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ERIC Number: ED270052
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1986
Pages: 6
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Teaching Academic Integrity: A Cognitive Developmental Model Based on Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development.
Peterson, Lorna
An instructional model to develop academic integrity (honesty) in college students is proposed. Goals are to develop: adherence to the principle of doing one's own work, an understanding for the principle and nature of coauthorship, an understanding and adherence to citation practices, and an understanding of plagiarism. Students should be administered a questionnaire to determine their perceptions of academic dishonesty before undertaking classroom instruction in a library skills course, which will incorporate principles of academic integrity with research skills. Classroom discussions and results of pre- and post-assessment using a questionnaire on academic integrity may be used to emphasize six areas of qualitative change adapted from Kohlberg's model of moral development. The stages illustrate movement from behavior motivated by a desire to avoid punishment to behavior motivated by self-chosen ethical principles. The stages involve the following orientations: punishment-and-obedience, instrumental-relativist, interpersonal concordance or "good boy-nice girl," law and order, social contract/legalistic, and universal, ethical principle. Information is provided on learning objectives, method, materials, assignments, and evaluation. (SW)
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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