Meeting the Needs of Generation Z College Students through Out-of-Class Interactions

Autor/inn/en	Weber, Kirsten M.; Keim, Halle
Titel	Meeting the Needs of Generation Z College Students through Out-of-Class Interactions
Quelle	In: About Campus, 26 (2021) 2, S.10-16 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Weber, Kirsten M.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1086-4822
DOI	10.1177/1086482220971272
Schlagwörter	Age Groups; Teacher Student Relationship; Teaching Methods; Undergraduate Students; Student Attitudes; Individual Instruction; Cooperative Learning; Career Readiness + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Age grop; Altersgruppe; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Schülerverhalten; Individuelles Lernen; Kooperatives Lernen
Abstract	Because of the learning needs of Generation Z (Gen Z) college students, those born between the mid-1990s to the late-2000s, the authors explore how professor-student interactions can be used to drive student success. Face-to-face lectures have served as the backbone to university instruction for decades and in the 2000s were joined by online, hybrid, and MOOC (massive open online course) instructional designs. Yet instructors such as Paul Corrigan (2013) and Teresa Sarrica (2018), who published their thoughts in "The Atlantic" and on their education-focused blog, respectively, questioned if these are the most effective instructional methods for all students. Sources, such as Elizabeth Cameron and Marisa Pagnattaro's (2017) original research published in "Journal of Legal Studies Education" (2017), Sophia Sanchez's (2016) article published in "Inside Higher Education," and Elina Loveland's (2017) review in the "Journal of College Admission" all argued that specific characteristics differentiate Gen Z students from prior generations. In particular, they suggested Gen Z students possess the urge to multitask, shorter attention spans, the drive for instant satisfaction, the desire for collaborative learning, a preference for professor-student interactions based on real relationships, and learning that is practical and relevant to their future careers. These factors create challenges to effective learning when traditional lecture and online formats are used in isolation. Therefore, this article aims to highlight the needs of Gen Z students and clarify how out-of-class student-faculty interactions fulfill those learning needs, which ultimately drive success. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01