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Academic staff's perspectives upon student plagiarism: a case study at a university in Hong Kong

Academic staff's perspectives upon student plagiarism: a case study at a university in Hong... Much of the previous research concerning student plagiarism has been conducted in Anglo-American settings. The present paper reports a case study of academic staff's perspectives upon student plagiarism at a university in Hong Kong. Based on interviews with 16 instructors, the study focused on the teachers' views and pedagogical practices, including their use of Turnitin. The paper ends by noting certain areas that need to be addressed in tackling student plagiarism and by proposing a few lines of future research. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Asia Pacific Journal of Education Taylor & Francis

Academic staff's perspectives upon student plagiarism: a case study at a university in Hong Kong

Li, Yongyan
Asia Pacific Journal of Education , Volume 35 (1): 13 – Jan 2, 2015
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Academic staff's perspectives upon student plagiarism: a case study at a university in Hong Kong

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Much of the previous research concerning student plagiarism has been conducted in Anglo-American settings. The present paper reports a case study of academic staff's perspectives upon student plagiarism at a university in Hong Kong. Based on interviews with 16 instructors, the study focused on the teachers' views and pedagogical practices, including their use of Turnitin. The paper ends by noting certain areas that need to be addressed in tackling student plagiarism and by proposing...
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Taylor & Francis
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© 2013 National Institute of Education, Singapore
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1742-6855
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0218-8791
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10.1080/02188791.2013.835710
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Abstract

Much of the previous research concerning student plagiarism has been conducted in Anglo-American settings. The present paper reports a case study of academic staff's perspectives upon student plagiarism at a university in Hong Kong. Based on interviews with 16 instructors, the study focused on the teachers' views and pedagogical practices, including their use of Turnitin. The paper ends by noting certain areas that need to be addressed in tackling student plagiarism and by proposing a few lines of future research.

Journal

Asia Pacific Journal of Education – Taylor & Francis

Published: Jan 2, 2015

Keywords: English-medium universities; university policies against plagiarism; student plagiarism; Turnitin

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