During the country's fight against COVID-19, Shandong Theological Seminary is following the education regulation of "suspending classes without stopping schooling" by having classes on line.
In order to further improve the quality of students' graduation thesis writing, the seminary organized an online "Graduation Thesis Writing Guidance Symposium" on March 13, 2020, according to the seminary.
Rev. Gao Ming, Chairman of the Shandong Provincial Three-Self Patriotic Movement Committee, presided over the symposium and shared that Shandong Theological Seminary had been working hard to improve its management and academic standards. He referenced two teachers who had gone out for further studies, obtained doctorate degrees and returned to the seminary to teach.
According to the conference agenda, Rev. Wang Mengkun gave an initial speech on "thesis selection". Rev. Wang talked about his subject with three points: "recognizing the importance of choosing a topic", "choosing a topic" and "how to select a topic". He pointed out that students should treat the selection of a thesis topic carefully. The topic needs to have significance and give guidance for the development of the church. Topics should also reflect the students field of study and their own interests and abilities. Rev. Wang also encouraged students to read and think more, to be efficient in their completion of a thesis of high quality, all under the guidance of their mentor.
Rev. He Aixia, who had just obtained a PhD from Lutheran Theological Seminary of Hong Kong, gave a lecture on "Thesis Writing Methods". Based on his own experience in writing a doctoral dissertation, Rev. She introduced various writing methods. These included focusing on spiritual practices, the use of resources and interaction between students and teachers.
Mr. Shi Jilong, who is director of library services, used PPT presentations to show how to make better use of the library resources. He introduced a large number of high-quality online journals and e-book resource websites, and talked about how to classify and organize resources, as well as the property style of adding footnotes to a thesis.
Finally, Rev. Li Hongyu thanked the three teachers for sharing. He pointed out that this seminar could help the students improve their thesis writing skills. Rev. Li emphasized that writing a graduation thesis is an examination that tests the comprehensive ability of students. It requires not only hard work, but also a positive attitude and a rigorous style of study. Working on a thesis is preparation and training for further service and work in the church. Rev. Li required students to consider the value and significance of the essay when writing, and use what they have learned and their own thinking to solve practical problems in the church.
More than 90 persons, including faculty and upper-class students took part in the online meeting.
-Translated by Lin Changfeng
在全国抗击疫情期间，山东神学院贯彻“停课不停学”的教育方针，利用网络开展各项教学工作。
为进一步提升学生毕业论文的写作质量，神学院于2020年3月13日以网络视频方式组织举行“毕业论文写作指导座谈会”。山东神学院全体教师及本四、专二同学等，共计90多人。
山东省基督教三自爱国运动委员会主席高明牧师主持本次座谈会并在分享中指出，山东神学院一直在努力完善各项管理与教学工作，外出进修的两位老师已经取得博士学位回来参与教学工作。
按照会议议程，首先，王孟坤牧师就“论文选题”作了分享。王牧师从“认识选题的重要性”“选什么题”和“如何选题”三个层面进行了分享。指导学生用正确的态度慎重对待论文选题，根据学习的范围和自己的兴趣与能力，选择对教会的健康发展有指导意义的题目。并鼓励大家在老师的指导下，多读书、多思考，高质高效地完成对论文的写作。
接着，刚刚从香港信义宗神学院取得博士学位的贺爱霞牧师就“论文写作方法”进行分享。贺牧师结合自己的学习心得与写作博士论文的经验，从灵性操练、师生互动、资源运用等多个层面介绍了写作方法与技巧。
然后，负责管理图书馆的史继龙老师通过PPT演示指导大家如何更好地利用图书馆，为大家介绍了大量高质量的网络期刊与电子图书资源网站，教导大家如何将资源进行分类整理，并按照规范添加脚注。
最后，李洪玉牧师在总结中对三位老师的分享表示感谢，并指出本次座谈对于神学生论文写作能力的提升有非常好的指导作用。李牧师强调，写作毕业论文是对于学生综合能力的考察，不仅需要有吃苦耐劳精神，而且要有端正的态度和严谨求实的学风，更是对于将来参与服侍和工作能力的操练。李牧师要求大家在写作时要考虑到论文的时代价值和意义，用所学知识和自己的思考解决教会中的实际问题。
During the country's fight against COVID-19, Shandong Theological Seminary is following the education regulation of "suspending classes without stopping schooling" by having classes on line.
In order to further improve the quality of students' graduation thesis writing, the seminary organized an online "Graduation Thesis Writing Guidance Symposium" on March 13, 2020, according to the seminary.
Rev. Gao Ming, Chairman of the Shandong Provincial Three-Self Patriotic Movement Committee, presided over the symposium and shared that Shandong Theological Seminary had been working hard to improve its management and academic standards. He referenced two teachers who had gone out for further studies, obtained doctorate degrees and returned to the seminary to teach.
According to the conference agenda, Rev. Wang Mengkun gave an initial speech on "thesis selection". Rev. Wang talked about his subject with three points: "recognizing the importance of choosing a topic", "choosing a topic" and "how to select a topic". He pointed out that students should treat the selection of a thesis topic carefully. The topic needs to have significance and give guidance for the development of the church. Topics should also reflect the students field of study and their own interests and abilities. Rev. Wang also encouraged students to read and think more, to be efficient in their completion of a thesis of high quality, all under the guidance of their mentor.
Rev. He Aixia, who had just obtained a PhD from Lutheran Theological Seminary of Hong Kong, gave a lecture on "Thesis Writing Methods". Based on his own experience in writing a doctoral dissertation, Rev. She introduced various writing methods. These included focusing on spiritual practices, the use of resources and interaction between students and teachers.
Mr. Shi Jilong, who is director of library services, used PPT presentations to show how to make better use of the library resources. He introduced a large number of high-quality online journals and e-book resource websites, and talked about how to classify and organize resources, as well as the property style of adding footnotes to a thesis.
Finally, Rev. Li Hongyu thanked the three teachers for sharing. He pointed out that this seminar could help the students improve their thesis writing skills. Rev. Li emphasized that writing a graduation thesis is an examination that tests the comprehensive ability of students. It requires not only hard work, but also a positive attitude and a rigorous style of study. Working on a thesis is preparation and training for further service and work in the church. Rev. Li required students to consider the value and significance of the essay when writing, and use what they have learned and their own thinking to solve practical problems in the church.
More than 90 persons, including faculty and upper-class students took part in the online meeting.
-Translated by Lin Changfeng
Shandong Theological Seminary Holds "Graduation Thesis Writing Guidance Symposium" Online
