Is nothing sacred? Our personal teaching philosophies have been plagiarized

By Mary Anne White and Joan Davison Conrod. The copyists range from a Grade 4 English teacher to an academic at a highly regarded university.
We are concerned that there appears to be widespread plagiarism of our personal statements of teaching philosophy. Teaching philosophies are meant to be intensely individual statements. The idea that academics would plagiarize in this area is absurd, especially since we know that plagiarism is a serious issue in academic circles. More...