Teaching students from diverse backgrounds
Topic: Supporting transitions from previous education
Have you heard about strategies that other academics use to help diverse groups of students to make the transition to the university's academic standards?
This topic is designed to help you improve:
- your understanding of the range of possible foundations on which your students may be building when they try to meet your expectations about academic honesty and plagiarism
- your skills in supporting your students to learn from ‘where they're at', and in collaborating with educators across different levels in the education system
In this topic two academics share with you their own experiences of working with plagiarism-related attitudes and behaviours that their students bring from their previous education.
Further reading on this topic:
Conradson, S., & Hernández-Ramos, P. (2004). Computers, the internet, and cheating among secondary school students: Some implications for educators. Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 9(9). Retrieved June 1, 2006 from http://www.pareonline.net/getvn.asp?v=9&n=9
American perspective on the claim that plagiarism is already well-established in students by the time they finish secondary school.
McKeith, W. (2005, June 10). Great expectations fuel the rise of school plagiarism. Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved June 1, 2006, from http://www.smh.com.au/news/Opinion/Great-expectations-fuel-the-rise-of-school-plagiarism/2005/06/09/1118123958126.html
The perspective of the principal of an independent school in Sydney.
Overview | Evidence-based teaching | Supporting transitions from previous education
Working with cultural and language backgrounds | Engaging with youth culture