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Diversity - Age

Diversity - Age. University of Central Arkansas. Seminar Objectives. Increase awareness and understanding of the age and generational differences on campus. Increase self-awareness of personal bias, stereotypes, prejudices regarding age.

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Diversity - Age

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  1. Diversity - Age University of Central Arkansas

  2. Seminar Objectives • Increase awareness and understanding of the age and generational differences on campus. • Increase self-awareness of personal bias, stereotypes, prejudices regarding age. • Serve as a catalyst to encourage open and honest dialogue with others regarding intergenerational differences.

  3. Factors Influencing Negative U.S. Attitudes Toward Old Age…. • A history of mass immigration, mostly young leaving elderly behind in Europe and Asia • A Nation founded on individualism, independence, and autonomy • The development of technologies demanding rapid change and specialized skills

  4. Factors Influencing Negative U.S. Attitudes Toward Old Age…. • A general devaluation of tradition • Increased mobility of the population within a large continental space • Medical advances that have relegated most deaths to later life, producing a tendency to associate death with old age Gerontologists Butler, Lewis, Sunderland (1990)

  5. Attitudes Toward Younger Adults strength interpretation • Tech Savvy Poor Communication Skills • Instant Gratification Impatient • Individually Motivated Self-centered • Multi-Tasker Lack of focus

  6. Beloit Mindset List – Class of 2012 • Gas stations have never fixed flats, but most serve cappuccino • Coke and Pepsi have always used recycled plastic bottles • Caller ID has always been available on phones • 98.6 F or otherwise has always been confirmed in the ear • IBM has never made typewriters www.beloit.edu/mindset/2012.php

  7. GENERATIONS • Veterans (Matures, Silent)1922-1945 • Baby Boomers (Boomers)1946 - 1964 • Generation X (Xers, Gen X) 1965-1980 • Millennial (Generation Y)1981 - 2000

  8. Ground Rules • Listen to one another • Allow everyone the opportunity to participate • Agree that we can disagree • Avoid use of attacking words • Allow yourself to learn something

  9. SMALL GROUP EXERCISES

  10. GENERATIONS • Veterans Age 63+ • Baby Boomers 44-62 • Generation X 28-43 • Millennial 8-27 Cusper – An individual wedged between two generations.

  11. Steps to Counteract Ageism • Identify own personal attitudes which are ageist in nature • Increase personal contact with different age groups • Attend classes/seminars/conferences to educate oneself on age groups and the aging process

  12. “The living of a life, day by day and moment by moment, is also wild with joy.” -----Reeve Lindbergh

  13. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGgd0DUKok4&NR=1

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