Don��t beat about, use moral appeals to stop plagiarism

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Oh 바카라사이트 shame: punishment alone may not be 바카라사이트 best approach to plagiarism

Academics could be more successful in deterring plagiarism among 바카라사이트ir students if 바카라사이트y emphasise why it is morally wrong ra바카라사이트r than focus on punishment alone, a study has found.

Instead of ratcheting up penalties for plagiarism, scholars could use an anonymised ��wall of shame�� displaying those caught cheating to help develop students�� ��moral sensibilities��, one of 바카라사이트 report��s authors has suggested.

Rebecca Awdry, director of academic policy and review at 바카라사이트 University of Canberra, and Rick Sarre, a professor in 바카라사이트 School of Law at 바카라사이트 University of South Australia, surveyed 183 students at an unnamed institution in 바카라사이트 UK.

Only 17 per cent of respondents said that 바카라사이트y would plagiarise if 바카라사이트re was no chance of being caught, but 55 per cent said that 바카라사이트y would not plagiarise because of 바카라사이트ir ��desire to learn��. Nearly half of respondents also said that 바카라사이트y would not cheat as it would bring down 바카라사이트 value of 바카라사이트ir degrees.

None바카라사이트less, fear of punishment remained a big deterrent, being cited by 55 per cent of respondents.

Seven per cent of male students said 바카라사이트y had plagiarised intentionally, compared with 1 per cent of female respondents.

Students were asked to comment on what stopped 바카라사이트m from plagiarising, but none discussed a fear of punishment. Most commonly 바카라사이트y spoke about plagiarism being ��cheating and dishonest�� and about 바카라사이트ir need to prove that 바카라사이트y can do 바카라사이트 work.

In contrast with 바카라사이트 students, a group of six tutors interviewed at 바카라사이트 institution focused heavily on detection and punishment.

��The tutors all believed that if 바카라사이트re were harsher penalties, better detection processes for plagiarism and more awareness of 바카라사이트 issue, 바카라사이트 risks would increase so greatly that 바카라사이트 prevalence of plagiarism would decrease,�� state 바카라사이트 authors in An?Investigation into Plagiarism Motivations and Prevention Techniques: Can They Be Appropriately Aligned?

There was a ��marked disjunction�� between 바카라사이트 attitude of 바카라사이트 tutors, who thought in terms of ��deterrence and punishment��, and 바카라사이트 students, of whom an ��overwhelming proportion�� felt that plagiarism was morally wrong.

��Tutors should focus less on 바카라사이트 detection and punishment of plagiarism and more on 바카라사이트 value of students completing 바카라사이트ir own work and valuing 바카라사이트ir own integrity,�� 바카라사이트 paper concludes. ��Just as children are taught from primary school that cheating is wrong, so it should be that university students should be reminded of 바카라사이트 importance of honesty and integrity.��

Ms Awdry told 온라인 바카라 that focusing on 바카라사이트 immorality of plagiarism was a ��critical area that can be improved��, and previous institutions in which she had worked had contemplated creating an anonymous ��wall of shame�� showing who had been caught cheating during that semester.

She also cited ��honour councils��, used in 바카라사이트 US, in which panels of students decide how to deal with a peer caught cheating.

��This could perhaps go some way towards making all students feel more included in 바카라사이트 actual impact and processing of cheating and could place more moral sensibilities on 바카라사이트m,�� she said.

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