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Cheating Is Unacceptable, But... Teachers’ Reactions And Perception Of Students’ Cheating At Schools And Universities

The pervasive problem of academic cheating is an important issue for teachers and other educational stakeholders. Since teachers are one of the most important students’ role models, their approach to academic (dis)honesty will likely have a strong influence on them. Therefore, the aim of this study was to identify teachers’ perception of the frequency and acceptability of different kinds of cheating acts, as well as their perception of the reasons for cheating and the way they react to these acts. Additionally, this study tried to investigate whether teachers from different levels of education differ in their perceptions of cheating and/or in strategies that they use to deal with this problem. The data was obtained from 400 teachers from university, high and elementary schools in Croatia using on-line survey. Results show that teachers from all educational levels perceive cheating as very frequent, but unacceptable behaviour. They recognize high importance of their role in prevention of cheating, but their actual reactions are cause for concern. Teachers’ reactions were usually reduced to warnings and did not lead to any serious consequences. Teachers from different levels of education reacted similarly to all acts of cheating.

academic dishonesty; acceptability of cheating; cheating frequency; elementary; high and higher education; reasons for cheating

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