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The purpose of postgraduate enrollment in military academies is to select outstanding students and finally import high-level and high-quality military talents for national defense and military modernization. Selecting outstanding students is not only the basis for improving the quality of postgraduate training, but also a powerful guarantee for promoting teaching and scientific research in colleges and universities. Therefore, selecting outstanding students is the premise and foundation to ensure the postgraduate education of the whole military academy.
1. 1 Expand the scope of postgraduate enrollment.
At present, in the enrollment of graduate students in military academies, especially doctoral students, the proportion of graduates in this unit is relatively large, while the proportion of on-the-job military cadres and graduate students in other military academies is relatively small. Due to the limitation of the number of recruits, the number of graduates recruited by local colleges and universities is even less, which leads to the phenomenon of "inbreeding" in military colleges and universities, which is not conducive to the cultivation of graduate students' innovative ability and innovative thinking. In order to improve the quality of postgraduate training in military academies, the first is to increase the enrollment ratio of on-the-job personnel in all units of the whole army in terms of postgraduate enrollment quota. Because on-the-job employees have certain work experience and are more aware of their knowledge defects, once they re-enter colleges and universities, they will redouble their efforts to make up for their knowledge gaps and adapt to their work needs more quickly after graduation. Second, appropriately recruit local college students to pursue postgraduate degrees in military academies. Local college students have extensive professional knowledge. After entering military academies, strengthening the study of military theoretical knowledge and military technology on the basis of their own majors will be conducive to the expansion of the professional scope of personnel training in military academies, and more conducive to the cultivation of multi-professional military compound talents in military academies. Third, continue to strengthen the postgraduate education training and education of on-the-job cadres in their own posts, and cultivate high-quality professionals to meet the needs of the posts.
1.2 must pass the exam strictly.
In the stage of entrance selection, candidates' academic research attitude and professional development potential should be regarded as the first criterion for selecting graduate students. Strengthen the examination of professional quality and ideological and political morality in the second interview. Professional quality evaluation focuses on the depth and breadth of candidates' mastery of professional knowledge and their ability to flexibly use professional knowledge to analyze and solve problems, to understand candidates' research interests and understanding of this major, as well as candidates' experimental skills and practical ability, to understand candidates' potential and innovation ability in scientific research, and to assess candidates' comprehensive quality. I no longer take scores as the sole criterion, but mainly examine the basic quality and professional research potential of candidates in combination with my application, tutor recommendation, university performance, work experience and interview.
1.3, it is necessary to strictly enroll interdisciplinary students.
Appropriately recruiting outstanding cadres who are interdisciplinary and determined to appear in the military will play a positive role in improving the quantity and quality of postgraduate students, but strict standards must be adopted. This kind of graduate students may be affected by the lack of knowledge and depth of the subjects they apply for, which will eventually restrict the improvement of their thinking level, the expansion of theoretical space and the production of innovative achievements. In short, we should always grasp the principle of "rather short than much".
2 Teaching and management
2. 1 Improve the comprehensiveness of the course.
First, the teaching of basic theory should be comprehensive. Broad and solid basic theoretical knowledge is the basis of cultivating graduate students' extensive knowledge system, and it is also an important basis for graduate students to succeed in school and future work. As a postgraduate training unit, we should take corresponding measures to urge graduate students to increase their study of basic theoretical knowledge. Military school educators can also specify a certain number of compulsory theoretical books, exchange, summarize and report regularly, and increase their intake of basic theoretical knowledge, thus laying a solid foundation for professional learning. Second, the teaching of professional theory should be comprehensive. It not only pays attention to tackling key problems in the selected professional and technical fields, but also gives consideration to the study of other disciplines, so as to expand the scope of knowledge and enable students to have compound professional qualities. Third, elective courses should be diversified. Increase the number of elective courses for graduate students, expand the scope of options, strive to create a curriculum system that meets the needs of the new military revolution and reflects the spirit of the times, and regularly carry out "graduate course desire surveys"; Conditional colleges and universities can also implement the system of mutual selection of inter-school courses and mutual recognition of credits to expand the scope of students' course selection; Implementing the system of "audition, course selection, tutor selection and class opening" for students can not only reflect students' needs for curriculum setting in time, but also enhance teachers' sense of responsibility and crisis, and urge them to study hard and make progress and breakthrough in their studies.
2.2 Strengthen the diversity of teaching methods and means
Postgraduate education in military academies should adopt modern teaching methods and means according to the special requirements of multi-field, multi-specialty and large amount of information in the process of cultivating multi-function and compound development. First of all, make full use of network resources to create a colorful network teaching environment for students. We should give full play to the advantages of military network integration, do a good job in the construction of information resources network, dredge the channels of postgraduate network education and independent innovation research, and take the road of multi-method discussion. Second, pay attention to practical links, use modern teaching facilities such as multimedia classrooms and electronic reading rooms to carry out vivid learning practice, and ensure that the learning effect of self-study practice is implemented. Third, encourage graduate students to participate in teaching practice and further improve teaching quality. For example, encourage everyone to make suggestions, find ways to participate in the development of teaching software, increase the development of teaching software, and promote the overall improvement of teaching quality.
