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ISS Academic Honesty Guidelines
The introduction to ‘Effective citing and referencing’ is quoted below in italics. ISS is committed to ensuring that the best practices defined in this document are consistently applied at ISS. It is an expectation that all teachers at ISS are familiar with the ‘Effective citing and referencing’ document and enact its recommendations adapted to an age appropriate level.
“In order to avoid plagiarism students are expected to cite their sources in age appropriate manner”.
This means that, when creating an authentic piece of work, we are expected to:
§ undertake research on what is already known
§ analyse the research in the context of the work to be produced
§ compare and/or contrast existing knowledge against our own findings/thoughts/opinions
§ synthesize and present the document in an appropriate way for the expected audience
§ acknowledge all contributing sources appropriately
.... If we fail to show that we are using someone else’s words, work or ideas by not indicating that they originated with someone else, then we mislead the read. If we give the impression that these words or ideas are our own when they are not, this is not good scholarship and deliberate or unintentional, may be deemed as academic misconduct.”
A student’s academic work that is subject to external marking and/or moderation will be checked for authenticity by means of the ‘T u r n i t i n ’ plagiarism detection software programme.
2. Collaboration/Collusion
Definition: Collaboration/Collusion is supporting academic misconduct by another student, for example, allowing one’s work to be copied or submitted by another student. When working in a group students should acknowledge the work of others within that group.
Avoiding collaboration/collusion: Collaboration is a big part of academic life within all of the programmes at ISS. Thus it is important to know how to work with others with Academic Honesty.
The boundaries between collaboration and collusion will be discussed with students, especially in group work situations, so that students become increasingly able to identify where collaboration ends and collusion begins.
It is important that students apply the same level of academic honesty to their homework as to their schoolwork. Completion of homework by a parent or tutor will count as collusion.
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