In the Collins & Tilson article, they discuss the characteristics of generational groups and how this knowledge can help educators design more effective instruction.Do you agree with the characterics of your generation? As an educator, give an example of how you would try to implement one of the method of instructions if creating a unit of instruction for millenials
In the Article By Collins and Tilson, the Millenial generation are" those students who are born in the year 1982 and later." According to O'reilly, they are described as ambitious, warm, confident, practical and self centered. In my opinion, this description is a little bite too general and does not necessarily fit all millenial students. I believe that personality differences as well as culture variations will be an ultimate deciding factor. Personality types such as introvert and extrovert also play a role. Those who are introvert may not feel comfortable working with others. Whereas, students who are extrovert are much more sociable and motivated to work in groups in order to achieve a certain task. Also, some cultures encourage competition. In this case, group and team learning is very minimal and therefore does not always apply to the millennial generation. According to Tapscott, millenials are curious, assertive, selfreliant and accepting of diversity. I strongly agree with this description because as more immigrants come to the States, the more aware people become of diversity and cultural differences. As opposed to the silent and the Boom generation, millennials are the most knowledgable about cultural diversity. This is mainly due to the internet, the availability of many study abroad programs, community involvement and the rise of immigrants. I also believe that millenials are "curious," and are more skeptical about their surroundings than any other generation. They learn best by doing and not just observing. For this reason as an educator, I would implement an activity where students have to pick a subject and research it and then present it to the rest of their class. Therefore, millenials learn to be independent and will be able to achieve self confidence and competence when presenting information to other students.
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Norane,
I could not agree more. I really do thinks that other factor especially those that you have mentioned do play a role in the characteristics of the millennials. Nicely stated. However, i do not necessarily think that its enough for the learners to go research and learn on their own, but they need some structure and order, so if you just give them a topic and ask them to go research it, its not really clear what they need to do. so some structure is needed in the curriculum in my opinion.
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