Not knowing the details, I really can't speak to the issue. I'm making
the assumption he has solid evidence that they plagiarized; perhaps I
shouldn't.
But if he does have such evidence, I would argue that it's not
infantilizing them; it's shaming, to be sure, but I'm not sure that
shame doesn't have a useful (perhaps even important) role in human
societies.
It's certainly not the only -- or the best -- tool we have to encourage
behavior change, but it's one of them. Like all forms of punishment,
it's only effective if used right, and I'm not sure posting their names
on a blog is effective as a punisher. The side effects are likely to be
much more salient than the main effect of the punishment.
But I think shame is part of our repertoire of punishments, and I
haven't seen evidence that it's a uniformly bad way to go about
punishment.
m
PS I'm using "punishment" in the narrow sense of "a consequence that
results in a reduced frequency of a behavior."
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Marc L Carter
Associate Professor and Chair
Department of Psychology
Baker University College of Arts & Sciences
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From: Shearon, Tim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 12:19 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: RE: [tips] Vigilante Justice on Plagiarism :: Inside
Higher Ed
I can't speak to their situation but here there are two issues
involved here, it seems to me. The first being the grade. The student
get's an F on the assignment and, if the faculty judges them to have
violated the honor code (usually so) they then refer it to the honor
council. (If the assignment grade is significant enough, the student
would also flunk the course). The faculty member does have the right to
remove the student from the course with a grade of F in certain
egregious cases. But publishing such before the due process in our honor
code would be a violation for the faculty member. I don't think it would
rise to the level of a dismissal for a tenure track or tenured faculty
but I could see that happening in a similar situation with an adjunct.
Seems both parties are behaving a bit immaturely, imho. I don't
personally see the value in humiliation and infantilizing the students.
Tim
From: Marc Carter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 7:37 AM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: RE: [tips] Vigilante Justice on Plagiarism :: Inside
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I wonder if they could have FERPA'd him if he hadn't mentioned
the grade, but only that they were plagiarists?
m
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Marc L Carter
Associate Professor and Chair
Department of Psychology
Baker University College of Arts & Sciences
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From: Christopher D. Green [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 8:18 AM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: [tips] Vigilante Justice on Plagiarism ::
Inside Higher Ed
Jackass or Justiciar? Comments?
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2008/11/13/tamiu
Chris
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Department of Psychology
York University
Toronto, ON M3J 1P3
Canada
416-736-2100 ex. 66164
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