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Teaching to Avoid Plagiarism: How to Promote Good Source Use (Paperback, Ed)
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Teaching to Avoid Plagiarism: How to Promote Good Source Use (Paperback, Ed)
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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 plagiarismHow
universities currently deal with plagiarismHow teachers can support
students in effective source useThe 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. Assessment
tasks, broad questions and activities are provided at the end of
each chapter, encouraging readers to understand both policy and
practice in their own institution to better manage plagiarism and
source attribution." 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. Combining practical activities based on real-life
examples with wide-ranging original research, this important book
should be required reading, not only for staff development officers
and lecturers, but more widely throughout the higher education
community." 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. Thoughtful
activities and discussion questions aimed at staff development are
teamed with advice on ways to build in support within disciplinary
writing which will help students master the necessary academic
skills to avoid plagiarism. The emphasis, quite rightly, is also on
helping students understand how plagiarism disrupts the ethical
values of the academy, and is not just another hurdle placed in
their way by academic insiders." 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. Working from the principle that 'an ounce of
prevention is worth a pound of cure', Diane Pecorari argues for a
proactive approach to handling issues of plagiarism, with an
emphasis on the need to train students how to deal appropriately
with sources. As well as a clear exposition of the theoretical
issues at stake, the book contains a wealth of practical activities
and discussion questions which will allow readers to develop the
sort of competence in dealing with plagiarism that is the goal of
the volume." Professor John Flowerdew, City University of Hong Kong
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