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SWIPE GENERATION
(EDUCATION 4.0)
JONELL S. GREGORIO, MAT
Instructor I
Aklan State University
“Today, 2 year olds can unlock a
phone, open and close their favorite
apps all by themselves…When I was
that age I was eating dirt.”
We are teaching the Generation Z
They are born from around the mid-90s to the early 2000s, a group of young people who
are now next in line to the Millennials.
They are digital natives.
In 2019, Gen Z outnumbered millennials, making up 32% of the world's 7.7 billion-person
population. (Bloomberg)
They learned to swipe before they could walk.
Technology is part of their everyday life activities.
Passionate about the importance and value of higher education; over 80% plan to attend
college directly after high school
Do-it-yourselfers
Communicate symbolically and with greater speed; replacing text with symbols and images
We are teaching the Generation Z
Want to engage in collaborative activities not just restricted to their campuses, but
globally
Prefer to study with friends – online or in person
Prefer to learn by doing and through real-life experiences
Excited about participating and being engaged
Have the attention span of one second less than Generation Y – their attention
span was measured as 1 second less than a goldfish
We are teaching the Generation Z
• 1) Sense-making
• 2) Social intelligence
• 3) Novel and adaptive thinking
• 4) Cross cultural competency
• 5) Computational thinking
According to Davis et al, (2011) from the Institute for the Future for the
University of Phoenix Research Institute, the work skills needed from now
on would be:
• Lectures and printed books did not rate highly with Generation Z
• Technology has unquestionably transformed their learning process
• 85% of students use online research for assignments (Semiller and
Grace
• Only 47% preferred a printed book compared to 60% by Millennials.
• In this same poll, over 2/3rds of Gen Z thought college was a
significant toward future success
Implications on Teaching
• Our teaching evaluation needs to transform
• Exams and research papers can only gauge what was
memorized for a specific exam or what they know about a
specific topic.
• Our new generation needs real-life knowledge that can be
related to their job area.
• Teachers need to be more skilled in different types of
devices, programs, and applications that can be integrated
into the classes.
Implications on Teaching