Teaching Millennial Students Bridget Arend University of Denver TELECOOP Conference, April 2008.

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Teaching Millennial Students Bridget Arend University of Denver TELECOOP Conference, April 2008

Where were you…  on VJ Day?  when John F. Kennedy was assassinated?  when the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded?

Generational Studies  Generational cohorts  Peer Personalities

Life Views Traditional generation = Loyal Born before mid-1940s World Wars, the Great Depression, racial inequalities, GI Bill Faith in institutions, military style of management Conformity = success

Life Views Baby Boomers = Optimistic Born early 1940s - early 1960s Space race, Civil Rights, Vietnam War, political assassinations, Watergate, sex & drugs, television Self-indulgence and inward focus Competitive

Life Views Generation X = Skeptical Born early 1960s Destruction of the Berlin Wall, rise of AIDS, Chernobyl disaster, Tiananmen Square, consumerism, divorce, personal computer Era of at-risk & latchkey kids, Reality bites economy Criticized, critical, slackers

Life Views Millennials = Realistic Born after 1981 Computers, Internet, real wars on TV, extreme violence in schools, change is the norm Era of  The wanted child –Adoption, fertilization technologies  The protected child – Tylenol scare, Columbine  The worthy child – Mr. Rogers/Barney “you are special”  The perfected child – Highly-homeworked & tested

Clash Points

Millennials The Beloit College Mindset List

In their own words… A Vision of Students Today Digital Ethnography Project Kansas State University

Core Traits  Special/Sheltered  Confident  Pressured  Achieving  Technologically savvy  Team-oriented  Anti-autocratic

References   Millennials Go to College, Neil Howe & William Strauss,  Generation ME, Jean M. Twenge,  When Generations Collide, Lynne C. Lancaster & David Stillman,  Millennials Rising, Neil Howe & William Strauss, 2000.