Teaching to avoid plagiarism : how to promote good source use / Diane Pecorari.
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TextPublication details: Maidenhead : Open University Press, 2013.Description: xii, 192 pages ; 23 cmISBN: - 9780335245932 (pbk.)
- 0335245935 (pbk.)
- 808.025 PEC
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Plagiarism is a serious problem in higher education, and one that the majority of university teachers have encountered. This book provides the skills and resources that university teachers and learning and development support staff need in order to tackle it.
As a complex issue that requires thoughtful and sensitive handling, plagiarism simply cannot be addressed by warnings; detection software and punishment alone. Teaching to Avoid Plagiarism focuses on prevention rather than punishment and promotes a proactive, rather than reactive, approach to dealing with the issue.
Topics covered in this book include:
The causes of plagiarism How universities currently deal with plagiarism How teachers can support students in effective source use The role of technology Issues for second language writers and international students Drawing on her teaching experience as well as her academic research, Diane Pecorari offers a unique insight into this pervasive problem as well as practical advice on how to promote good source use to students and help them to avoid plagiarism. With a series of activities to help readers solidify their grasp of the approaches advised in the book, Teaching to Avoid Plagiarism is an essential guide for anyone in a student-facing role who wants to handle plagiarism more effectively."Diane Pecorari's book provides practical examples and activities on handling plagiarism blended with research-based findings. It is useful for teachers wanting to improve their understanding and practices in managing plagiarism, but also student advisors and academic support skills staff who deal with issues of academic integrity. This book makes a unique contribution to the field of plagiarism management as its structure affords direct professional development opportunities." Dr Wendy Sutherland-Smith, School of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Australia
"Teaching to Avoid Plagiarism successfully turns attention away from the detection and punishment of plagiarism and focuses instead on understanding and prevention through the promotion of good source use."
Maggie Charles, Oxford University Language Centre
"Diane Pecorari's insightful research and scholarship on plagiarism is used to excellent effect in this book which advocates a proactive rather than reactive approach to the difficulties faced by students in learning how to integrate their source texts."
Dr Ann Hewings, Director, Centre for Language and Communication, The Open University
"As stated by Diane Pecorari in the first sentence of this excellent volume, 'plagiarism is a problem in our universities'. The volume demonstrates clearly how teachers and students can deal with this 'problem' by developing a better understanding of the phenomenon, on the one hand, and developing specific skills in dealing with it, on the other."
Professor John Flowerdew, City University of Hong Kong
Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-188) and index.
pt. One Understanding plagiarism -- 1. What is plagiarism? -- Summary -- Introduction -- Defining plagiarism -- Problems in applying the criteria -- The incidence of plagiarism -- Activity -- Questions for reflection or discussion -- 2. Why does plagiarism happen? -- Summary -- Why do students cheat (by plagiarising)? -- Shades of intention -- Electronic media -- Strategies and skills for reading, writing and studying -- Learning the rules of the game -- Learning to play the game -- Learning the parlance of the game -- Learning to be a player -- Assessing the causes -- Activity -- Questions for reflection or discussion -- 3. How do we manage plagiarism? -- Summary -- Policy and regulation -- Prevention -- Detection -- Response -- Activity -- Questions for discussion or reflection -- pt. Two Managing plagiarism -- 4. What do writers need to know to avoid plagiarism? -- Summary -- Transparency -- Effective source use --Plagiarism is no substitute for skill -- Activity -- Questions for discussion or reflection -- 5. How can teachers support student learning about source use? -- Summary -- Principles for a source-use curriculum -- Approaches to teaching source use -- Task 1. Extracting content from a source with accuracy -- Task 2. Relating content accurately -- Task 3. Signalling orientations to content -- Task 4. Identifying the author of a work -- Task 5. Gathering and reporting bibliographic information -- Task 6. Relationships among sources -- Task 7. Choosing to quote or paraphrase -- Task 8. Producing quotations and paraphrases -- Task 9. A paraphrase process -- Task 10. Integrating source-use skills -- Activity -- Questions for discussion or reflection -- 6.What support can institutions offer? -- Summary -- Managing prototypical plagiarism -- Managing patchwriting -- Unifying the management of textual plagiarism -- Activity -- Questions for discussion or reflection -- pt. Three Contextualising plagiarism -- 7. International students and second-language writers -- Summary -- International students and second-language writers: Who are they? -- Plagiarism and L2 writers: What are the issues? -- Implications for teachers -- Activity -- Questions for discussion or reflection -- 8. Differences across academic subjects -- Summary -- Writing in the disciplines -- How are sources cited? -- Signalled and unsignalled quotation -- Learning to meet disciplinary conventions -- Disciplinary variation in a broader perspective -- Activity -- Questions for discussion or reflection -- 9. Diversity and change -- Summary -- They come from non-traditionl backgrounds -- They\'re Millenials -- They are learning in different ways -- Implications for teaching about plagiarism and source use -- Activity -- Questions for discussion or reflection -- 10. Plagiarism in a broader context -- Summary -- Practicing what we preach? -- Preach something practicable -- Getting real -- Conclusion -- Activity -- Questions for discussion or reflection.