are teachers allowed to plagrize? yes or no?

Answer 1

What exactly do you mean by plagiarize? In the literal sense, no, teachers should not be using or passing off ideas or writings of others as their own, or taking materials without citing the source. The key concept is that a person should not be using the works of others and presenting it as his or her own work.

In a broader sense, it is almost inevitable that some degree of plagiarism will occur in teaching. It would not only be logistically impossible to create a new and original lesson plan for each period of the day, it would be a waste of time to "reinvent the wheel" in that manner. We all borrow from each other, modifying the materials to suit our students and our style. I once had a student teacher ask me if she could "steal" one of my lessons to use when she gets her own class, and I had to tell her that it was fine by me, because I no longer even remember where I might have "appropriated" the original idea.

So as long as a teacher is not trying to pass off the works of someone else as his or her own creation, there's not a problem.

Answer 2

If every teacher had to make up every lesson plan and all the materials from scratch, we would still be back in the dark ages. The whole concept of teaching is to take existing knowledge and teach that to children. What are we supposed to do, make it up every day?

Answer 3

Teachers should be able to spell. The word is plagiarize.
The answer is yes.

Answer 4

Of course not. Teachers should cite resources and references when appropriate to do so.

Answer 5

No!