1st Edition

Student Plagiarism in Higher Education Reflections on Teaching Practice

Edited By Diane Pecorari, Philip Shaw Copyright 2019
194 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

194 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

194 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Student Plagiarism in Higher Education is a crucial read for any university teacher concerned about plagiarism. It provides the tools and information needed to assess this often complex international phenomenon constructively and effectively from a variety of angles, and provides a framework for further discussion and research. Each chapter poses a question about an essential aspect of... Read more

Chapter 1

Why so many questions about plagiarism?

Philip Shaw and Diane Pecorari

Chapter 2

Can plagiarism be defined?

Diane Pecorari

Chapter 3

How much can you copy?

Mary Davis and John Morley.

Chapter 4

Is student plagiarism still a serious problem in universities today?

Wendy Sutherland-Smith

Chapter 5

Why does plagiarism detection software not find all plagiarism?

Debora Weber-Wulff

Chapter 6

Can we use plagiarism detection services responsibly?

Jordan Canzonetta

Chapter 7

How does intertextuality inform plagiarism?

Erik Borg

Chapter 8

Shouldn't our expectations of students' and academics' intertextuality practices differ?

Sandra Jamieson

Chapter 9

Are we making our students plagiarize?

Philip Shaw

Chapter10

What really is the relationship between plagiarism and culture? Some thoughts from the Chinese context

Yongyan Li and John Flowerdew

Chapter 11

So what should we do?

Diane Pecorari and Philip Shaw

Biography

Diane Pecorari is Professor of English at City University of Hong Kong and Linnaeus University in Sweden.

Philip Shaw is Professor Emeritus at Stockholm University and Senior Professor at Linnaeus University.