Plagiarism in Secondary School: Minor Inaction with Major Consequences

Yury V. Chekhovich, Olga S. Belenkaya
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Introduction. The ease of searching and copying someone elseʼs text on almost any topic is one of the most important reasons for the prevalence of plagiarism in academic papers. While plagiarism detectors have become a common tool for universities, such systems are practically not used in secondary schools. It is considered to be a serious problem, that high school graduates are unprepared for the academic papers’ originality requirements. Universities are making efforts to overcome this lack of readiness. The authors study the attitude of teachers and learners of the Russian secondary schools toward the problem of plagiarism. Materials and Methods. An anonymous online survey of teachers (n = 2,286) and learners (m = 4,555) of secondary schools in the Vologda, Kaliningrad and Lipetsk regions of the Russian Federation was conducted. The survey was carried out through the Google Forms service. The quantitative and qualitative analysis of the obtained data was carried out. Results. Learners acquire the habit of plagiarism already in secondary school. Secondary school learners are loyal to copying someone elseʼs text without reference to the source; although they partially admit that by doing so they do wrong. Teachers are less tolerant to this and ready to respond to plagiarism in learners’ papers by lowering marks/grades or by requiring learners to redo the work. Teachers do not always clearly understand which borrowings can be considered legitimate and correct, and which ones are not, they cannot explain this to their learners, cannot instill in them the necessary academic integrity, and cannot establish clear criteria for works evaluation.The use of plagiarism detection systems in schools is unsystematic and it is often the result of the initiative of individual teachers. There is also no methodology for using plagiarism detection systems in secondary schools. Discussion and Conclusion. The conducted studies for the first time provided actual confirmation of the hypotheses. It means that it is necessary to include plagiarism detection systems in the toolkit used in secondary school. We have obtained evidence, that it is necessary to implement such tools in the secondary education system step by step, as well as to create conditions, so that school teachers can acquire relevant skills. The materials of the article will be useful to scientists who study the problems of secondary and high education, managers of the secondary education system at all levels, teachers, lecturers and learners of pedagogical universities.
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中学抄袭:小的不作为导致大的后果
介绍。在几乎任何主题上搜索和复制他人文本的便利性是学术论文抄袭盛行的最重要原因之一。虽然抄袭检测系统已经成为大学普遍使用的工具,但这种系统实际上并没有在中学使用。这被认为是一个严重的问题,高中毕业生没有准备好学术论文的原创性要求。大学正在努力克服这种准备不足。作者研究了俄罗斯中学教师和学生对剽窃问题的态度。材料与方法。对俄罗斯联邦沃洛格达、加里宁格勒和利佩茨克地区中学的教师(n = 2286)和学生(m = 4555)进行了匿名在线调查。这项调查是通过谷歌表单服务进行的。对获得的数据进行了定量和定性分析。结果。学习者在中学时就已经养成了抄袭的习惯。中学学习者倾向于不参考出处就照搬别人的文章;尽管他们部分承认这样做是错误的。老师们对此不太宽容,并且准备通过降低分数/分数或要求学生重做来应对学生论文中的抄袭。教师并不总是清楚地了解哪些借款可以被认为是合法和正确的,哪些不是,他们无法向学生解释这一点,无法向他们灌输必要的学术诚信,也无法建立明确的作品评价标准。在学校使用抄袭检测系统是不系统的,它往往是个别教师主动的结果。在中学也没有使用抄袭检测系统的方法。讨论与结论。进行的研究首次为这些假设提供了实际的证实。这意味着有必要在中学使用的工具包中包括抄袭检测系统。我们有证据表明,有必要在中学教育系统中逐步实施这些工具,并创造条件,使学校教师能够获得相关技能。本文的材料对研究中等和高等教育问题的科学家、各级中等教育系统的管理者、师范大学的教师、讲师和学习者都很有用。
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Integration of Education
Integration of Education Social Sciences-Education
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期刊介绍: The journal was established by the resolution of the Russian Federation State Committee on Higher Education, the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation, the State Assembly and Government of Republic of Mordovia of 12 July 1995. Integration of Education publishes original researches in the field of integration of education. The names and content of the Journal’s sections correspond to the fields of science and groups of specialties of scientific workers in accordance with the Nomenclature of Scientific Specialties in which academic degrees are awarded: 19.00.00 PSYCHOLOGY 13.00.00 PEDAGOGY 22.00.00 SOCIOLOGY
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