Encouraging alternative forms of self expression in the generation Y student: a strategy for effective learning in the classroom

Title: Encouraging alternative forms of self expression in the generation Y student: a strategy for effective learning in the classroom
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Encouraging alternative forms of self expression in the generation Y student: a strategy for effective learning in the classroom
Abstract: A majority of students in the classrooms of colleges and universities today, are a product of a generation of latch key kids in which daycare, babysitters, television, and computers serve as surrogate parents. With the proliferation of technology, the internet, beepers and cell phones have become social lifelines for this generation. They are technology savvy, independent and resourceful. Conditioned to expect immediate gratification, these youth have shorter attention spans and also a low threshold …showed first 75 words of 1348 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1348 total…integrate those factors into modern curriculum and teaching strategies. REFERENCES Brown, B.L. (1997). New learning strategies for generation X. ERIC Digest, 184. Caudron, S. (1997). "Can Generation Xers be Trained?" Training and Development, 3, 20-24. Holtz, G. (1995). Welcome to the jungle. New York: St. Martin. Litten, A. & Lindsay, B. (2001). Teaching and learning from generation Y. A presentation for ACRL New England annual program; 2001, June 1, Brandeis University. Whitehead, B. (1997). The divorce culture. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.

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