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John Locke約翰·洛克論文競(jìng)賽是由牛津大學(xué)、普林斯頓大學(xué)的頂級(jí)學(xué)者發(fā)起并且評(píng)審的國際論文競(jìng)賽，對(duì)于未來要走人文社科方向的同學(xué)來說，入圍John Locke論文比賽，就等于學(xué)術(shù)研究和思維邏輯能力都得到了官方認(rèn)可！讓我們一起來看看吧！

 

John Locke論文競(jìng)賽

 

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John Locke寫作競(jìng)賽是由位于牛津的獨(dú)立教育組織John Locke Institute與英國牛津大學(xué)、美國普林斯頓大學(xué)等優(yōu)質(zhì)院校教授合作組織的學(xué)術(shù)項(xiàng)目，其評(píng)審全部來自英國牛津大學(xué)，每年舉辦一次。選題涵蓋了哲學(xué)、政治、經(jīng)濟(jì)、歷史、心理學(xué)、神學(xué)、法律七個(gè)學(xué)科，每個(gè)學(xué)科設(shè)置不同的問題，從極富趣味性和挑戰(zhàn)力的寫作題目出發(fā)，旨在培養(yǎng)參賽者的議論文寫作能力，考察參賽者對(duì)于不同學(xué)科領(lǐng)域獨(dú)立深刻的見解、廣博的認(rèn)知、清晰的說理能力、批判性地分析思維能力和說服力。

 

因其學(xué)科范圍廣、選題深刻有趣，已成為全世界非常受歡迎和認(rèn)可的高中生英文論文競(jìng)賽之一。

 

參賽對(duì)象

高年級(jí)組：提交論文時(shí)年滿18歲及以下

低年級(jí)組：提交論文時(shí)年滿14歲及以下

 

比賽方式

官網(wǎng)一般會(huì)在2月份公布7個(gè)主題的題目。學(xué)生根據(jù)自己的興趣選擇一個(gè)問題寫一篇論文，在截止日期前（一般是6月底）提交。

 

每篇文章只能在所選主題類別中回答一個(gè)問題，可以提交多篇文章，但不得超過2000字（不包括圖表、數(shù)據(jù)表、腳注、參考書目或作者聲明）。

 

獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)設(shè)置

Grand Prize (終極獎(jiǎng)）：

1人，獲得John Locke學(xué)院10,000美元的榮譽(yù)獎(jiǎng)學(xué)金，用于參加學(xué)院一個(gè)或多個(gè)暑期學(xué)校或gap year課程。

 

各學(xué)科領(lǐng)域：

Winner、Second Prize、Third Prize各1人：獲得2000美元獎(jiǎng)學(xué)金，用于覆蓋John Locke學(xué)院任何課程的費(fèi)用。

 

High Commendations：

除去以上獲獎(jiǎng)的其他優(yōu)秀文章，最佳論文的作者們將獲得表彰并入圍獎(jiǎng)品獲得者的列表中。入圍的作者們還將被邀請(qǐng)到牛津參加9月份的學(xué)術(shù)會(huì)議和頒獎(jiǎng)晚宴。

 

歷年入圍情況

年份

投稿數(shù)

入圍數(shù)

2022

6805

1300

2021

4000

915

2020

2740

710

 

John Locke論文競(jìng)賽是人文社科方向的同學(xué)必參加的比賽之一，主要有以下2個(gè)原因：

 

助力名校申請(qǐng)

John Locke約翰·洛克論文競(jìng)賽的評(píng)審都來自牛津大學(xué)，每年的話題都和時(shí)事息息相關(guān)，可以說是大學(xué)錄取的風(fēng)向標(biāo)。每年都吸引全球數(shù)千名擅長(zhǎng)思考和寫作的中學(xué)生參加。往年參賽的學(xué)生錄取院校包括普林斯頓、哈佛、耶魯、斯坦福、芝加哥、伯克利、牛津、劍橋等世界名校。

 

提升學(xué)術(shù)寫作能力

對(duì)于人文社科方向的同學(xué)來說，學(xué)術(shù)寫作的能力是必不可少的。參加John Locke論文競(jìng)賽，不僅是為了獲得獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)，也可以在備賽的過程中提升自己的寫作能力、邏輯思維。為今后的大學(xué)生活做好準(zhǔn)備。

 

如何備賽John Locke論文比賽

 

John Locke論文競(jìng)賽對(duì)參賽者的學(xué)術(shù)要求很高，同學(xué)們至少要具備以下能力：

 

了解哲學(xué)，政治，經(jīng)濟(jì)，歷史，心理學(xué)，神學(xué)或法律等學(xué)科領(lǐng)域的基本知識(shí)結(jié)構(gòu)。

