Einstein once said that in the face of science, "it is often more important to ask questions than to solve them". Asking questions is the first step to solve problems. Choosing the right topic is equivalent to completing half of the thesis writing. Choosing a good topic can play a multiplier role. Of course, the achievement and value of graduation thesis will be evaluated by the final completion and objective utility of the article.
But the topic selection plays an important role in it. Choosing a topic is not only a process of setting a topic and simply defining the scope for the article, but also a process of early scientific research. Choosing a good topic requires the author's thinking, comparison, deliberation and careful planning. Once the topic is selected, it shows that the outline of the paper has been roughly formed in the author's mind. As Zhang Shiying, a famous philosopher in China, said, "It is not easy to ask a decent question, but it is a very important thing. It is not easy to say it, because the problem itself needs to be studied; It is impossible for a person who does not study a certain line to ask questions about a certain line. Just because raising a decent question requires a research process, we can also say that the question has been raised honorably, and the content and value of this article are somewhat. This is the importance of the topic. " (Quoted from How to Write Academic Papers, Wang Li, Zhu Guangqian, etc. The title of the paper is meaningful and the paper written is valuable. If the topic is meaningless, even with great efforts, no matter how good the structure and language of the article are, it will not have positive effects and functions.
A good graduation thesis topic can make a basic estimate of the article in advance. This is because, before determining the topic, the author always has to contact, collect, sort out and study a large number of materials, and determine his own research direction from the analysis and selection of materials to the topic selection. In this research process, the object reflected by objective things or materials constantly collides with the author's thinking movement, resulting in * * * sound. It is in this contradictory movement of unity of opposites that the author has a spark and leap in understanding. This leap must contain reasonable elements, or own unique views, or deepen existing conclusions, or refute different views, and so on. In a word, this leap and ideological spark is an important ideological basis for the graduation thesis to be written. For example, Zhou Jianping, the author of the article entitled "The Method and Artistic Analysis of Leadership Highlighting Work Focus" included in Chapter 12 of this book, has been engaged in party and government leadership for a long time, and has served as secretary of the township party committee, secretary of the district committee, deputy director of the organization department of the county party committee, director of the county labor and personnel bureau and director of the county finance and taxation bureau. In his work practice, he deeply realized that leading cadres have several jobs and their jobs should change frequently. The jurisdiction of township work is not large, but "the sparrow is small and complete", with a needle above and a line below, everything must be managed. As the leader of the county government department, although the function is relatively simple, the line is long and the scope is wide. As the main leader, how to effectively lead the work of the region and the department, there is a scientific leadership method and leadership art problem. When selecting the topic of graduation thesis of Correspondence College of Central Party School, on the basis of collecting materials from many parties and careful consideration, using materialist dialectics and combining with my own work practice, I chose the topic "Leadership Methods and Leadership Art", which not only focused on work, but also achieved success. ) First, in the process of studying objective information, with the accumulation of information and the deepening of thinking, all kinds of ideas will come to us, and the sparks of thought and various viewpoints generated during this period are very valuable to us. However, they are still scattered, and it is difficult to determine whether they are useful for the theme of the paper.
Therefore, there must be a process of selecting, identifying, collecting and concentrating them. From the individual understanding of individual things to the * * * understanding of general things, from the concrete analysis of the object to find differences and connections, from the input of a lot of information into the brain, to form their own views, and to make sure. It is through the logical thinking process from individual to general, analysis and synthesis, and induction and deduction that the writing direction is generated and gradually clarified in the author's mind, and the key points, argumentation angles and general scales of graduation thesis are also preliminarily outlined. The topic selection is also helpful to make up for the shortage of knowledge reserve, acquire knowledge efficiently, and produce results early and quickly. Writing a graduation thesis is to lay the foundation first and then engage in scientific research. In the basic stage, college students need to learn more knowledge, while in the research stage, they should concentrate on studying materials. The topic selection is an organic combination of extensiveness and centralization. In the process of topic selection, the research direction is gradually clear, and the research objectives are more and more concentrated. Finally, we should firmly grasp the topic and carry out research work. Einstein said, "I soon learned to identify things that can lead to profound knowledge, and put aside many other things, many things that fill my head and make it deviate from my main goal." (Quoted from Page 7 of Translation Collection in Memory of Einstein, Shanghai Science and Technology Publishing House, 1979) To do this, more knowledge must be accumulated. For those who write papers for the first time, if their knowledge is not complete enough, they can aim at the research objectives and directly enter the research process, so that they can supplement and collect relevant information according to the needs of research and make up for the lack of knowledge reserves in a targeted manner. In this way, the process of topic selection has also become a good opportunity to learn new knowledge, broaden knowledge and deepen understanding of the problem. Writing a graduation thesis is not an easy task for college students.
If the topic of graduation thesis is too big or too difficult, it will be difficult to complete the writing task; On the other hand, the topic is too easy, the scientific research ability can not be well exercised, and the purpose of writing graduation thesis can not be achieved. Therefore, choosing a topic with appropriate difficulty and size can ensure the smooth progress of writing. Choosing a topic is conducive to improving research ability. By selecting the topic, we can raise the problem we studied from perceptual knowledge to rational knowledge, and organize it to make it preliminary systematic; Studying the history and present situation of this problem and finding out the crux and key points can not only make us clearly understand the problem, but also have more confidence in the research work. Scientific research should be based on professional knowledge, but the rich professional knowledge does not necessarily mean that this person has strong research ability. Some people read a lot of books, but ignore the cultivation of research ability. As a result, they still can't write a decent paper. It can be seen that knowledge is not equal to ability, and research ability will not come into being spontaneously. It must be cultivated and exercised consciously in the practice of applying knowledge, that is, in the practice of scientific research, in order to obtain and improve it. Choosing a topic is the first step in research and practice. Topic selection requires active thinking and certain research ability. From the beginning of the topic selection to the determination of the topic, we can initially improve the various abilities of academic research. Before choosing a topic, you need to learn the professional knowledge of a certain subject, and you need to learn the methods of collecting, sorting and reading materials. When choosing a topic, we should seriously think about the professional knowledge we have learned, deepen our understanding of the problem from one angle and one side, and exercise and improve our thinking ability and research ability in induction and deduction, analysis and synthesis, judgment and reasoning, association and play. The topic selection of graduation thesis is carried out under the guidance of the teacher, and some students do not think independently, relying entirely on the teacher to give the topic; Some students lack research and analysis, don't think about it, and write on topics. These practices are incorrect, because on the one hand, it is not conducive to the mobilization of the author's subjective initiative, limiting the re-exertion of subjective initiative, and is not conducive to increasing knowledge and improving ability. At the same time, writing graduation thesis does not go through the important research process of topic selection, and there are many viewpoints, arguments and argumentation methods in the article, and the preparation of materials is even more insufficient. If you start writing reluctantly, you will find it difficult, sometimes even at a loss, and you may start all over again. If you want to choose a topic correctly and appropriately, you must first make clear the principles of choosing a topic, so that you can easily choose a topic that has certain academic value, conforms to your own interests, is suitable for personal research ability, and is therefore more successful. Generally speaking, the topic selection of graduation thesis should follow the following principles. 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.