First, integrate theory with practice and pay attention to practical significance.
The topics of graduation thesis are very extensive, and all aspects and fields of social life, economic construction, scientific and cultural undertakings can be used as topics of the thesis. Marxist epistemology tells us that theory comes from practice and theory serves practice. Therefore, first of all, we should pay attention to integrating theory with practice when selecting scientific research topics.
First, pay attention to the practical value of the topic and choose a topic with practical significance.
The so-called practical value of the paper means that the topic should be closely related to social life and should be concerned by millions of people, especially the problems that need to be solved urgently in the cause of socialist modernization. This kind of problem reflects the focus and hotspot of social life in a certain historical period and stage, and is closely related to the interests of the broad masses of the people. It is very meaningful for us to study it with our theoretical knowledge, put forward our own opinions and explore ways to solve the problem. This will not only make the book knowledge I have learned practical application, but also improve my ability to analyze and solve problems.
There are three sources of topics with practical significance: one is the important theoretical and practical problems that need to be answered urgently in the cause of socialist modernization. Such as establishing a modern enterprise system, curbing inflation, building spiritual civilization, building democracy and legal system, and strengthening the building of a clean government. The second is the theoretical and practical problems encountered in the work practice of this region, this department and this industry. For example, comrades engaged in agricultural work will encounter problems such as the scale management of rural land, the construction of rural grassroots party organizations, the education of rural teenagers, the comprehensive management of rural social security, and the technological transformation of township enterprises. The third is the theoretical and practical problems raised by the author himself in his work practice. Such as ideological and political work of workers, leadership methods and art, professional ethics education and so on.
When choosing a topic with practical significance, we should pay attention to three aspects:
First, major issues related to the party and the country or to the national economy and people's livelihood. This kind of problem is related to the development direction and speed of the country, and it is a hot spot of public concern, so it has universal social significance. For example, before and after the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, practice was the only criterion to test the truth. The focus of the Party's work was shifted, the rural contract responsibility system was adopted, foreign experience and technology were absorbed, foreign capital was introduced, and criminal crimes were severely cracked down. In the current implementation of the spirit of the 14th National Congress and the Fourth Plenary Session of the 14th Central Committee, we should pay attention to the establishment and cultivation of the socialist market economic system, deepen the relationship between reform and opening up, reform, development and stability, strengthen legal construction, fight corruption, strengthen party building, and strengthen the study, research and publicity of Deng Xiaoping's construction of Socialism with Chinese characteristics Theory, and so on.
Second, issues of general concern to the masses. Although this kind of problem is not holistic, it is something that people are concerned about, or expect to solve, or have doubts that need to be discussed and answered theoretically. For example, some specific policies in economic system reform, such as wage reform, employment and social security system reform, free medical system reform, price adjustment, housing system reform, urban construction, social security, legal education and so on. There are also experience summaries, reform forecasts, research decisions and so on from all walks of life. In addition, some topics seem specific and trivial, but they are related to many families and can also be used as topics. For example, the vegetable basket problem of urban residents, the education problem of the only child, and the problem of managing the family diligently.
Third, although concrete, it has not attracted social attention, but it represents a certain tendency. A kind?
Second, we should pay attention to the theoretical value of the topic. We emphasize the practical value of the topic, which does not mean the pragmatism of quick success and instant benefit, nor do we advocate that the topic must have direct benefits. As a paper, both in form and content, it is different from work summary and investigation report. Generally speaking, it consists of three elements: argument, argument and argument. The article should be based on logical thinking, launch a rigorous reasoning process on the basis of facts, and draw a convincing conclusion. It focuses on discussing and studying the objective laws of the development of things, expounding its own knowledge and understanding of these laws, and enlightening people in understanding.
Therefore, when choosing a realistic topic, we should also consider whether it has theoretical and cognitive value, that is, whether it has universal significance, whether it can be analyzed and synthesized theoretically, from individual to general, from concrete to abstract. Some topics may not be directly related to reality, nor may they have direct practical uses, such as the study of historical issues, classics and diplomatic issues. However, from the perspective of development, these themes can express a certain trend, or have reference significance to reality, so they have theoretical value, and such topics can of course be chosen. What we want to oppose is meaningless things such as being divorced from reality, speaking like a book, tedious textual research, and pursuing fashion.
Second, be diligent in thinking and deliberately innovate.
The success, quality and value of graduation thesis largely depend on whether the article is innovative or not. The so-called novelty is to express your new ideas, new ideas and new ideas in the paper. With a novel point of view (that is, it can enlighten people in a certain aspect or point), the article has the value of soul and existence. For the novelty of the article, we can focus on the following aspects:
First, the viewpoints, topics, materials and argumentation methods are all new. This kind of paper is well written, with high value and great social influence, but it is difficult to write. To choose this kind of topic, the author must have in-depth research on some issues, a solid theoretical foundation and writing experience. For graduation thesis, limited by conditions, we should be very careful in choosing such topics.
Second, demonstrate old topics with new materials, so as to put forward new or local new ideas and new views. For example, the theme of employee ideological and political work is one of the hot topics in previous years, which has produced a lot of research results, and can be said to be an old theme. However, some people have keenly grasped the fluctuation and change of employees' thoughts after the implementation of the joint-stock system in enterprises, collected a large number of new first-hand materials, and wrote a paper on the characteristics and methods of ideological and political work for employees in joint-stock enterprises, which was refreshing to read.
Third, redo the existing topics with new angles or new research methods, so as to get all or part of new ideas. For example, on the theme of workers' ideological and political work, some students have analyzed and demonstrated the ideological characteristics of farmers' contract workers and their influence on the whole workers' ideology from different angles, such as the transformation from natural semi-natural economy to commodity economy, from small producers to industrial workers, and from rural areas to cities, and explored the methods and measures of ideological and political work. This article is also innovative.
Fourth, questioning the existing viewpoints, materials and research methods can inspire people to rethink the problem, although they have not put forward their own new viewpoints.
To find innovative topics, we must first be good at observation. Social life is like a kaleidoscope, with endless changes. Things and their contradictions in various fields and aspects are constantly moving, changing and developing. The old contradictions have been solved and new ones have emerged. In the current socialist modernization, we are faced with many new situations and problems, such as the transformation of old and new systems, the development of market economy, the party style and social atmosphere. Not only the original theory needs to be re-recognized and developed, but also many new theories need to be created. We should be good at observation, be diligent in thinking, focus on the big picture, start with small things, and find innovative graduation topics suitable for our writing in the movement and development of things.
Secondly, we should be good at accumulating and analyzing data. Goethe once said that theory is gray and the tree of life is evergreen. Theories that have been formed in the past, including some viewpoints in textbooks, can be re-recognized with the development of practice and the deepening of research. This requires us to pay attention to collecting, accumulating and analyzing data. It is necessary to find out what others have written, what arguments they have, what are the focuses of disputes and differences, the current research progress and development trend of this issue at home and abroad, and so on.
On the basis of in-depth research on the existing achievements, the collected materials are processed and sorted out, and the papers with their own opinions are written on the basis of the achievements recognized by others and the knowledge of predecessors and others.