Academic dishonesty in higher education: students’ perceptions and involvement in an African institution
| Autor: | Thomas K. Karikari, Ephraim Ablordeppey, Sixtus Bieranye Bayaa Martin Saana, Napoleon Jackson Mensah |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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Male Deception Universities Higher education media_common.quotation_subject Cheating Ghana Plagiarism General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences Misconduct 0302 clinical medicine Surveys and Questionnaires Perception Institution Humans Academic dishonesty Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Students media_common Undergraduate Medicine(all) Motivation Medical education Copying business.industry Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology(all) 05 social sciences 050301 education General Medicine Middle Aged Logistic Models Africa Female Self Report Professional Misconduct business 0503 education Research Article |
| Zdroj: | BMC Research Notes |
| ISSN: | 1756-0500 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s13104-016-2044-0 |
| Popis: | Background Integrity in academic work is a critical benchmark of every profession. For this reason, special attention should be devoted to addressing academic dishonesty (AD) in higher education to prevent the potential transfer of these practices to the workplace. In order to effectively address AD in Africa, further information about correlates of, and barriers to, the effectiveness of existing AD-controlling measures is needed. In Ghana, little is known about AD from the perspective of students. Here, we present a first report of Ghanaian undergraduate students’ self-reported understanding of, and support for, institutional AD regulations, their involvement in specific dishonest behaviours, as well as their motivation factors. Results Approximately 92 % of respondents said they were aware of institutional regulations on AD. However, only 31 % rated their understanding as high. Respondents believed that their lecturers had better understanding of, and support for, these regulations than the students (p |
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