During their training to become teachers, did they have lessons on copyright? Here's the reality today: most teachers have not received this training. However, a teacher who fails to cite their sources is a bit like a mother yelling at her child to stop screaming. It's tolerated, but is it really effective and reasonable?
Reminder of the definition of plagiarism
Plagiarism is defined as the duplication of a work without indicating the author. Plagiarism may or may not be intentional.
Aix-Marseille University has identified several forms of plagiarism on its page "Plagiarism, copyright, paraphrasing, copying/pasting, etc.":
- "the infamous ctrl+C / ctrl+V" or "copying/pasting"
- the no-less-infamous paraphrase: rephrasing another's ideas using your own words
- self-plagiarism, using your own work from a previous assignment
All without ever citing the original source.
And plagiarism can pertain to any type of original work:
- a text, a text's translation
- an image, photograph, painting, graphic, etc.
- encrypted data
- a course which the professor has not given permission to cite