The origin of China's mentorship system and what problems arise when mentors have too much power

Selecting a mentor can't be absolute whether it's better to choose a doctoral advisor or a master's advisor, it's based on the actual situation of oneself and one's specialty.

It is recommended to consider the following points when choosing a mentor:

1, whether they are still active in the forefront of academic research;

2, the big bulls who have already made a name for themselves (generally older), or the young assistant professors and associate professors who are in the ascendant stage of their careers and are full of motivation and potential, are good choices;

3, pay attention to the mentor that you are looking for.

5, in addition, the mentor's personality is also need to consider. If you come across a mentor whose personality is particularly extreme and strange, you will probably have a very bad time, although this is not very common.

The mentorship system is an educational system that is one of the three major educational models, along with the credit system and the class system. The tutorial system has a long history, as early as the nineteenth century, Oxford University has implemented the tutorial system, its most important feature is the close relationship between teachers and students. Mentors not only guide their studies, but also guide their lives. In recent years, universities in China have been exploring the possibility of establishing a new type of education and teaching system - tutorial system - for higher education other than graduate education, so as to better implement the modern education concept of whole-person, whole-process, and all-round education, and to better adapt to the requirements of quality education and the transformation of talent cultivation goals. This system requires the establishment of a "mentoring" relationship between teachers and students, for the individual differences in students, tailored to the teaching of students, guidance for students' thinking, learning and life.