Awareness of plagiarism as copyright violation with implications for intellectual property education in tertiary learning
| dc.contributor.author | Sanusi, Bernice Oluwalanu | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-03-05T10:48:24Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-03-05T10:48:24Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
| dc.description.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. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dspace.run.edu.ng:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/166 | |
| dc.publisher | Journal of Research and Development | en_US |
| dc.subject | Tertiary Learning | en_US |
| dc.subject | Copyright Violation | en_US |
| dc.subject | Intellectual Property Education | en_US |
| dc.subject | Plagiarism | en_US |
| dc.title | Awareness of plagiarism as copyright violation with implications for intellectual property education in tertiary learning | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |