Education has always been valued in society. The history of states leaves its mark on the work of educational institutions and the organization of the educational process. In some, the master's level was formed as prior to the doctorate, in others it was believed that the status of a master is not a scientific, but an academic degree, which is advisable to get earlier than the first.
In the last century, it was customary to get a higher education, then study in graduate school and defend a candidate. If strength remained, there was a desire and relevant and socially significant ideas appeared - to go to the doctoral. In this century, the situation has improved, education has become more attractive: specialists remained, but bachelors and masters appeared.
Academic degrees
The doctor is habitually associated with science, extensive knowledge and skills, recognized fundamental achievements, many publications and students. To get a doctorate, you need not only to work hard, but also to be a recognized author, to have real achievements and to be famous in the scientific world.
The classic path to the doctorate degree used to start with a diploma, through a candidate to a doctorate. Currently, he has increased to a master's thesis before writing and defending a Ph.D.
The candidateās academic degree is granted under similar conditions, but the path is much shorter. It is believed that the level of the candidate dissertation is the first attempt to gain recognition of the first scientific achievement in practice and in the public mind.
The appearance of the magistracy has become a serious help for future candidates. Master's work is no longer a diploma; qualifications are given here at a completely different level. A diploma is a mandatory element for confirming higher education, and a master's level is your own decision to move on.
The term ācandidateā is a well-established relic of Soviet times. The mentality of Russian public consciousness will not allow the candidateās degree to disappear, since it is already a scientist. All that comes to the candidate is a specialist, teacher or master. There is no academic degree, but the academic status is recognized unambiguously.
Logic of degrees
If we remove the candidates, then there will be very few "legalized" scientists. It is very difficult to comply with all the requirements for a doctoral dissertation : we need real introductions, scientific recognition of the author, relevance, novelty and significant social significance, and these are years of life and painstaking work.
There are three main options for the path after graduating:
- specialist (engineer, manager, economist);
- teacher (alma mater, master, candidate);
- scientist (candidate, doctor, academician).
It is interesting, but as in the last century, the classic Soviet custom (rule) works: "He who knows how to do it himself, who does not know how - he teaches others who do not know how to do either, he teaches how to learn."
Perhaps the mentality outside of Russian public consciousness is different from this rule. But a masterās with us is a study combining scientific and teaching activities.
Higher education
People tend to flaunt their achievements, knowledge and skills, but life always puts everything on the shelves. It is impossible to change the traditional educational scheme:
- Kindergarten;
- school;
- university;
- graduate school (first stage);
- doctoral studies (second stage);
- Academy (for the elite)
But you can always make changes. After graduation, there used to be only two ways: to stay in alma mater or to get a distribution. In both cases, graduate school is open, obtaining a degree is available.
For successful defense and obtaining a scientific degree, admission and training in graduate school is not essential, but science accepts a strict sequence of actions for obtaining scientific regalia. Perhaps this is how the master appeared. Academic degree is not mentioned here. Additional education in a specific scientific field, combined with teaching, is simply offered. Scientific or scientific-industrial activity is carried out in parallel and may constitute the basis for the educational process.
The usual sequence (university and graduate school) is diluted with an intermediate stage. A university graduate, bachelor, master or specialist is knowledge and skills of different levels, but not the fact of awarding a degree.
Undergraduate and graduate courses
Fashionable words and formal signs of higher education were both a tribute to fashion and have remained. Science, production and public consciousness are interested in specialists and scientists, and moral education is also important.
Interest is real knowledge and skills. If you go over the existing proposals from educational institutions, then the first step is not all called a bachelor.
Russia's accession to the Bologna process in 2003 affected the national education system, but the word āspecialistā will not disappear from the socio-economic circulation, and it will not work to impose a bachelor and master, and then a candidate and a doctor.
The formula "master's program is an enhanced movement in science, combined with teaching" has not changed anything especially. There was an opportunity for those who want to start working faster, and for those who want to engage in scientific activities - to continue their education further.
Newly made bachelors and masters, especially in the field of economics and management, immediately showed what they want and how they are going to achieve it. Life has shown that in ordinary consciousness a beautiful word has acquired its own status.
Many masters consider themselves scientists, but are not going to go to science. Using your image for a career is a good reason to increase your knowledge. A personal opinion is important, but there is an exact answer to the question: is a master a degree. This is a qualification. Although some educational institutions attribute the ādegreeā in parentheses.
For example: a candidate and a doctor receive a "degree" without brackets.
School Logic
Making science and learning is hard to get. By compulsion not to achieve creative results, but to learn without desire and ability will not work. Itās the same as pouring liquid through a hollow pipe: the output will be the same as the input.
A master and a degree are two different things. One works, the second creates and teaches. The first is manageable, the second is rich in unexpected and interesting solutions. The duration of the training is important, and the emergence of a two-stage educational process allows you to sift less persistent from stubborn and practical.
Let the bachelor strive to become a master, and a degree is of interest to him. An educational institution with a magistracy is much more likely to get new teachers and scientists than the one that was held captive by the past era, it was limited to changing the "diploma" to the "bachelor's degree" or left everything as it was.
People are driven by a desire to show their significance. It does not matter what a masterās diploma looks like, itās important that the word āmasterā has strengthened in public consciousness and has a positive rating.
Student logic
Modern youth does not seek science. Everyone strives to quickly get enough knowledge to work in construction, trade or a financial company (the motive is that you want to do nothing, but live well). Not everyone is lucky, they have to reconsider their position in life and hope that higher education will save the situation.
Having received his first higher education, if the word "bachelor" is in the diploma, the young specialist often thinks about the future workplace, especially in management or economics. Employers generally believe that a master's degree is a higher education with a more promising rating. In fact, everything determines knowledge and skills, but extra years of study never harm.
Tenant position
"Hunting" people for the best enterprises in any industry has long become an unshakable rule. The most important resource in business is intelligence. How to call a specialist, a bachelor or a master, does not matter. Qualitative knowledge and skills are important.
Work with educational institutions has become the norm not only for professional bounty hunters - recruitment agencies, but also for human resources departments of even small and medium-sized businesses. Without a specialist, any business does not move, but the work is worth it.
It is hard to say what kind of doctrine of behavior a particular employer will choose, but many follow the educational process. Track:
- quality of term papers;
- content of the diploma;
- desire to learn further.
Thus, the rating of the future professional is formed and the reputation of the student with the future employer is created.
It is not so important what a master is: a degree or qualification. It matters that this term refers to a specialist with strong and confident knowledge in the specialty. Finishing a master's degree is prestigious, teaching in the learning process is practical and useful, and it is never too late to return to the mainstream of scientific creativity and teaching.