Awareness of plagiarism as copyright violation with implications for intellectual property education in tertiary learning
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2016
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Journal of Research and Development
Abstract
Nigerian educational system has placed little or no premium on intellectual property
education. Consequently, the efforts of both students and teachers alike at scholarship are
seriously plagued with various sheds of copyright violation. One that is so predominant yet
oftentimes casually regarded, which this work investigated is plagiarism. In spite of the offhanded
manner with which plagiarism is committed, it remains a serious copyright violation
that has legal and ethical implications. Adopting the cross-sectional research approach, the
researchers conducted four sessions of focus group discussion with eight final year students
of Mass Communication at Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State and Redeemers
University, Ede, Osun State. Each institution had four participants, two female and two male.
Their input was collated and discussed qualitatively. A major finding is that there is a gap in
intellectual property education especially regarding students’ awareness of plagiarism as
copyright violation. It is for this purpose that this paper advocates the introduction and
effective implementation of intellectual property education in the curriculum of Nigerian
tertiary institutions. This is a pro-active intervention measure that would either eradicate or
reduce plagiarism to the barest minimum.
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Tertiary Learning, Copyright Violation, Intellectual Property Education, Plagiarism