Abstract
Educational settings should be contexts for individual and collective human thriving. One important way in which educational settings affect such thriving is through embedding students in a culture of integrity and involving them in its continuance. Unfortunately, such settings are rare, and the problem of academic dishonesty is long since “epidemic” (Haines et al., 1986). With this in mind, the purpose of the present chapter is to describe a multilevel model of intervention aimed at promoting academic honesty and creating a culture of integrity. Rooted in Cohen and Swift’s (1999) “spectrum of prevention” or other tiered approaches (Lane et al., 2009; Sugai and Horner, 2002), the intervention model presented here consists of three levels: school-wide education, context-specific prevention, and, where needed, individual remediation. Each level is described in detail and concrete examples are provided.
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Stephens, J.M. (2016). Creating Cultures of Integrity: A Multilevel Intervention Model for Promoting Academic Honesty. In: Bretag, T. (eds) Handbook of Academic Integrity. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-098-8_13
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