Silliman University College of Law

Street Law

Syllabus on Plagiarism

Submitted by:
Ken Cruz
Ed Gamboa
Ram Santos
George Yap
 Allan Cabije

STREET LAW

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This course provides law students a unique opportunity to enrich their

legal education while contributing to the education of high school
students. Using the education while contributing to the education of
high school students. Using the clinical method, an underlying
principle of the clinic program is the best way to learn through
teaching. The broad goals of the clinical program are: to develop in
law students an appreciation for the multi-faceted role and
responsibilities of the students an appreciation for the multi-faceted
role and responsibilities of the lawyer in the community; to sensitize
students to sources and resolutions of the community legal problems.
 The clinical program works to achieve these goals through a program
of seminar training and supervision.

Silliman University College of Law

Street Law

Topic: Plagiarism

Description: This teaching course deals with instilling basic knowledge of Plagiarism and knowing the ways in preventing its violation. Applicable
laws are also discussed to help explain that copying without acknowledgement is violation and is punishable in the Philippines.

Audience: Camanjac High school, Dumaguete City

Time Allotment: 1 hour

Objectives

By the end of the teaching session, the students are able to:
1. Give the definitions and importance of intellectual property in everyday living.
2. Explain the meaning of some of the concepts and basic understanding about Plagiarism.
3. Compare and contrast the different forms of Plagiarism.
4. Explain the relationship of the Copyright laws in the Philippines and its violations.
5. Appreciate the concept of Intellectual Property and Copyright guidelines and ways to prevent its violations.

Specific Objectives Content T/A T-L Activities Resources Evaluation

At the end of the I. Introduction Interactive discussion Intellectual Property

session, students - Short discussion on the topic of 5 min. with students who can Code of the Philippines,
shall: Plagiarism and Intellectual Property Rights ask any questions they RA No. 8293
might have
1. Understand the - Open Discussion, what are the students' The Cybercrime
background and personal views on Plagiarism. Prevention Act of 2012,
purpose of the RA No. 10175
educational II. Definition of Terms
campaign on
- Concise Definition of terms in language http://www.ithenticate.
Plagiarism
that the students can easily understand. com/plagiarism-
5 min. detection-
Short Oral
III.What is Ethical Writing? blog/bid/87800/Crimina Questions
- Dicussion on Ethical Writing in general Power Point Presentation lizing-Plagiarism-in-the-
2. Be aware of - Question and Answer about ethics in Philippines#.VG-
Ethical Writing writing Ck4uUeSo
5 min.
Asking
http://en.wikipedia.org students to give
 IV. What is Plagiarism? /wiki/Copyright_law_of examples
- Giving the proper definition of Plagiarism _the_Philippines
and its negative effects.

3. Give the 5 min. http://www.philstar.co

proper definition m/education-and- Questions to
of Plagiarism and V. What are the 2 forms of Plagiarism? Giving examples and home/2012-09- measure the
its negative a. Plagiarism of Ideas explanations 13/848455/plagiarism- students
effects b. Plagiarism of Text crime learning

4. Be aware of 3 min. http://www.bworldonli

the different kinds VI. Copyright Laws in the Philippines ne.com/content.php?
of Plagiarism and its Penalties section=Nation&title=P
a. Intellectual Property Code of lagiarism-a-crime-
Short Oral
the Philippines, RA No. 8293 under-Philippine-law:- questions
b. The Cybercrime Prevention De-Lima&id=59414
Act of 2012, RA No. 10175
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c. Piracy and Optical Media http://www.rappler.co
5. Be aware of min.
m/nation/13494-
intellectual VII. Guidelines in avoiding plagiarism-also-a-
property rights Plagiarism crime-under-
and law cybercrime-law-doj
Interactive discussion with students
teaching proper guidelines in avoiding
Plagiarism http://en.wikipedia.org Ask students to
7 min. Power Point and /wiki/Cybercrime_Preve give examples
6. Understand
VIII. Summary interactive discussion ntion_Act_of_2012 in their context
methods to avoid
Plagiarism Interactive Discussion with the students
http://www.ipophil.gov
IX. Questions .ph/images
5 min.
The students will be invited to answer %5Cipenforcement
questions and state what they have %5CRA9239-
OpticalMediaAct.pdf Question and
learned from the presentation
7. Reflect on their Answer
own personal - Reactions and Open Forum http://www.aumentola
understanding of 5 min. w.com.ph/tag/optical-
Plagiarism, its media-act-of-2003
effects and how
to avoid it. Open Forum Avoiding plagiarism, self-
plagiarism, and other
Oral Quiz questionable writing
practices: A guide to ethical
writing by Miguel Roig, Ph.D