。

3)Don't be too intimidated to ask questions of faculty. We are being paid to answer your questions, so ask them!

不要太害怕向老師提問(wèn)。我們都能從提問(wèn)中受益，所以勇敢提問(wèn)吧!

4)Don't go into hiding. Always keep a high profile in your department, even if things aren't going particularly well.

不要做隱形人。在系里保持高可見(jiàn)度，甚至進(jìn)展并不順利時(shí)也要這樣做。

5)Don't restrict yourself to one area, or to the specialties of your adviser. Most faculty have knowledge and expertise broad enough to supervise the work you want to write, not just what they want to write.

不要將自己限制在某一領(lǐng)域，或者僅僅關(guān)注你導(dǎo)師的專長(zhǎng)。大多數(shù)老師都具有足夠的知識(shí)和技能指導(dǎo)做你想做的，不要只局限于他們想做的。

6)Don't ever think that the first draft of a paper will be good enough. It won't. Most faculty papers go through multiple revisions before they are ready to be submitted to a journal, yours will probably go through five to ten major revisions befores you are ready to send it out on the job market.

不要以為完成第一稿就足夠了。肯定不是這樣的。大多數(shù)老師在文章準(zhǔn)備好投稿前都會(huì)經(jīng)過(guò)多次修改。當(dāng)你準(zhǔn)備好將你的文章投入到工作市場(chǎng)時(shí)，你的文章可能會(huì)經(jīng)過(guò)五到十輪大修。

7)Don't think of research as a game. You are trying to teach the profession something meaningful, not just complete the Phd program. The same goes for the publication process: the best papers are written to pass along to others something important, not just to get published.

不要將研究視為一個(gè)游戲。你可以努力從專業(yè)中回去更多的意義感，而不是僅僅完成博士項(xiàng)目。發(fā)表也一樣，最好的文章往往是向其他人傳遞一些重要的東西，而不是僅僅被發(fā)表。

8)Don't write papers that are interesting only to academics. If you're in an economics program, try to explain the actual economy. It's more fun and interesting that way.

不要只寫只有學(xué)術(shù)界關(guān)心的文章。如果你是攻讀經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)博士，嘗試去解釋真實(shí)經(jīng)濟(jì)。這樣會(huì)更加有趣。

9)Don't write papers for the purpose of illustrating a technique. Find an interesting question and use the techniques appropriate for the question.

不要為了論證一種技術(shù)而寫一篇文章。找到一個(gè)有趣的研究問(wèn)題，然后使用適合這個(gè)問(wèn)題的技術(shù)。

10)Don't write papers that are relevant today but are unlikely to be of interest in the future.

不要只寫那些今天看來(lái)有用，但是長(zhǎng)期看來(lái)卻沒(méi)有人會(huì)關(guān)心的話題。

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