For students majoring in social work, the external examination of dissertations is a key link. Because the strict network "double-blind evaluation" is basically implemented now, human factors can almost be ruled out. In the process of external audit, the "first impression" of the evaluation experts on the dissertations is very important, so what should be paid attention to in the external audit of social work professional dissertations in 2020?

The first is whether there is a formal "hard injury"

For example, mistakes, omissions, typos everywhere, obvious typos, irregular and inconsistent formats, incorrect use of a large number of punctuation marks, failure to mark when quoting other people's opinions, failure to indicate the source or source when quoting third-party data, etc., will greatly affect the impression of the evaluation experts, because this reflects the attitude of the editors. It is normal that the writing level is different and the paper quality is different, but in any case, the writing attitude should be the same, that is, serious, meticulous and responsible. Especially as a dissertation, for students, it is related to whether they can graduate and should be taken seriously. If there are too many "hard wounds" in the form of the paper, it will inevitably leave a very bad impression on the judging experts, and the starting score will definitely be very low, or even fail. Therefore, before submitting a paper, the writer must carefully examine his paper, correct these formal "injuries" in time, and try to avoid the risk that the paper will get too low or even fail because of too many formal "injuries". This, the author can do, there is no room for bargaining.

The second is the topic selection.

The topic should be clear and obvious, directly or obviously belonging to the research scope of social work. As an independent profession, social workers have their own boundaries. Social workers are not "storage baskets".

What's more, this is not a "panacea". Everything can pass, and everything can be erased. For those topics that may not belong to the scope of social work research at first glance or have no direct relationship with social workers, the review experts will focus on their text content. If the written content cannot effectively prove or show that one's research belongs to the research scope of social work or has a direct relationship with social workers, it can only reflect a certain correlation or indirect relationship with social workers, which is easily questioned or even denied by evaluation experts. Practically speaking, there are two kinds of topics that can be recognized by the judging experts: one is the traditional mainstream social work topics, such as social work services for the elderly, children and the disabled, and the other is the exploration and innovation of social work topics, such as how social workers participate in urban community governance and community governance innovation, and how to participate in rural governance and rural revitalization. But in any case, if you don't see the words "social work" or "professional social work" from beginning to end, it is difficult to be allowed in the eyes of most evaluation experts, because from the perspective of professional attribution, it is impossible to confirm whether such a dissertation can be regarded as a social work thesis.

The third is the framework.

Besides introduction and conclusion, the main contents of the paper should also include four basic parts: a basic introduction to the current situation of the research object, a specific description of the social worker's intervention process, a summary of the existing or possible problems in the social worker's intervention process from the perspective of social workers, cause analysis, professional reflection or suggestions, all of which are indispensable. In addition to these four basic parts, whether to add other contents can be grasped according to the needs, depending on the situation. Therefore, a complete master's degree thesis of social workers should at least consist of introduction, the above four main parts, conclusion (or conclusion, or conclusion), main references and appendix, otherwise the structure is incomplete, and the judging experts may judge that the author is not careful in thought and logic. Here are three special reminders: first, generally speaking, the problem summary should correspond to the professional reflection or suggestion, and the order should be consistent; Second, professional reflection or suggestions should be closely related to social workers themselves. As for what the government should do, what the community should do, what the media should do, what the public should do and so on. Don't write if it's not really necessary, because it's not a social worker's business and social workers can't control it; Thirdly, the reflection or suggestion should be targeted, summarized, refined and sublimated, which can be divided into two levels: first, it is realistic and operable, and at the same time, it should be considered from the perspective of promoting and promoting the overall development of social work specialty itself, so that the pattern and intention of the paper can be high and more affirmed by the judging experts.

The fourth is literature review.

Literature review reflects the author's understanding and mastery of the existing research results in the same field or direction as his own topic, and presents the author's theoretical vision and academic basic skills. Therefore, the author must attach great importance to literature review, and many evaluation experts also attach great importance to it. Generally speaking, literature review should be sufficient, that is, authoritative or iconic or important research achievements in the same field and direction, including the latest achievements; The second is classification, which is to sort out these existing achievements systematically and classify them according to the different research perspectives contained in them, so as to achieve a clear, comprehensive, three-dimensional, extensive and in-depth analysis. On this basis, the author can further analyze and put forward his own views.

Fifth, the main references.

Writers often ignore this problem and think it is just a "trivial matter", but they don't know that some review experts are very concerned about it, and think that the writing of major references can also reflect the rigor of research from one side. First of all, as a master's degree thesis of social work with a length of not less than 25,000 words according to the current regulations, there must be at least 50 major references. Below this figure, in the opinion of many peer reviewers, it shows that the author has not read enough and has not mastered the existing research results in the same field and direction as the topic, which will make it difficult for the author to fully summarize the literature and lead to the lack of foundation for his research from the beginning. Secondly, the main references should include the latest research results in the same field and direction as the selected topic. If all the references are more than ten years ago or even decades ago, unless they are recognized classics or authoritative works, the review experts will think that they lack the necessary understanding of the development trend and frontier progress in this field or direction. Thirdly, all kinds of documents should not be mixed, but should be listed in categories, which is the basic specification requirement. Finally, the journal papers in the references must come from regular journals, preferably CSSCI (including expansion) or professional authoritative journals recognized in the field of social work, and try to avoid the appearance of "pheasant magazines". It should be pointed out that some evaluation experts emphasize this point; It is best for the monograph to come from a publishing house with high level or good reputation. For social work published by other publishing houses far away from social work, such as electronics, machinery, literature and art, sports, etc. We must be careful when adopting them; As for the network reference, the link address provided must be accurate and can be opened effectively.

The above is the relevant introduction of the matters needing attention in the external examination of the master's degree thesis of social work in 2020. As a matter of fact, different people often have different views on the same issue. As long as it is reasonable and well-founded, as long as it doesn't touch the "red line" and break through the "bottom line", the review experts generally don't expect too much from the specific views or viewpoints of the paper itself. However, as a master's degree thesis, it is necessary to have quality, appearance, requirements and attention in order to pass the external examination more smoothly.