Tag: iGen
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Understanding Today’s Students, 5
Part 5 (and Last) in the Series: Implications for Our Teaching Read Part 4 “Trying to connect to this generation is not the same as selling out to them.”1 One of my greatest frustrations with discussions of this generation of college students is the way some talk about their protected childhood and its consequences (see…
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Understanding Today’s Students, 4
Part 4 in the Series: Implications for Our Teaching Read Part 3 “They may comfortably become passive consumers of their education…. It is our responsibility as faculty to not let this happen.”1 Because of some of the characteristics of iGen students (see Parts 1, 2, and 3), some of our work as teachers is both…
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Understanding Today’s Students, 3
Part 3 in the Series: Implications for Our Teaching Read Part 2 Yesterday, I described some overarching experiences and the resulting traits found in this generation of college students called iGen. Today, I’m going to consider what learning might look like for these students. From Learning by Consuming & Reproducing to Learning by Applying &…
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Understanding Today’s Students, 2
Part 2 in the Series: Implications for Our Teaching Read Part 1 Technology as part of life “Growing up in an always-connected cloud-based environment of data, friends, and entertainment is what distinguishes [them] from generations before them.”1 For students in the iGen generation, technology has been simply part of their daily lives. More specifically, the…
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Understanding Today’s Students, 1
Part 1 in a Series Originally, I set out to write a few paragraphs in an email responding to colleagues’ comments about struggling to understand the current generation of college students. But I now have too much to say, and I don’t want to simplify more than necessary. That email has now grown into a…
Nancy L. Chick 