This workshop "Defend with Confidence" with Dr. Christine Kohistani aims at preparing doctorate candidates for their defense. They will be introduced into formal regulations and frameworks, procedures and typical settings in a defense. Thinking on their feet during the questions and answers session as well as responding strategies to typical defense-questions will also be practiced in simulated scenarios.
The 1st workshop day contains relevant input and is mandatory for all participants. On the 2nd workshop day, the participants will be divided into 2 small groups (morning and afternoon) to actively carry out a defense training situation. This results in a total of 1.5 workshop days per participant.
TOPICS
- Awareness-rising for formalities and deadlines
- Formal procedures and regulations
- Do’s and Don’ts in oral Ph.D. examinations
- Training units for preparation
- Coping strategies with unexpected or difficult questions
- Get a taste - training the disputation (Q&A)
LEARNING OUTCOMES
- Clarifying of general frameworks in a defense
- Preparation of the examination process
- Development of preparation and coping strategies
Requirements for preparation: You need to prepare a 5-minutes presentation (ppt) according to your discipline culture (PPT, speech, etc.) of your PhD-topic – it could be a small overview or one part of it. This presentation is for your disputation simulation slot on the 2nd workshop day.
Credit Points: 1.5
