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
Category: /Society & Culture/Education
Details: Words: 1348 | Pages: 5 (approximately 235 words/page)
Encouraging alternative forms of self expression in the generation Y student: a strategy for effective learning in the classroom
Category: /Society & Culture/Education
Details: Words: 1348 | Pages: 5 (approximately 235 words/page)
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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