Timeline for Supervising a lazy BSc student
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| Nov 27, 2020 at 2:02 | comment | added | ljrk | I feel like this is heavily tied to the location of your institution. In Germany, for example, I've seen much more expectations from the student to "work on their own" then, say, the US. It may be useful context to the question. | |
| Nov 26, 2020 at 15:10 | comment | added | aqua | I personally don't know a Bsc student (and I know bright ones, does not depend on intellect) who was assigned to a phd student and would NOT help the phd student with their own research topic instead of working on its own... I think you really should rethink your expectations... | |
| Nov 26, 2020 at 13:50 | history | edited | GoodDeeds | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
stage of the student is very relevant to the question and shoud probably be included in the title
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| Nov 26, 2020 at 4:41 | answer | added | rs528491 | timeline score: 11 | |
| Nov 25, 2020 at 21:21 | comment | added | annie marie cœur | What is your PhD supervisor about you and other PhD students? The laziness may be relativity not absolute ways to gauge a student. | |
| Nov 25, 2020 at 16:48 | comment | added | user70769 | "he asked me what a research question is!" and it's fantastic that he's brave enough to do so, many people are too afraid of asking questions especially once trapped in situations like he's in. He clearly needs a lot of support from you, hopefully you're able to help him without making him feel judged or scared of asking you for help. | |
| Nov 25, 2020 at 15:47 | comment | added | lalala | Ask we your supervisor. Usually coming up with the research topic is not part of the BSc. | |
| Nov 25, 2020 at 14:04 | comment | added | Kassiopi | Araucaria I overlook your characterisations (that you easily formulated) and I want to inform you that supervising is not a one-way process. If the student is not motivated to work there will be no progress regardless of the amount of time that the supervisor will devote. Additionally, I have a lot of work to do for my research subject and the last thing I want is to loose my time chasing a student to complete his academic duties. | |
| Nov 25, 2020 at 1:27 | comment | added | cag51♦ | Related: How to supervise a bad PhD student? | |
| Nov 25, 2020 at 1:20 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Nov 25, 2020 at 1:17 | comment | added | user96809 | Every time I hear a supervisor/teacher say "lazy student" I think "sub-par supervisor" ... Maybe I should think, "this supervisor needs some mentoring, help and support". | |
| Nov 24, 2020 at 21:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackAcademia/status/1331341889795141635 | ||
| Nov 24, 2020 at 19:46 | comment | added | user2705196 | I would focus on describing the student as not motivated rather than lazy. This distinction is crucial when deciding what you should do. | |
| Nov 24, 2020 at 19:21 | comment | added | Azor Ahai -him- | "he expects ME to develop the subject as well as the research questions" A lot of students may be used to doing projects for professors, where they don't have a lot of leeway to create their own project. | |
| Nov 24, 2020 at 18:57 | history | edited | Anton Menshov | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
small typos, paragraphs
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| Nov 24, 2020 at 18:37 | comment | added | Kassiopi | Thank you a lot for your answers! Actually he DOES know how to conduct a research project since he has organised and conducted similar projects during his previous years in college (small scale research projects though). | |
| Nov 24, 2020 at 17:46 | comment | added | Bryan Krause♦ | I would argue that choosing a research question is the hardest stage of research. | |
| Nov 24, 2020 at 17:38 | comment | added | astronat supports the strike | They're a BSc student (thus probably have no or very little experience at how to begin a research project, let alone complete one) and we're all struggling through a global pandemic. I think a little compassion could go a long way with this student. | |
| Nov 24, 2020 at 17:36 | answer | added | Jeff | timeline score: 20 | |
| Nov 24, 2020 at 17:32 | answer | added | Oleg Lobachev | timeline score: 40 | |
| Nov 24, 2020 at 17:27 | comment | added | Mark | Did you read the learning objectives of his project? It might be that he never learned what a research question is and that it is something he is supposed to learn - then it is your task to teach him. He's just a bachelor student, can't know everything.. (this of course doesn't excuse not showing up to meetings and other problems) | |
| Nov 24, 2020 at 17:26 | comment | added | Buffy | He may just be lost, not lazy. | |
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| Nov 24, 2020 at 17:20 | history | asked | Kassiopi | CC BY-SA 4.0 |