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1. The Writing Center as a Mechanism For Preventing Plagiarism in Students’ Works: Foreign and National Universities Experience

Author:
Viktor Drozdov and Galina Oleinikova
Publication Date:
03-2019
Content Type:
Journal Article
Journal:
Studies of Changing Societies Journal (SCS)
Institution:
Studies of Changing Societies Journal (SCS)
Abstract:
The role of writing centers in the formation of the academic writing skills and preventing academic plagiarism among students of American and European universities is researched, the experience of writing centers in Ukrainian universities is characterized, the prospects of their activity are determined in the context of the formation of the quality system of higher education in Ukraine. Based on the analysis of the websites of university centers of writing, their structure and forms of work with students of different educational levels are revealed. Defining a wide range of tasks of the writing centers, the author's focus the attention on the methods of preventing academic plagiarism in student works. The article presents the experience of well-known American writing centers with students, specifies online resources that provide a significant amount of methodological materials for the formation of the culture of scientific speech.
Topic:
Reform, Higher Education, Academia, Writing Center, Plagiarism, and Academic Integrity
Political Geography:
Europe, Ukraine, and United States of America

2. Strategies in Planning Research Integrity Training at Ukrainian University

Author:
Olena Knysh
Publication Date:
03-2019
Content Type:
Journal Article
Journal:
Studies of Changing Societies Journal (SCS)
Institution:
Studies of Changing Societies Journal (SCS)
Abstract:
In recent years, much work has been done to promote integrity in academic community in Ukraine. Still, educational interventions introduced to the local level have not yet become an effective instrument to foster integrity in academia. This paper aims to discuss the key motivational factors that influence the effectiveness of integrity trainings for early-career researchers at Ukrainian universities in order to identify the possibly gaps during implementation of research integrity education at the institutional level. The article is based on the experience of conducting the research integrity workshops at the regional institution of higher education. Data was carried out as a qualitative face-to-face semi-structured interviews to learn about the sources of knowledge on research integrity. The findings of the study may help to identify key factors that influence the effectiveness of research integrity trainings, and develop effective tools to promote research integrity at the Ukrainian higher educational institutions.
Topic:
Education, Research, Higher Education, and Academic Integrity
Political Geography:
Europe and Ukraine

3. Plagiarism Attitude Scale as a Tool Of Understanding Academic Integrity Values

Author:
Svitlana Chukanova
Publication Date:
03-2019
Content Type:
Journal Article
Journal:
Studies of Changing Societies Journal (SCS)
Institution:
Studies of Changing Societies Journal (SCS)
Abstract:
As Ukraine has chosen a course to European integration, it is obvious that there is a necessity in revising all the standards and it is very important to pay great attention to education and academic ethics. Especially crucial topics are a violation of Academic Integrity principles such as cheating and plagiarism, thus students must be sure that they know what plagiarism is, and what the consequences of it are.
Topic:
Law, Ethics, Research, Regional Integration, Higher Education, and Academic Integrity
Political Geography:
Europe and Ukraine

4. Contract Cheating In Serbia and In Sweden

Author:
Sonja Bjelobaba
Publication Date:
03-2019
Content Type:
Journal Article
Journal:
Studies of Changing Societies Journal (SCS)
Institution:
Studies of Changing Societies Journal (SCS)
Abstract:
The last two decades have seen many studies about contract cheating. However, thus far, there have been no such studies for Serbia or Sweden, two countries with a similar educational system that differ in many other ways. Although research indicates that students’ opinions on academic integrity vary in different countries, the question to which extent the essay mills are used and what students think about contract cheating in different countries remain unexplored. Previous research has shown higher engagement in cheating behaviour in Eastern European countries in general compared to Western countries, but without concentrating on contract cheating in particular. The aim of this paper is to compare the usage of and the attitudes towards essay mills and contract cheating in Serbia and Sweden. For that purpose, student questionnaires from Serbia and Sweden (n=2341) were extracted from the Global Essay Mills Survey (GEMS) project. The results show that the awareness of contract cheating and the usage of essay mills and other similar services in those two countries differ in many important aspects: while contract cheating is extremely rare in Sweden, Serbian students appear to be more tolerant to such services.
Topic:
Culture, Public Opinion, Survey, and Academic Integrity
Political Geography:
Europe, Serbia, and Sweden

5. Academic Integrity In Transitional Societies (Ukraine)

Author:
Bielova Valeriia
Publication Date:
03-2019
Content Type:
Journal Article
Journal:
Studies of Changing Societies Journal (SCS)
Institution:
Studies of Changing Societies Journal (SCS)
Abstract:
The modern scientific world literally breaks the discussion about the quality of scientific research, the reliability of research practices, the purity of the experiment, plagiarism and dishonesty. Solid men, whose creative reserve is measured by hundreds of scientific publications, and young scientists who are making only first steps in science, officials from science and the scientific community today put forward to each other a huge amount of both fair and fake accusations that can lead to a split of a large Institute of national science and education, the suspension of scientific research, the deformation of their main functions − to pave the way to the truth, and from it — to practice.
Topic:
Higher Education, Academia, Transition, and Academic Integrity
Political Geography:
Europe and Ukraine

6. Breaches of Academic Integrity in Ukraine: Issues on Copyrights Disposal

Author:
Alla Smorodyna
Publication Date:
03-2019
Content Type:
Journal Article
Journal:
Studies of Changing Societies Journal (SCS)
Institution:
Studies of Changing Societies Journal (SCS)
Abstract:
First part of this paper reviews how Ukrainian law regulates creation, disposal and transfer of the intellectual property rights on educational literary works (books, textbooks, study guidelines etc.) produced by the academics employed in Ukrainian Higher Educational Institutions (so called HEIs). Economic intellectual property rights on such works may belong to the academic, to the University or to them jointly. It is proved that academics enjoy with moral intellectual property rights and are keeping such rights not depending on the fact of transfer of the economic intellectual property rights. Second part of this paper reviews issues on regulation and application of the principles of academic integrity to the academics from the perspective of Ukrainian law. As a result it is studied the consequences of breach of academic integrity principles and its co- relation with copyright infringement.
Topic:
Intellectual Property/Copyright, Law, Higher Education, and Academic Integrity
Political Geography:
Europe and Ukraine