The aim of this session is to demonstrate both the need for and methods of developing desirable skills, including reflexive and critical thinking, information literacy, and collaborative skills, among Gen Z students. It will showcase methods of teaching core topics while effectively developing key skills through drawing on students’ own cultural differences and leveraging publicly available data sources with which Gen Z are already familiar and engaged. Two applied methods of class design, a reflexivity exercise, and a flipped, interactive ‘learning by discovery’ approach, both well-grounded in pedagogic research, are demonstrated. Specific information about class preparation and class follow-up is also provided. The session should be of particular interest to those responsible for engaging and educating ‘Gen Z’ students at postgraduate and undergraduate levels, towards successful future learning and employment. Participants will leave the session with knowledge of a step-by-step process which they can use to produce innovative education delivery which develops key, identified stills to support the future of work.
This session is part of the Teaching and Learning Conference (TLC@AOM). A separate TLC@AOM registration fee of $120 (USD) is required. Space is limited and registration is on a first-come, first-served basis. The deadline to register is 11 August, unless sold out. Register for TLC@AOM.