2.3 Highlight the openness and interactivity of teaching.
Teaching activity is a benign interaction between "teaching" and "learning", and ignoring either side will greatly reduce the teaching effect. First, to make the teaching plan open, we should pay attention to both compulsory courses and elective courses, give students more study choice space and choice rights, and be flexible and adjustable to meet the needs of different types of graduate students. The second is to make the teaching form open. In the teaching process, students' initiative in learning is emphasized, students' individuality is respected, and students' exploration spirit of independent thinking, questioning and criticism is protected. Teachers mainly play the role of organizing, guiding, enlightening, controlling and answering in classroom teaching, thus overcoming the disadvantages of centralized teaching and forming a lively learning situation with students as the main body and teachers as the leading factor, thus easily stimulating students' passion for innovation. Third, make the teaching content open. Postgraduate teaching and management units should organize graduate students to conduct extensive research, discussion and exchange on a hot or difficult issue regularly or irregularly according to the teaching process, so as to deepen students' understanding of what they have learned and improve their theoretical level and ability to solve practical problems.
2.4 Highlight the scientific and effective management of students.
First of all, managers should have at least the same level of learning experience. "Without investigation, there is no right to speak." The basic literacy of managers is to fully understand the managed objects, and their own "history" is the best teacher, which will benefit managers for life. Looking at the excellent graduate management institutions at home and abroad, their managers have this feature, both inside and outside the military. It is only by fully realizing this advantage of the managed object that scientific management is promoted and excellent graduate students are trained. Secondly, management should be standardized, but standardization does not mean rigidity. Postgraduate management should not only ensure education, but also ensure its promotion, so management must be scientific and effective.
2.5 Create a good academic atmosphere
A good academic atmosphere is an important guarantee to improve the quality of postgraduate training, and it is also an important standard to measure the level of running an institution. A good academic atmosphere is helpful to stimulate the academic enthusiasm of graduate students and cultivate their spirit of hard work and entrepreneurship. Without a good style of study, there will be no good quality of personnel training, and it will be difficult to produce high-level academic achievements. Create a good academic atmosphere: First, instructors should enhance their awareness of scientific research. With the rapid development of science and technology, instructors should have the spirit of continuous progress, not only to meet the general teaching work, but also to establish scientific research awareness and always think about scientific research issues. Second, schools should create a good academic environment. Colleges and universities should take effective measures to promote scientific research, such as formulating some policies to encourage scientific research and rewarding and commending major scientific research achievements. Third, improve scientific research conditions. Military high-tech needs to be supported by corresponding simulation experiments and simulation training. Therefore, colleges and universities must attach great importance to the investment in postgraduate education, improve the software and hardware environment, and establish laboratories, simulation rooms and professional rooms. And provide a special place for graduate students to carry out scientific research.
3. Mentor.
3. 1 Strict selection of tutors
Postgraduate tutor is one of the key factors that determine the quality of postgraduate training. The cultivation of graduate students' innovative ability needs a team of tutors with strong sense of responsibility, high academic level, strong scientific and technological innovation ability and being able to stand at the forefront of academics.
The selection of graduate tutors should be comprehensively investigated from scientific research, teaching practice, professional titles, academic ethics and other aspects. In scientific research, it is necessary to have certain scientific research funding support, set different selection conditions according to different disciplines and majors, and make representative scientific research academic achievements; In teaching practice, it is necessary to have the teaching experience of postgraduate courses, the teaching satisfaction is above good, and no teaching accidents occur. Candidates for postgraduate tutors should have more than two years' experience in assisting and guiding graduate students. The selection of doctoral supervisors should have a complete experience in guiding master's degrees, and the quality of postgraduate master's degrees is high; In terms of the structure of professional titles and academic qualifications, candidates for postgraduate tutors should have the professional titles of associate professors or above and master's degrees or above, and candidates for doctoral tutors should have professional titles and doctoral degrees.
3.2 Building a high-level tutor team
High-quality tutor team is the key factor to improve the quality of postgraduate training and cultivate postgraduate innovation ability. As a mentor and guide for the growth of graduate students, graduate tutors shoulder important responsibilities in improving the quality of graduate training and innovation ability. Therefore, it is necessary to give full play to the leading role of tutors in postgraduate training, strengthen the responsibility of tutors in training, and standardize their guiding behavior in all aspects of postgraduate training.
