Resilient Classroom Series: Gen Z in the Classroom

Tue, 22 Apr 2025 13:00:00 GMT

Tuesday, April 22, 2025
10–11 a.m.
Killam Library, Room 2622

“If we teach today’s students as we taught yesterday’s, we rob them of tomorrow.” – John Dewey, American education reformer

Have you recently found yourself saying “Back in my day, students used to be like…” or “I just don’t understand students anymore!”? Generation Z is the largest cohort demographic on university campuses today. More than any other generation, this group of students has faced lightning-speed changes in society and technology, and have been heavily “shaped by the advancement of technology, issues of violence, a volatile economy, and social justice movements” (Seemiller & Grace, 2017). As a part of the Resilient Classroom Series, this session will help you adapt your teaching to better align with Gen Z’s unique motivations, goals, skillsets, and social concerns. In this in-person session, you will learn:

Common characteristics and learning preferences of Gen Z students.
Strategies to adapt your course design and assessments to better support and teach Gen Z students.

To help you take what you learn from this session to your classroom, we will collectively brainstorm strategies to use in the Gen Z classroom. In addition, you will develop a preliminary plan for how you can adapt one student assessment or course design aspect to better suit your Gen Z students.

Presenter

Daniella Sieukaran, Senior Educational Developer (Curriculum)

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Resilient Classroom Series: Gen Z in the Classroom

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