Year 7 to 9

Expectations

By the end of year 9

• All students will understand why the work of others should be acknowledged whether the work is directly reproduced or has been paraphrased.

• All students will understand that the direct quotations should be in quotation marks and that the copy and paste of more than one or two sentences in a section of work is usually not acceptable

• All students will be expected to acknowledge the work of others through a bibliography at the end of work.

• Some students will be acknowledging the work of others at the location at which it occurs in the work

• Some students will be using the MLA style in the bibliography

Key Concepts

Plagiarism

Plagiarism is when somebody uses the work of others without clear and explicit acknowledgement of that work. This can be done with or without the knowledge of the original author.

Collusion

Collusion is supporting academic malpractice by a student or allowing somebody to support their academic malpractice. Examples include allowing work to be copied by another student, copying work of another student and providing so much help that the work can no longer be considered the work of the student. Teachers, parents and tutors need to be particularly mindful of the final example.

Malpractice

Malpractice is anything which can be considered to undermine the academic integrity of work submitted. As well as plagiarism and collusion it includes falsification of data and inappropriate conduct in tests and exams

Intellectual Property

Intellectual property is something that somebody creates with their mind eg a story, picture, invention, logo. The use of other people’s intellectual property without their permission can be illegal