Plagiarism has been on the rise amongst university students in recent decades. This study puts university teachers in the spotlight and investigates their role in raising students’ awareness about plagiarism. To that end, plagiarism policies in 207 Iranian university TEFL teachers’ syllabuses were analyzed. The researchers analyzed the syllabuses to find out if they contain a plagiarism policy, and if so, how the term is defined; whether they approach the issue of plagiarism directly; if they offer students any guidelines on how to avoid plagiarism; and if the consequences of committing plagiarism are specified. The results indicated that the majority of the syllabuses (83.6%) lacked a plagiarism policy and those that did include a policy were often vague in their definition of the phenomenon. However, when there was a plagiarism policy in the syllabuses, the teachers tried to address the issue directly half of the time and offered students brief guidelines on how to avoid plagiaristic behavior, which was a small step in the right direction. It is recommended that other higher education institutions make it obligatory for their academic staff to include a plagiarism policy in their syllabuses if they wish to cultivate academic integrity in students.

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伊朗大学TEFL教师教学大纲中的窃政策：探索性研究

近几十年来，窃现象在大学生中呈上升趋势。这项研究使高校教师成为人们关注的焦点，并研究了他们在提高学生对awareness窃意识方面的作用。为此，分析了207所伊朗大学TEFL教师教学大纲中的窃政策。研究人员分析了教学大纲，以查明教学大纲是否包含gi窃政策，以及是否包含how窃政策。他们是否直接处理窃问题；是否向学生提供有关如何避免窃的指南；是否指定了specified窃的后果。结果表明，大多数教学大纲（83.6％）缺少a窃政策，而那些包含抄袭政策的教学大纲对现象的定义通常含糊不清。然而，当教学大纲中有a窃政策时，老师会尝试一半时间直接解决该问题，并向学生提供有关如何避免窃行为的简要指南，这是朝正确方向迈出的一小步。如果希望培养学生的学术素养，建议其他高等教育机构将其教职员工强制性地在课程提纲中包括include窃政策。