Academic Honesty

Sincerity is one of the founding core values of Sendai Ikuei Gakuen, which permeates all areas of school life - including research and academic writing. In order to foster relationships of trust and honesty with others, students and staff aspire to people of integrity. To this end, all IB students at Sendai Ikuei Gakuen are expected to understand and comply with the Academic Integrity policy, and adhere to the APA (American Psychological Association) guidelines for academic writing.

The IB defines academic misconduct as “a behaviour that results in, or may result in, the student or any other student gaining an unfair advantage (or a behaviour that disadvantages other students) in one or more assessment components.”

Academic misconduct is defined by the IB as a behaviour that results in, or may result in, the student or any other student gaining an unfair advantage (or a behaviour that disadvantages other students) in one or more assessment components (International Baccalaureate Organization, 2009, p. 3). Examples of academic misconduct include:

• Plagiarism: the representation of the ideas or work of another person as the candidate’s own, without clear and explicit acknowledgement. This includes the use of translation software either intentionally or unwittingly;

• Collusion: Supporting malpractice by another student, such as allowing one’s work to be copied or submitted for assessment by another;

• Duplication of work: The presentation of the same work for different assessment components and/or diploma requirements;

• Any other behaviour that gains an unfair advantage for a student or that affects the results of another student (for example, taking unauthorized material into an examination room, misconduct during an examination, falsifying a CAS record).

Any instance of plagiarism by students in any subject, including homework, assignments, or essays, is reported to the IB Dean.

• 1st time offence: a warning is given

• 2nd time offence: parents are called and warned that a subsequent offence would result in being removed from the programme

• 3rd time offense: students are given the opportunity to defend themselves, however they may removed from the programme

All students at Sendai Ikuei Gakuen are expected to submit academic writing in accordance with the APA guidelines (http://www.apastyle.org).

When Citations are Needed

If you refer to the writing of another, or it has helped to form your opinion / statement / claim, you must both cite it in your writing and include it in your bibliography. In order to avoid academic misconduct, you must either quote, paraphrase, or summarise the author. For each of these cases you are required to do an in-text citation and list it in the bibliography.

The following table outlines situations in which citations are necessary:

You do NOT need to cite a source when your statement is general knowledge, or if it is your own original idea.

1. Sources are always listed in alphabetical order, by the LAST NAME of the author or organization;

2. Your writing should be double spaced, and Arial size 12pt;

3. Reverse indent the sources in your bibliography (ensure the second lines of each source in your bibliography is indented);

4. Your reference list should include only the sources that you cited;

5. Capitalize the first letter of each word in titles but do not capitalize articles (a, the), short prepositions (in, on, at), or conjunctions (and, but);

6. If there is no published date, write “n.d.” (this means “no date”);

7. If the source is in another language, a translation must be written in square brackets [ ] after it;

8. When there is more than one author, write them all (last name and initial) in alphabetical order;

9. Capitalize the first word of the title or subtitle, and any proper nouns (names of people or places) that appear;

10. Use italics for titles of books and journals;

11. Abbreviate ‘page’ to “p.”. Multiple pages use (pp.);

12. Use Google Scholar to find sources (it will yield a more reliable search);

13. Use the sources below to help with academic writing and APA referencing:

http://www.citationmachine.net/apa/

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/

http://www.bibme.org/citation-guide/apa/

See below for specific examples of different kinds of sources:

Books

Book Format:

Last, F. (Year of publication). Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle (page number). City: Publisher.

Book examples:

Kamien, R. (2008). Music: An Appreciation Ninth Ed. (pp. 306-307). New York, N.Y.: McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

Wright, C. (2014). Listening to Music Sixth Ed. (pp. 3-10). Boston: Schirmer.

Websites

Website format:

Last, F. (Date Published Y, M D). Website. Retrieved from Webpage: URL

Website examples:

Sendai Ikuei Gakuen Shukoh Middle School. (n.d.). Sendai Ikuei Gakuen Shukoh Middle School. Retrieved from Kouchou Aisatsu [Principal’s Greeting]: https://www.sendaiikuei.ed.jp/shukoh/intro/principal.html

World Atlas (Cartographer). (2016). Mali [Geographic map]. Retrieved from http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/africa/ml.htm

Musical Scores

Musical Score format:

Composer, C. C. (Year of Publication). Title of score [Medium]. Place of Publication: Publisher. Retrieved from URL

Musical Score example:

Beethoven, L.V. (2000). Piano Sonata Op.27, No. 2 “Mondschein” 1st mov. [Score]. Indonesia: Yamaha Music Media Corporation

Mozart, W. A. (1990). Serenade for String Orchestra, Menuetto. [Score]. In L. Stein (Ed.), Anthology of Musical Forms. (pp. 30-31). USA: Summy-Birchard Inc.

Musical Recordings

Musical Recording format:

Composer, C. C. (Year of copyright). Title of song or work [Recorded by A. Artist, if different from composer]. On Title of the album [MP4]. Location: Label. (Date of recording if different from copyright date)

Musical Recording examples:

Newton, J. (2005). Amazing Grace [Recorded by S. G. Choir]. On Voices From Heaven. Shanchie Records.

Ward Howe, J. (2005). Do Lord Remember Me [Recorded by G. Patterson]. On Singing the Old Time Way 1. Podium Records.

Online Images

Online Image format:

Author Surname, Author Initial. (Year Published). Title. Retrieved from URL

Online Image example:

Humans of New York,. (2014). Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/humansofnewyork/photos/a.102107073196735.4429.102099916530784/711388968935206/?type=3&theater