Academic integrity and mental well-being: Exploring an unexplored relationship
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2021-06-23
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Abstract
The rapid and accelerated shift to online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic has heightened parallel
conversations about student well-being and academic integrity in higher education. On one hand, post-secondary students have been under increased pressure to succeed in stressful learning and societal environments. On the other hand, reports of student academic misconduct have increased throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. There is an urgent need to consider the intersecting relationship between mental well-being and academic integrity to foster supportive, learner-focused, and caring higher education environments. In this session, we will open a conversation about this widely unexplored relationship. We will present the findings of a rapid review wherein we investigated how the academic integrity literature had taken up mental wellbeing. We will address ways that student well-being should be considering in academic integrity research and practice, such as the need to care for student well-being during academic misconduct incidents. Participants will leave this session with lessons that will be applicable during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.
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PowerPoint presentation slides from conference session
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academic integrity, academic misconduct, mental well-being, mental health, anxiety
Citation
Pethrick, H., Eaton, S.E., & Turner K.L. (2021, Jun. 23). Academic integrity and mental well-being: Exploring an unexplored relationship [Conference session]. Canadian Symposium on Academic Integrity, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC, Canada.