Long before the ‘i-phone’‚ laptop computer‚ internet and interactive game console‚ digital camera‚ usb stick and hard drive. Before email and text messaging‚ ‘i-pods’ and CD players there existed a world that was simple. In this world life flowed to a steady rhythm of routine. Workdays were 9-5‚ 5 days a week. Dinner times consisted of the whole family sitting around the table conversing on their daily events over a home cooked meal. Family time was something that was both prevalent and valued
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First-generation students are the first in their families attend a post-secondary institution. They are more likely to face many challenges in university life and how they experience their higher education. “Within the institution‚ first-generation students may have lower levels of academic and social integration” (Billson and Terry‚ 1982)‚ and have‚ as Terenzini and associates (1996) point out‚ “less positive out-of-class experiences than traditional students”. In fact‚ many research studies have
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3 Characteristics of the Digital Student In Uncategorized on May 25‚ 2011 at 6:09 pm Digital technology is changing almost every communications venue that exists. It is also having an impact on modifying the expectations that students and their parents have on educational facilities. Recent research shows that: 1. Most schools have failed to effectively utilize digital technology. Instead‚ it has been “tacked on” to the current education model. (Moe‚ 2009) 2. Because the current model in
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wanted to investigate the topic widely from different perspectives and levels‚ both from students’ and teachers’ perspectives‚ as well as from the classroom and the school level. What then are the novel phenomena when ICT is implemented in teaching and learning practices? To answer this‚ I have felt like a traveler‚ following Kvale’s (1996) suggestion of a metaphor for an ethnographic researcher: I have had the privilege to observe several teachers and students in their everyday life in schools and
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Different Types of Students Receiving an education can be a fulfilling experience. Students adapt to their own ways of learning and this results in a variety of different personalities. As a student myself‚ I’ve noticed traits that tend to emerge for different types of students and have thus I have categorized them as: the suck ups‚ those that just want to pass‚ and the sweaty try-hards. The first type of student is the suck up. One of the most noticeable aspects of this type of student
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Digital students are students whose brains have become accustomed to digital media‚ such as playing computer games‚ listening to music on Ipods and looking at computer screens for lengthy times. Many of them have today evolved from sitting in front of screens to using handheld devices to send e mails‚ text messages and send instant messages. Some of them even talk to each other in bytes. In fact this generation is called the digital generation. Students of today live in a very different world
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prospective first-generation college students are enrolling in institutions that best suit their needs‚ it is imperative that these students are able to have positive interactions with other students and faculty. With many first-generation college students placing less emphasis on working with others and engaging in social activities‚ it is crucial to identify how educators can get these students more involved in their communities (Nadelson et al.‚ 2013). According to findings from Gibbons et al.
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between first-generation and continuing-generation students that was established between a four-year university. In this research‚ a questionnaire was given to first-generation students in the marketing department at Sam Houston State University. This experiment also focused on how well these students perform in school depending on their motivation. The research stated‚ “Research has shown that parental assistance and encouragement is one of the most important indicators of students’ educational
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important it is to study hard‚ stay out of trouble‚ and to stay focused‚ but there is a lot more when it comes to being a good student and when the definition of good is “of a favorable character or tendency” and the definition of student is “one who attends school‚” you’re going to have a wide variety of definitions for what a “good student” really is. Also‚ is a good student the kid that sits in the front‚ pays attention and works hard‚ but still struggles to keep a C plus average? Or is it the kid
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The Existence of the Millennial Generation Student As the Baby Boomers generation has begun to enter retirement‚ the next generation of students (Millennial) is entering the workforce with behaviors‚ ideas‚ attitudes‚ and doting parents to be reckoned with. For many years‚ the word generation has encompassed births that have spanned over several years and allowed for changes occurring over a time period. This new generation of student is called the “Millennial” student and takes over where the Baby
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