Wednesday, June 5, 2019
Why Plagiarism is a serious academic offence
why Plagiarism is a serious academic offenceThe piracy is identified in scholarly person works, the educatee has been penalized check to plagiarism existing policy by the academic institute in the United Kingdom therefore teachers and students point of view plagiarism is seem as serious academic offence. An the most of internationalist students are not-native speakers and English has a third or second language and due to their earlier education background, handbag of English language or communicating as well authorship skills are not that measuring rod as an native student, even the culture incompatible play major roll to understand Western Construct of Plagiarism, why the international student facing much challenges then UK students in relation to plagiarism.Why savant PlagiariseMany international students are not aware regarding plagiarism in their previous education in the home country. On new(prenominal) hand at UK into the class room teacher applying their ideas that student learn academic paternity through a process of acquisition Patch writing support their views that students are involving as academic writers, therefore student find difficulty to achieving the balance among reliance on academic books and his own abstract ability. In reality, we are leaving in aged of Information Technology where World Wide Web (WWW) or mesh brings the plagiarism for student the network has re-articulated the role and meaning of authorship in a number of way or composite techniques.Unfair Practice to PlagiarismIn that case, if un designed plagiarism is a situation where students are unwarily cross the border of academic integrity, now this is the big questions of teacher and academic management weather student exit penalized or not, in case of this term plagiarism policy is unfair and practice should be flexible so that students get on the noseice.In this study tec going to analysis the differences in understanding between home (UK) foundation students and international foundation students as well usefulness of the distinction between intentional and unintentional plagiarism to justice unfair plagiarism practice at UK university through soft research.METHODOLOGYThe nature of research is subjective so that qualitative research is most suitable for this study and gathering data through pilot questionnaires, with regard to achieving aim of the study issued to comparative statement to plagiarism between international students and UK students and unfair plagiarism practice at UK universities. The questionnaires were set out and design according to findings and self administrative questionnaires distributed to all 38 participants at distinguishable colleges and universities campus, included 14 were native students and 24 international students respectively Asians were 10, Africans were 8 and from gulf were 8 and overall respondents rate was 95%.The self administrative questionnaires conducted into the twain groups first internationa l students from 14 different countries and subsequent native students within the United Kingdom, the intention of finding and analysis issues of plagiarism and its related topics such as culture and cultural factor, intentional and unintentional plagiarism. All the questions were design in intention of this study and obtained by self administrative questionnaires.International primaeval Student PlagiarismThis chapter intends to investigation and analyzes being collected data through questionnaires and the results explored the key issue in this topic and illustrate appropriate conclusion regarding international student face greater challenges than UK students in relation to plagiarism and unfair practices at UK universities.The table 1 explain that apart from 38 students, 100% native students aware about plagiarism and having a well experience of academic writing where as only 58% international students aware about plagiarism and just 33% students having a experience of academic wr iting in their under-graduation degree, fleck 79% native students have a sound knowledge of Harvard references style only just 54% international students knows about Harvard references style. The most of respondents confirmed that they plagiarised and respectively 64% and 63% native and international students copy otherwise multitude work in their own as well 36% and 46% native and international student copied their some work from internet without acknowledgement, even majority of international student admitted that in your home country from any text book not at problem.In term of culture and plagiarism, 71% international student faces a language and communication skills problem, however respectively 57% and 58% native and international students have a lack of individual revalue and 57% native and 38% international student having problem with lack of research skills and deep subject knowledge. Respectively 43% and 71% native students has an acedia and overconfident to get work s ready within couple of long time on other hand 25% and 54% international students has laziness or overconfident on the other side respectively 54% and 50% international students having a pressure to home and they believe to share work with others/friends while just 43% and 29% native students having a pressure from home and believe to share works.Table 1 Results for plagiarismQuestions PosedYes/NoNative Students (14)International Students (24)Asian Students (10)African Students (8)Do you know and heard about plagiarism before universityY1473N035Do you have educational experience of academic writing in undergraduateY1442N066Do you know what is hardware references style you well informedY1163N245Ever PlagiarisedY1296N212Have you copied other battalion work in your ownY965N543Have you cope and pest from the internet without acknowledgementY545N963Have you faced a language problemY076N1432Respect of AuthorityY896N612Individual Vales (Poor time management, lack of self regulation, f ear of failure etc)Y864N644Lack of research skills and deep subject knowledgeY843N664 laziness or CarelessnessY623N885Pressure from home and to write academic standardY663N845Easier work with friend or sharing work is OKY464N1044Self confident to get work done within couple of daysY1045N463ConclusionThe output of this little study describe that international student plagiarism due to, they are not shimmering aware of plagiarism as well references style by the university or college were they attending, even lack of academic writing experiences for their previous study in home country, even some cultural issue such as language problem, lack of research knowledge and innovation skills. Finding from this study students from overseas they cannot easily understand the UK existing practise of Plagiarised so that UK academics intuition should provide and set out the training in referencing skills, academic writing, poor study and research skills and existing plagiarism law.In the regards u nfair practice, majority of students unintentionally plagiarised, they are not copy and pest text from the internet, even do not copied work from others and always others works copied from their own words even though lot of students were unintentionally plagiarised in call of this regards plagiarism practice should be flexible.Part BThis is paragraph about contemporary British people had a rather patronizing attitude with other countries people as well British government policies with the other countries.
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