SEMINAR:
  Asian Studies Semiar Series
  - Understanding academic cheating in senior secondary schools in Indonesia and its possible relation to the country’s corruption problem. 
		
Fri, 17 May 2019 11:00 - Seminar Room G.25, Social Sciences North
		
Brian Pranata
The lively public discourse on academic cheating in Indonesia is focused
on the National Examination, which is a standardized test organised for
Year-9 and Year-12 students. However, since the focus is too narrow,
other behaviours that may actually have developed into a pervasive
cheating problem have been overlooked. In 2015 the Indonesian government
introduced a new twist to the problem by stating that cheating in the
National Exam could be one of the causes of the country’s corruption
problem. This thesis looks at patterns of actions and beliefs regarding
academic cheating shared by students, teachers, and parents in two
senior secondary schools in Indonesia. The findings of this study show
that cheating in schools in Indonesia is indeed beyond the scope of the
National Exam. The pervasiveness of the problem can be partly explained
by looking at the dynamics of the social relationships of the students.
As for government’s claim on the cause-and-effect relationship between
academic cheating and corruption, opportunism and individual
collectivism identified in both schools could become the enabling
elements.
		
For more information:
  Nicola Fraschini
  nicola.fraschini@uwa.edu.au

Starts       : Fri, 17 May 2019 11:00
Ends         : Fri, 17 May 2019 12:00
		
Last Updated : Wed, 15 May 2019 09:32