How To Turn Your Academic Knowledge into A meaningful Research Contribution?

Introduction:

All students learn through their lectures, textbooks, assignments and examinations. However, accomplished researchers will learn something additional-turning academic knowledge into research. Most graduates never take the leap to contribute their own knowledge to the field in which they have studied.

It’s true that the universities, research institutes, funding bodies are giving more and more weight to candidates who prove that they can convert learning into relevant research output.

Thus, if you want to study for your PhD, win research funding, establish an academic career or make a lasting contribution to knowledge in your subject area, learning how to add value to the collective understanding is one of the most essential skills you can acquire.

Beyond memorization and the established:

We should not let learning stop once we grasp a new concept. Our professors ask that students find ‘the gap in knowledge’ by analyzing existing research and asking questions such as: what is wrong with this, what could be done differently, and what hasn’t yet been done? We read recent publications, analyse the literature review in an article and find questions which have not been answer.

We encourage students to start evaluating evidence not accept new arguments and conclusions in face value.

Learning to assess the literature of the subject has the advantage of the developing a research agenda.

Identifying worthy research problems:

All excellent scientific work starts by identifying a worthwhile problem. Instead of students trying to write a report about a problem they consider has not been already addressed extensively enough, instead researchers are trying to identify a problem for the first time. Identifying relevant and appropriate research problems may not be as easy, but regular use of the published research literature in the subject will assist the students with that skill, and encourage students to consider some interesting new questions to which their own research may provide an answer.

Converting research to knowledge publication:

You can carry out an extensive piece of research and achieve a successful outcome on the subject that you studied; however, unless it is disseminated as academic knowledge publication, this contribution may be in the library only and of interest only to few researchers in the field, such as examiners or your supervisors. Writing for publication either in a scientific paper, a conference presentation or a book chapter can extend your research contribution to wider academic audience. Furthermore it would broaden academic recognition and boost career opportunities for many, including your academic writing and ability to be critically reviewed by your colleagues in a discipline. Here are some ways to convert your academic research work into the published knowledge through professional publishing service support of GlobalX Publications.

Collaboration is essential learning process:

Working in partnership is critical to good research. The interaction with supervisors, fellow research students and academic staff from different subject areas and/or different disciplines contributes to new and improved research outcomes. Likewise, attending conferences, workshops and actively participating in the wider research communities provides the researcher with invaluable opportunities to share and receive constructive feedback and make valuable professional connections, often resulting in further research collaborations.

Conclusion:

It is this development of the ability to transform knowledge into valuable contributions that defines a successful student. It’s about turning learning into a useful discovery that adds value to the knowledgebase of any field of study. Being able to think about, understand and apply knowledge effectively makes the transformation from being a ‘student’ to a ‘researcher’. As such it’s the single most important attribute a research student, from Bachelor to PhD level, can aspire to and achieve during their academic career.

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