Lesson #4

Bridging the
Generation Gap
 Bridging the Generation Gap
• The older generation often feels that there
is a generation gap between them and the
younger generation.

• The gap is apparent in simple things like

manner of dressing, socializing, more
intimate relationships and marrying, etc.
 Bridging the Generation Gap
• In the field of education, a huge generation
gap also exists and it will continue to widen
unless some changes are adopted at the
proper time.

• In peasant third world countries where

schools don’t have technology facilities, it is
understandable that the transition to digital
education may take time.
 Bridging the Generation Gap
• But given the rapid of emergence, of digital
technology or ICT, there is the need to
prepare for bridging the digital gap in society.

• The new network of instantaneous

communication is global, overcoming borders
between countries and continents.
Understanding the potentials of ICT
• Much of what elders believe may not
applicable anymore to the new generation,
especially along matters of traditional
value.
Understanding the potentials of ICT
• Alvin Toffler’s book Future Shock, shows
how the information age has begun to
create many cultural changes in the family,
societies, businesses, governments such
as what he calls throw-away society,
modular man, kinetic image, scientific
trajectory, fractured family, surfeit of
subcults, psychological dimension etc.
Understanding the potentials of ICT
• The illiterate of the 21st century will not be
those who cannot read and write, but
those who cannot learn, unlearn, and
relearn.
• Alvin Toffler
Understanding the potentials of ICT
• Since the new generations are expected to
face a future professional challenge of
digital world ahead of them, technology
supported skills need to be taught in
schools today or else, schools will become
white elephant.
 Activity/Quiz #4
• What are the generation gap between the
older generation and the 21st generation in
terms of the following:
Generation Gap Old 21st Discussion/Compare and
Generation Generation Contrast/What’s Change?/Values
Manner of Dressing
Way of Socializing
Entertainment
Way of Courtship
Gadgets
 Activity/Quiz #4

• Provide images to further identify the gaps

 Activity/Quiz #4
• Format:
» Paper: Use short-size bond paper (8.5 x 11)
» Font & size: Times New Roman size 12
» Alignment: Justify
» Margin: Narrow margin
» Others: Use tables (optional)