The Causes and Resetting of the Drift of Doctoral Students'Academic Inclination——An Online Ethnographic Investigation on the Drop-out Doctoral Student"Group
As an essential trait of doctoral students,academic inclination is the deep motivation that leads them to adhere to scientific research beliefs and take action,which influences the effectiveness of their academic training and future career expectancy.Through an online ethnographic investigation on the drift phenomenon of doctoral students'academic inclination by participatory observation and text analysis,the authors find that the drift is influenced mainly by the resultant of four-dimensional factors,namely,the inducement of realistic situation,the acceleration of past experience,the catalysis of future prediction and the drive of exit path.Among them,realistic situation includes academic pressure,economic pressure,cost consideration,other people important to them,key events and their own conditions;past experience means personal lessons learned and original viewpoint;future prediction is an early perception of the requirements,environment and treatment of future jobs;and exit path refers to the measures and methods to break away from the existing field.All these factors are intertwined and interactive with each other to jointly drive the drift of the academic inclination from"germination",to spreading and then to final realization.After in-depth analysis of the reasons and the growth process of the phenomenon in full consideration of its present performance,the authors propose that the drift resetting and enhancement of the doctoral students'academic inclination need coordination from more sectors in reviewing life planning,clarifying career goals,standardizing supervisors'guidance,and smoothing the relationship between supervisors and students,as well as paying more attention to the training process,building a sound resource network,promoting accurate supply,and improving the exit path.