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The COVID-19 Pandemic as Disjuncture: Lifelong Learning in a Context of Fear
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Bjursell, Cecilia – International Review of Education, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a number of fundamental changes in different societies, and can therefore be understood as creating "disjuncture" in our lives. "Disjuncture" is a concept proposed by adult educator Peter Jarvis to describe the phenomenon of what happens when an individual is confronted with an experience that…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Educational Change, Learning Processes
A Comic Road to Interiors, or the Pedagogical Matter of Gen Z Humor
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Gilbert, Christopher J. – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2021
Generation Z (Gen Z) represents something of a quintessence for the broken promises that now seem to make up the promise of higher education. But if despair indicates the dark side of generational malaise around things like civic engagement, community, and student learning, the dark humor that has emerged out of these generations points to modes…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Higher Education, Humor, Citizen Participation
On the Brain Basis of Digital Daze in Millennial Minds: Rejoinder to "Digital Technology and Student Cognitive Development: The Neuroscience of the University Classroom"
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Brown, Timothy T. – Journal of Management Education, 2016
In this issue, Cavanaugh, Giapponi, and Golden (2016) have discussed the new prominent role of digital devices in the lives of students; the possible impact of these widely-used technologies on developing, learning minds; and the relevance of new cognitive neuroscience research and technologies for better understanding the potential effects of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes, Learning Strategies
From "Scuba Diving" to "Jet Skiing"? Information Behavior, Political Science, and the Google Generation
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Thornton, Stephen – Journal of Political Science Education, 2010
It is often suggested that the swift arrival of a world shaped by information superabundance--symbolized by the astonishing growth in popularity of the digital search engine Google--has changed the manner in which many learn. A particular concern of some is the perception that younger people have turned away from books and long articles and have…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Internet, Access to Information, Corporations
Millennials in College: How Do We Motivate Them?
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McGlynn, Angela Provitera – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2008
In academia, there is much discussion about "millennial" students--those born between 1982 and 2002. Although there is a mix of students in college classes, particularly at community colleges, the influx of millennials is notable in terms of their sheer numbers. This year will see the largest high school graduation class ever--even…
Descriptors: High School Graduates, College Programs, Teaching Methods, Learning Motivation
Oculomotor and Manual Indexes of Incidental and Intentional Spatial Sequence Learning during Middle Childhood and Adolescence
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Karatekin, Canan; Marcus, David J.; White, Tonya – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2007
The goal of this study was to examine incidental and intentional spatial sequence learning during middle childhood and adolescence. We tested four age groups (8-10 years, 11-13 years, 14-17 years, and young adults [18+ years]) on a serial reaction time task and used manual and oculomotor measures to examine incidental sequence learning.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Intentional Learning, Incidental Learning, Children