Postgraduate tutors must keep up with the forefront of academic development, constantly expand their academic horizons, maintain their enthusiasm for academic creation, and constantly achieve new results. At the same time, graduate tutors must have good moral level and personal accomplishment, and adhere to good academic fashion. We should not only teach students how to study, but also teach them how to be a man. Tutor's education process can be carried out through ideological education, but it is more reflected in his usual words and deeds and every move, which has a subtle influence on graduate students through direct demonstration. Through their own words and deeds, lead the majority of graduate students to develop in an all-round way and move towards health. "there is bole in the world, and then there is a swift horse." To cultivate high-quality graduate students, there must be high-quality graduate tutors.
3.3 Strengthen the training of instructors.
To give students a bowl of water, the tutor must have a bucket of water. First, it is necessary to send tutors to relevant scientific research institutes and institutions for further study, so that tutors can keep abreast of cutting-edge trends and the latest theoretical research results. The second is to organize tutors to investigate in the army during the summer vacation, strengthen the contact between tutors and the army, and enhance the awareness of serving the army.
3.4 Create a postgraduate guidance team
It is necessary to establish a tutor group and actively attract young and middle-aged teachers with strong innovation ability and high scientific research academic level to participate. In the tutor group, the "big tutor" is responsible for the overall planning of the whole team building, coordinating the funding of scientific research projects, organizing major issues, and grasping the direction of postgraduate training, while the "small tutor" is responsible for guiding postgraduate course learning, project research, thesis writing and other special and specific responsibilities, which is not only conducive to ensuring the quality of postgraduate training, but also training reserve teachers and building a high-quality postgraduate tutor team. The composition of the tutor group should be professional and comprehensive, and some scholars with high academic level and rich practical experience can be hired as part-time tutors in headquarters, frontline troops, scientific research institutes and other units, and the "double tutor" system can be gradually implemented. During the period of postgraduate study, the instructors in military academies are responsible for guiding data collection and problem sorting, and during the period of study and research in the army, the part-time instructors are responsible for guiding the practice, investigation and research of the army.
4. Process management of thesis work.
Students' products are dissertations. The quality of postgraduate education is also reflected in the quality of dissertations.
In order to further improve the quality of graduate education, it is necessary to strengthen the process management of graduate thesis work and establish a quality management system for graduate thesis. Mainly focus on the following links:
First, the topic of the paper. A good beginning is half the battle. The method of combining the tutor's responsibility with the participation of the teaching and research section should be implemented in the topic selection of graduate dissertations, so as to strengthen the tutor's responsibility in topic selection and give full play to the positive role of the tutor group and the teaching and research section.
Second, the mid-term exam of the thesis. The purpose of mid-term inspection is to find out the problems existing in the paper work and put forward remedial measures. Mid-term examination institutions and tutors conduct mid-term follow-up examination of graduate papers, require graduate students to complete the mid-term research report of the papers, and report the work and achievements of the previous stage to the group of mid-term examination scholars. Doing a good job in the mid-term exam can not only improve the graduate students' attention to thesis writing, but also play a role in checking and filling gaps.
Third, the thesis is summarized. Establish and improve the pre-evaluation system of dissertations. Before the paper is formally submitted to the double-blind review, the tutor must ensure that the paper has undergone at least one comprehensive review, and then the peer review is carried out by the scholars in the hospital. If the paper is to be submitted for blind review, it must first pass the preliminary review. This is very important to ensure the quality of the paper. Thesis evaluation is the appraisal of graduate students' scientific research achievements. It is necessary to establish a team of back-to-back reviewers of graduate papers and form a standardized database of reviewers, and the graduate authorities should determine the list of reviewers accordingly, instead of appointing blind reviewers of graduate papers by tutors; Prepare a list of scholars' evaluation opinions with clear quantitative indicators to facilitate quantitative evaluation results. The evaluation results determine whether graduate students are qualified for defense.
Fourth, thesis defense. Thesis defense is a summary and statement of graduate students' own research results. Before submitting the defense application, the tutor should ensure that the double-blind evaluation opinions are implemented. The defense committee should make the defense resolution realistically, and when the defense scholars make the comments that have passed the defense, they often ask to modify some issues in order to think that they can meet the requirements of the paper. Instructors should also urge students to implement the amendments in the defense opinions. The Sub-committee on Academic Degree Evaluation shall not recommend the conferment of academic degrees until it has completed the corresponding revision.
Finally, it is necessary to establish and improve a lasting paper evaluation system and reward system. The "Excellent Postgraduate Thesis Award" and "Excellent Postgraduate Thesis Guidance Award" will be established to reward postgraduates and tutors who have obtained excellent papers of the whole army, and priority will be given in the next year's postgraduate enrollment plan, and national excellent postgraduate theses will be selected from the winning papers. Graduate students who have published many academic papers during their school years should be rewarded with heavy prizes. If the papers are included in SCI and EI, the authors should be rewarded with single prizes.