Study of the reasons for and measures to avoid plagiarism in young students of education

  1. Cebrián Robles, Violeta 1
  2. Raposo Rivas, Manuela 1
  3. Sarmiento Campos, José Antonio 1
  1. 1 Universidade de Vigo
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    Universidade de Vigo

    Vigo, España

    ROR https://ror.org/05rdf8595

Revista:
Profesorado: Revista de curriculum y formación del profesorado

ISSN: 1989-6395,  1138-414X

Ano de publicación: 2020

Título do exemplar: Miscelánea

Volume: 24

Número: 1

Páxinas: 50-74

Tipo: Artigo

DOI: 10.30827/PROFESORADO.V24I1.8572 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso aberto editor

Outras publicacións en: Profesorado: Revista de curriculum y formación del profesorado

Resumo

The Internet has become a source of information for most young people. It provides opportunities but also poses dangers for which they must acquire digital skills. This is the case for young students intending to become teachers who, in turn, will have to train other young people in these digital skills. The research focuses on students’ opinions on two issues relating to dishonest practices: a. the reason or reasons they and their fellow students plagiarize and, b. finding solutions to avoid academic plagiarism. The study analyzes data of 539 students from faculties of education of eight universities and two different countries (Portugal and Spain). A common model for young people has been found from validated instruments. There is a common pattern in the students of all the universities and countries studied, justified by three interrelated reasons to plagiarize: "internal" and "external" reasons to the students and the lack of motivation required for the task.

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Project R+D+i titled “Study of the impact of the federated erúbricas in competences assessment in practicum” (2014-2017). Call for Excellence of Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (Spain), nº EDU 2013-41974P.

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