Research paper writings is part of MSC/PHD training, is it worthwhile?
Definitely helpful. They will learn how to present their findings in a better way, gain confidence by facing questions and come across the ways how others are delivering their presentations. They will also get opportunity to meet with highly reputed participants from whom they can expect help in future.
1. Bolsters their confidence in facing the crowd (This would be very helpful in their future career when they would constantly present their research at conferences, workshops, seminars etc.)
2. Equip them with oral and public speaking skills and abilities (How to effectively speak to the public, interact better, listen and respond to their questions, maintain friendly associations etc.)
3. Presentations during Msc/PhD groom learners to also perform better at their final viva voce sessions.
The contributions are cogent and I still look forward to more. Thank you all, great academics!
Students may learn from each other's research efforts as well as gain a better understanding of current research in the discipline.
I am a little surprised at the question.... I had to do term papers, presentation etc from my Bachelors Degree, Master's Degree and Doctoral Program.... so perhaps I am from a different generation but I found at each level I learned very important pieces of the puzzle which now support me in writing books, Book Chapters, Peer Review Articles & Presenting all over the world..... an old adage is that the best way to truly learn something is to actually do it...whether critiquing a Review Article, Oral Presentation, Writing an Article etc.... I was on Faculty at Boston University and all my students, Bachelor, Masters or Ph.D level were required to write a thesis at least and do many oral presentations - only way to truly learn as those above have nicely ennumerated....
Dear Patricia, these days are in a hurry to graduate and when you are subjecting them to nity gritty of report writing and presentation they feel you are over tasking them. They prefer to offer money to fraudulent academics and let them graduate anyhow! These hings abound in the profession these days due to high unemployment in the land.
Hi,
The need to write a science paper while writing a dissertation is in that it introduces the student to the format of a science publication. It can help him organize his thesis more efficiently, and introduce him to the structure of a scientific paper. There are students who publish research papers after the completion of their thesis, and this interim requirement is a useful introduction to writing a research piece and sending it to a science journal.
I think its a good practice, which introduces you to the world of research writing or presenting any research, it brings confidence so its a kind of warm up session before entering the world of research
Dear Sebastain,
Do not think of over tasking. Real life problems would be million tons more!
Money can buy degrees but not knowledge which is equally important as the degrees.
Ok, Subir, you said the other side of the coin. To everything there must be two sides!
This highlights the ability and potential of the student and develops the scientific level and the way of performance
So, that builds the strength of personal scientific and prepares students to lecture before students because it makes him a future teacher.
I agree with what has been said about the value of graduate students giving presentations about their research. I would like to add one more consideration. In Gifted education programs, unfortunately not often used in higher education, once students finish a project, they are asked to present it to an audience outside their classroom. It's relatively easy to present to a group of fellow students who are at the same level of understanding of research processes, even if the students think it is too much work.
It's much more difficult to present research findings to other groups. Yet, that is what many graduate students end up doing in the work environment. I believe it is good practice to have them do that. In nursing, we did both. We asked students who collected data on patients to present their results to the staff on the units of hospitals where they collected the data or at a general nursing meeting in the hospital.
How and when they do these presentations could be adjusted to what work environment they will participate in when they graduate.
Speaking in front of unknown gathering helps to gain confidence. I have, however, noticed that many students can nicely give presentations in local languages but not so when they are asked to deliver in English.
I agree with you Subir on this and this is what I will propose to Nigerian educational authorities that they try to practice this, that allowing students to also make presentations in local languages.
When the target groups are young school children from remote areas we select only those people who can communicate well in local languages because they can neither speak nor understand English.
- Badges
- Science topic
- Similar topics
- Linguistics
- Composition Studies
- Publication