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1 online resource (468 p.) |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
| Contents |
Intro -- Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- List of Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Preface -- Part 1 Academic Integrity and Plagiarism -- 1. Understanding Academic Integrity -- Introduction -- Academic Integrity Defined -- ICAI -- The Role of Education -- The Education System as an Open Social System -- Academic Dishonesty -- Plagiarism: The Most Popular Form of Academic Misconduct -- Conclusion -- 2. Defining and Understanding Plagiarism -- Introduction -- Defining Plagiarism |
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Types of Plagiarism -- Plagiarism across the Globe -- What's so Wrong with Plagiarizing? -- Contract Cheating -- Conclusion -- 3. Causes and Prevalence of Plagiarism -- Introduction -- Why Students Plagiarize -- Plagiarism and the Internet -- Factors Impacting Plagiarism among Academics -- Prevalence of Plagiarism -- Conclusion -- 4. Detection and Consequences of Plagiarism -- Introduction -- Detecting Plagiarism -- Consequences of Plagiarism for Students -- Consequences for Plagiarism among Academics -- Deterrents to Plagiarism -- Conclusion |
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Part 2 Research on Academic Integrity in the Caribbean -- 5. Background to the Caribbean -- Introduction -- Defining the Caribbean -- Overview of Education in the Caribbean -- Funding Education in the Caribbean -- Regional Educational Institutions -- Conclusion -- 6. Methodology -- Introduction -- Research Objectives -- Research Design -- Content Analysis -- Descriptive Survey -- Ethical Concerns -- Secondary Data -- Conclusion -- 7. Snapshots of Plagiarism from across the Caribbean -- Introduction -- Background -- Review of Literature -- Presentation and Analysis of Data |
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Discussion of Findings -- 8. Maintaining Academic Integrity in Secondary Education in the Caribbean -- Introduction -- Background -- Review of Literature -- Data Presentation and Analysis -- Discussion of Findings -- 9. Academic Integrity and Plagiarism Policies of Caribbean Higher Education Institutions -- Introduction -- Background -- Review of Literature -- Data Presentation and Analysis -- Discussion of Findings -- 10. Academic Integrity, Accreditation and Plagiarism in Higher Education -- Introduction -- Background -- Review of Literature -- Accreditation in the Caribbean |
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Data Presentation and Analysis -- Discussion of Findings -- 11. Undergraduate Students' Perceptions of Plagiarism: Analysis of Quantitative Data -- Introduction -- Background -- Review of Literature -- Data Presentation and Analysis -- Discussion of Findings -- 12. In Their Own Words -- Undergraduates' Perception of Plagiarism -- Introduction -- Background -- Data Presentation and Analysis -- Discussion of Findings -- 13. Perceptions of Plagiarism by Academic Discipline and Gender -- Introduction -- Background -- Review of the Literature -- Data Presentation and Analysis -- Discussion of Findings |
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14. Perception of Plagiarism by Age and Academic Maturity |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Plagiarism -- Caribbean Area.
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Cheating (Education) -- Caribbean Area.
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College students -- Caribbean Area -- Conduct of life.
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Education, Higher -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Caribbean Area.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Baker-Gardner, Ruth Academic Integrity in the Caribbean Kingston : University of the West Indies Press,c2022 |
| ISBN |
9766409226 |
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9789766409227 (electronic bk.) |
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