Question

Given the rise of relative morality and post-modern deconstruction of truth what might be some issues that professors face when trying to educate students regarding originality and proper citation?

Answer 1

The students are a rational being who has the potential to acquire knowledge and truth. But according to the recent relative morality culture and modern deconstruction of truth, the morality of students are not so intact.e

Educators such as professors in today's work try to emphasize curriculum with socially oriented content. They are referred to as progressive educators.

To a progressive educator, truth is dynamic and relative.

The issues that professors face while trying to educate students regarding originality and proper citation are:

-The students face troubles in ethical situations such as plagiarism, hence the professors need to emphasize to then on such issues.

- Professors face the difficulty of trying to make the students keep their content original.

-They often use plagiarism check softwares on the reports submitted by their students.

-They are required to make it in the curriculum, the habit of not copying distribution that the students understand this and confirm to this habit.

-Professors also require them to cite sources in case of the need.

-Also, proper citation is necessary to check the validity of the source, hence it's important to teach the students how to write citations in the correct format such as APA.

-Apart from all this, Professors also face the difficulty of implementing the work of students because of the degree of originality been present in it.