Interprofessional and intergeneration differences in attitudes towards cheating

This thesis deals with the issue of academic dishonesty, especially what effect have age, field of study and proffesion on the differences in attitudes towards cheating. The theoretical part is devoted to the phenomenon of cheating, describes the factors that influence its occurrence and in what forms may be present. Furthermore, the author focuses on the definition and description of generations and the issue of pedagogical profession ethics. In the empirical part was examined whether age and academic or professional orientation affects attitudes towards cheating and its frequency. The research sample consisted of 120 respondents who were divided into four groups: students of pedagogical disciplines, educators, students of non-teaching/non-helping disciplines and other professions (also non-teaching/non-helping). The resulting data show that attitudes towards cheating are influenced by age. Especially, the strictness of assessment of cheating increases with age. Differences in attitudes toward cheating were not found between students of different disciplines; at the same time, there were found between different professions. Furthermore, it appears that current students are confronted with cheating more often than previous generations