Plagiarism and cheating, instead of being viewed as extra loads
for the ever busy faculty members, have been seen by many educators
as an opportunity to re-think teaching methods and learning
outcomes. One of these educators is G. Van Belle, an English
professor, who wrote
How Cheating Helps Drive Better Instruction, in which he offers
tips to help deter plagiarized assignments and says:
I have
found that the perceived increase in student cheating has helped
my teaching. Rather than resort to policing my classes for the
dishonest, I have taken on the challenge of creating courses that
will challenge the honest, hard-working student and will
ultimately deter the student with a tendency toward cheating (Van Belle, 2001).
This and many other resources for
faculty are in the following pages:
About
Plagiarism -
information on what instructors should know about plagiarism and
what they should teach their students.
Plagiarism in Colleges in USA (2000)
is discussed from a legal perspective by an attorney, R. Standler. He reviews major cases
of plagiarism committed by both students and professors in US
colleges. He also gives suggestions on university policies
formulated to
prevent plagiarism.
http://www.rbs2.com/plag.htm
Plagiarism: A Misplaced Emphasis
(1994), by Brian Martin. The author defines and discusses the
different treatment given to "competitive plagiarism" (among
intellectuals and academics), and "institutionalized plagiarism"
(e.g., ghostwriting in political speeches).
http://www.uow.edu.au/arts/sts/bmartin/pubs/94jie.html
The Plagiarism
Story (1995): "During the Programme Committee work leading up
to EURO-PAR'95, two
cases of plagiarism were detected by the referees."
The UC DavisStudent Judicial
Affairs web site has a page on Campus Judicial Reports which publishes current cases of academic
misconduct--including cheating and plagiarism--registered among
their students.
http://sja.ucdavis.edu/cjb.html
