plagiarism and cultural differences

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Student Plagiarism and National Differences

across Europe

Presenter Name

Cultural Perspectives


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ContentsPlagiarism meaning and interpretationsPlagiarism and cultural differencesResearch aim and objectivesIPPHEAE projectResearch methodology

Progress to date and initial resultsFurther work


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Plagiarism.Meaning and Interpretations

Historic (Latin) meaning: plagiariuskidnapper, thief, plunderer

Many definitions and interpretations:copy, borrow, use ideas, failure to cite properly,steal, commit literary theft...

It is not a straight forward conceptBoundaries between research and plagiarismare very thin


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Plagiarismand Cultural Differences

Differences between Europeanand International students

Concept of intellectual and textual ownershipcomes from a Western world

Do all European students perceive plagiarismin the same Western way?Are there any differences between national attitudestowards academic dishonesty?


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AimTo find out whether students from diverseEuropean countries and backgroundspresent dissimilar views towards plagiarism,as well as to explore the existing conceptof the common European approach.


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Research Title

Plagiarism and national differences.Variation in practice and attitudes

towards academic dishonestyamong European students.

Attitudesand Practices


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ObjectivesTo collect data from questionnaires and interviewsin order to investigate the attitudes as well as practicesthat lie behind the problem of student plagiarism

To gather and evaluate the findings from differentEuropean Higher Educational Institutionsin a form of a comparative studyTo analyse gathered data and investigate whether there is a relation between the approach to plagiarismand nationality of European bachelor and masters students To investigate the European approach towards plagiarismand assess its appropriateness among European students


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Connection with IPPHEAE ProjectResearch Assistant to the European-wide plagiarism projectImpact of Policies for Plagiarism in Higher Educationacross Europe

Focuses on policies and procedures implemented at institutional

and national levelsEvaluates new interventions for preventing or detecting plagiarismHelps to uphold and improve standards and quality in HE institutionsacross Europe and beyondIncludes a survey of teachers, students and managers from variousHE institutions across Europe

IPPHEAE project shares with the researcher:wide network of partners, professional expertise of project members,access to project data, possibility to conduct studies across the whole

European Union


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Research Methods: SurveysSurvey 1

on a group of undergraduate and postgraduatestudents from different HE Institutions across

the European Union.Survey 2

in the United Kingdom on a group of non-UK Europeanstudents who experienced more than one educationalsystem and were exposed to new culturesand academic codes of conduct


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Research Methods: Surveys

Survey questions are grouped in five categories:Plagiarism Understanding and AwarenessPlagiarism OccurrenceInstitutional Policies and ProceduresPlagiarism Deterrence and DetectionCiting and Referencing

Questionnaires are available onlineand can be accessed through the IPPHEAEproject website: http://ippheae.eu/surveys
http://ippheae.eu/surveyshttp://ippheae.eu/surveys


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Research Methods: Focus GroupsPart 1

Focus groups with students who experiencedonly one educational systemExperiencing only one educational system and not beinginfluenced by foreign methodologies, these students shouldrepresent attitudes typical for the country under analysis

Part 2Focus groups with students who experienced

more than one educational systemThese students should be able to recognise differencesin HE systems and academic dishonesty attitudeswhich occur between countries they have studied in


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Progress to date

Online Surveys in 14 language versionsFocus Groups with French and Polish studentsResults from a Pilot Survey:

Conducted at Coventry University37 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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Initial Results: Example 1

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/NDuring masters: 11/13 Nigerian, 10/12 Indian, 1/1 Sri Lankan and 1 person N/N

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Strongly disagree:2/13 Nigerian, 1/12 Indianand 1/1 Pakistani

Disagree: 5/12 Indian,4/13 Nigerian, 1/3 Britishand 1/2 Polish

Not sure: 3/12 Indian,2/13 Nigerian,1/1 UAE nations,1/1 Sri Lankan,

1/1 Pakistani, 1/1 Chinese,1/3 British and 1 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 PolishStrongly agree: 5/13 Nigerian, 5/12 Indian, 1/1 Chinese and 1 person N/N

Not applicable: 1/12 Indian 15


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Strongly disagree: 1/3 Britishand 1/1 UAE nations

Disagree: 1/1 Pakistani,1/12 Indian, 1/13 Nigerian

Not sure: 1/3 British,1/1 Libyan, 1 person N/N

Agree: 5/12 Indian,3/13 Nigerian, 2/2 Polish,1/1 Sri Lankan, 1 person N/N

Strongly agree:9/13 Nigerian, 6/12 Indianand 1/1 Chinese

Not applicable: 1/3 British

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Further Work

Collect data from all surveys across EuropeCompare answers from different countriesand HE institutionsGather data from focus groupsCreate an in-depth view of each countryBring the results from different questionstogether Answer issues regarding plagiarismawareness, occurence and detection


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