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The Multigenerational Classroom

Millennials. The Multigenerational Classroom. February 2008 Presented by Jacqueline Callery. Generations. What Generation Are you?. * This range varies across different sources, 1979 earliest noted. In many instances, your classrooms are multi-generational. Age in 2007. Baby Boomers

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The Multigenerational Classroom

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  1. Millennials The Multigenerational Classroom February 2008 Presented by Jacqueline Callery

  2. Generations What Generation Are you? * This range varies across different sources, 1979 earliest noted

  3. In many instances, your classrooms are multi-generational Age in 2007 Baby Boomers 43-61 Millennials Under 26 Generation X 27-42

  4. Chicago Campus

  5. Chicago Campus Approximately 37% are 18-25 years old, 63% 26+ Approximately 87% are 18-25 years old, 15% 26+

  6. The Millennials Are Coming • Morley Safer reports on the new generation of "millennials.”- November 11, 2007 • http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/11/08/60minutes/main3475200.shtml

  7. Reactions and Thoughts

  8. Your Descriptors

  9. As we proceed….. • Do not assume these groups are monolithic • Do not generalize or stereotype • There are layers and dynamics that driven by cultural and socio-economic dimensions

  10. Core Values Generation X Optimism Team Orientation Personal Gratification Health and Wellness Personal Growth Youth Work Involvement Baby Boomers • Dedication • Hard Work • Conformity • Law and Order • Patience • Delayed reward • Duty before pleasure • Adherence to rules • Honor

  11. Different Life Experiences Baby Boomers Millennials Clinton Cell Phones September 11 War on Terrorism Iraq American Idol Global Warming Internet • Pill approved in 1960 • Kennedy Assassination • Civil Rights Movement • Watergate • VCRs • Man on the Moon

  12. The Millennial Buzz Words Confident Special Achieving Sheltered Team-Oriented Conventional Pressured

  13. Special • High Expectations • Intrusive parents (Helicopter)

  14. Sheltered • Child Safety/Baby on board • Rules should be clear and enforced fairly • Trust and count on authority • Ambitious with no plan • Underestimate what is actually required • Directionless

  15. Confident • Expect good news • Trophies for participating • Comfortable with negotiating behavior • Motivated based on beneficial outcomes

  16. Team-Oriented • Like to congregate • Like to collaborate • Get along to get along • I am a team player but… • Need structure, need a net, need protection from authority figures to make sure they achieve

  17. Conventional • Close to their parents • Identify with parent values • Will follow rules

  18. Achieving • Need to achieve • Want things to be fair and criteria-based • Expect to achieve • Expect high grade for compliance • Clear reward structure • Neat and tidy path

  19. Pressured • Expected to perform • Structure or path should guarantee success

  20. Racially and ethnically diverse

  21. Different Classroom Expectations Baby Boomers Millennials Expect grades without significant effort Want education to be comfortable and entertaining Gratification comes instantly Moment to moment Little respect for authority (knowledge) Cynical Personal privilege rules Naïve sense of the future • Believed you worked for you grade • Learning is painful • The reward comes with hard work • Make a plan and stick to it • Respect and honor the expert • Trusting of authority

  22. A Student’s Perspective

  23. Now What • Find a common ground • Give meaning to what students are learning • Life application (Past, present, and future) • Why should they care? • Take advantage of their ability to find information—have them bring the information to class, make them obligated and accountable • Offer choices and create curriculum with the students

  24. Final Thoughts From the Literature • Provide options, choice • Want balance • Flexibility and convenience (room to drop out and drop in) • Learn by doing (directions are old news, lectures are out) • Want to read less • Personalize and customize (feedback more often in a variety of ways) • Prefer collaboration (provide clear direction) • Want results (can find it somewhere else) • Multitaskers (what is most efficient?) • Digital, digital (integrated and seamless) • Instant and available information • Media junkies

  25. Strategy Brainstorming

  26. Millennials • This generation is going to force us to revisit our education paradigm because failure is not an option • How can we create a safe space for learning? • A space different than the one we experienced • How can faculty learn to share that space with learners?

  27. Thanks for the Conversation !

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