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Plagiarism and Cultural Differences
Plagiarism and Cultural Differences
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Contents
Plagiarism meaning and interpretations Plagiarism and cultural differences Research aim and objectives IPPHEAE project Research methodology Progress to date and initial results Further work
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It is not a straight forward concept Boundaries between research and plagiarism are very thin
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Aim
To find out whether students from diverse European countries and backgrounds present dissimilar views towards plagiarism, as well as to explore the existing concept of the common European approach.
Research Title
Plagiarism and national differences. Variation in practice and attitudes towards academic dishonesty among European students.
Attitudes and Practices
Objectives
To collect data from questionnaires and interviews in order to investigate the attitudes as well as practices that lie behind the problem of student plagiarism To gather and evaluate the findings from different European Higher Educational Institutions in a form of a comparative study To analyse gathered data and investigate whether there is a relation between the approach to plagiarism and nationality of European bachelor and masters students To investigate the European approach towards plagiarism and assess its appropriateness among European students
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Survey 2
in the United Kingdom on a group of non-UK European students who experienced more than one educational system and were exposed to new cultures and academic codes of conduct
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Questionnaires are available online and can be accessed through the IPPHEAE project website: http://ippheae.eu/surveys
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Part 2
Focus groups with students who experienced more than one educational system These students should be able to recognise differences in HE systems and academic dishonesty attitudes which occur between countries they have studied in
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Progress to date
Online Surveys in 14 language versions Focus Groups with French and Polish students Results from a Pilot Survey:
Conducted at Coventry University 37 students from Nigeria (13), India (12), Great Britain (3), Poland (2), China (1), Libya (1), Pakistan (1), Sri Lanka (1) and UAE nations (1). Two participants did not specify their nationality (N/N).
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Before bachelor: 2/2 Polish, 1/3 British, 1/1 Chinese, 2/12 Indian and 2 people N/N During bachelor: 2/3 British, 1/1 Libyan, 1/1 UAE nations, 2/13 Nigerian, 1/12 Indian, 1 N/N During masters: 11/13 Nigerian, 10/12 Indian, 1/1 Sri Lankan and 1 person N/N
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Agree: 7/13 Nigerian and 1 person N/N Strongly agree: 2/13 Nigerian Not applicable: 1/3 British
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Disagree: 1/3 British, 1/2 Polish and 1/13 Nigerian Not sure: 2/13 Nigerian, 2/12 Indian, 1/3 British, 1/1 Pakistani and 1 person N/N Agree: 5/13 Nigerian, 4/12 Indian, 1/1 Sri Lankan, 1/1 Libyan, 1/1 UAE, 1/3 British, 1/2 Polish Strongly agree: 5/13 Nigerian, 5/12 Indian, 1/1 Chinese and 1 person N/N 15 Not applicable: 1/12 Indian
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Further Work
Collect data from all surveys across Europe Compare answers from different countries and HE institutions Gather data from focus groups Create an in-depth view of each country Bring the results from different questions together Answer issues regarding plagiarism awareness, occurence and detection
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