掌握議論文的基本寫作格式和技巧。

在文章中展現(xiàn)獨(dú)立的思想，清晰的邏輯和辯證的分析方式。

 

不同于普通的英文寫作，John Locke論文寫作有著嚴(yán)格的審核要求。想要寫出一篇符合參賽要求的學(xué)術(shù)論文，至少要經(jīng)過以下幾個(gè)步驟：

 

熟悉學(xué)術(shù)論文寫作格式

選取同學(xué)們感興趣的話題

進(jìn)行相關(guān)領(lǐng)域的廣泛閱讀

儲(chǔ)備所需要的相關(guān)話題的專業(yè)知識(shí)

開始破題、梳理大綱

進(jìn)一步資料搜索

仔細(xì)斟酌，修改大綱

著手寫作段落細(xì)節(jié)

反復(fù)修改、校對(duì)全文

 

在這里列出了2023年John Locke官方公布的7大主題的問題，同學(xué)們可以作為參考。

 

2023七大主題題目

 

 Philosophy 

 

Q1. A team of scientists wants to discover how many genders there are. How should they proceed?

 

Q2. In what sense are you the same person today that you were when you were ten?

 

Q3. Is tax theft? 

 

 Politics 

 

Q1. Do the results of elections express the will of the people?

 

Q2. If China becomes the leading superpower, what would that mean for the people who live there? What would it mean for everyone else?

 

Q3. What might account for the different levels of political corruption in your own country and your country's nearest neighbour?

 

 Economics 

 

Q1. A government funds its own expenditure by taxing its population. Suppose, instead, it relied solely on money newly created by the central bank? What would be the advantages and/or disadvantages?   

 

Q2. In his thought experiment, the Iowa Car Crop, David Friedman tries to show that growing wheat is, in an important sense, just another 'technology' we can use for manufacturing cars, and in some circumstances a much more efficient one.

If international trade is thus a way of using less valuable inputs to produce more valuable outputs, why would governments impose trade barriers such as tariffs and quotas, thereby forcing producers to be more wasteful and less efficient?

 

Q3. What would happen if we banned billionaires?

 

 History 

 

Q1. How much richer or poorer are the British today than they would have been without the effects of British colonialism? 

 

Q2. Which has a bigger effect on history: the plans of the powerful or their mistakes?

 

Q3. Which characteristics distinguish successful movements for social change from unsuccessful ones?

 

 Psychology 

 

Q1. Can happiness be measured?

 

Q2. In surveys conducted in the United States, significantly more than half the respondents reported that they believed themselves to be more attractive than the median person in their country. How might we account for this?

 

Q3. Are beliefs voluntary?

 

 Theology 

 

Q1. What distinguishes a small religion from a large cult?

 

Q2. If you cannot persuade your intelligent, sympathetic friends to embrace your religious belief system, do you have enough reason to believe what you believe? 

 

Q3. What was God doing before He created the cosmos?

 

 Law 

 

Q1. Would justice be better served in the United States if more Supreme Court judges were women? 

 

Q2. Suppose that you were contemplating, in violation of the rules of this competition, submitting an essay written for you by artificial intelligence. What would be the difference between such an act and ordinary attempted theft?

 

Q3. Are there too many laws?

 

JUNIOR prize

Q1. Is safety more important than fun?

 

Q2. If you had $10 billion to spend on making the world better, how would you spend it?

 

Q3. What, if anything, do your parents owe you?

 

Q4. What is something important, about which nearly everybody is wrong?

 

Q5. Why is John Locke sometimes called the father of liberalism?

 

 

 

 

 

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備賽建議：

1??從論證格式上來看，John Locke論文比賽的要求和國際學(xué)校的Argumentative Essay更相似。建議同學(xué)們精讀歷年的獲獎(jiǎng)?wù)撐?，學(xué)習(xí)并拆解它們的結(jié)構(gòu)，

 

2??在動(dòng)筆前，同學(xué)們可能需要花1-2個(gè)月的時(shí)間去做知識(shí)儲(chǔ)備的工作，累計(jì)在相關(guān)領(lǐng)域內(nèi)的理論、知名學(xué)者的著作和觀點(diǎn)，并且分析他們不同點(diǎn)在哪里，每一個(gè)主要的核心觀點(diǎn)里面再去細(xì)分更多分論點(diǎn)。

 

3??在寫作時(shí)，同學(xué)們要敢于清晰的表達(dá)自己的觀點(diǎn)。明確作者的寫作目的，預(yù)設(shè)對(duì)讀者的影響，不要拐彎抹角和跑題。

 

4??在提交時(shí)，一定要按照官網(wǎng)規(guī)定的日期節(jié)點(diǎn)和標(biāo)準(zhǔn)格式提交，文件名一律按照Alexander-Popham-Psychology-2.pdf的格式。

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