I have no idea why all these messages are coming to my mailbox instead
of going to listserv.
In fact, that's exactly what I was trying to articulate, Theresa: I
don't think using the term "plagiarism" for every occasion is going to
help. I think it's important to understand what is happening in each
particular case and why it is happening, and then work with it (or work
to prevent it if necessary). I don't find general advice on "how to
avoid plagiarism" helpful.
Natasha
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Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: Plagiarism discussed in the NCTE Newsletter]
Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 13:49:49 -0400
From: Theresa Hyland <[log in to unmask]>
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I agree, Natasha, that people who want to copy will do it for whatever
reason. I also agree that the McDermid article was simplistic in its
assumption that a change in marking rubric would solve the problem. I
don't agree that "students who want to lean don't copy for the sake of
copying". Imitation has always been considered to be one of the ways we
learn. What I feel is important is that in our classes we open up a
discourse around issues of copying, imitating, summarizing and critical
commentary. I don't feel it is necessary to bemoan the one or two
people who don't appear to have learned anything from that discussion. I
also prefer to keep that discussion positive (i.e. talk about
referencing practice) rather than negative (i.e. talk about plagiarism,
theft, etc.) I'm not even sure that plagiarism is a term worth using
in academia today! Theresa.
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