"Teaching and Learning from Generation Y"

Anna Litten & Beth Lindsay

Works Consulted

 

Community College of Aurora. "What is a Learning Style?" Available http://ciswebserver.cca.cccoes.edu/learn/definition.htm.

Dunn, Kenneth. "Hannibal ‘Lecture’ Changes His Oral Menu." Practical Approaches to Using Learning Styles in Higher Education. Eds. Rita Dunn and Shirley A. Griggs. Westport, CT: Bergin & Garvey, 2000. 68-79.

Dunn, Rita. "Capitalizing on College Students’ Learning Styles: Theory, Practice and Research." Practical Approaches to Using Learning Styles in Higher Education. Eds. Rita Dunn and Shirley A. Griggs. Westport, CT: Bergin & Garvey, 2000. 3-18.

Dunn, Rita and Shirley A. Griggs. "Practical Approaches to Using Learning Styles in Higher Education: The How-To Steps." Practical Approaches to Using Learning Styles in Higher Education. Eds. Rita Dunn and Shirley A. Griggs. Westport, CT: Bergin & Garvey, 2000. 19-32.

Dwyer, Victor. "A Crash Course in Reality 101: Generation Y Asks Universities to Deliver for Their Futures." Maclean’s 25 November 1996: 50-54.

Farquharson, Fitzroy and Bernadette Carithers. "Learning Styles." Available http://faculty.valencia.cc.fl.us/ffarquharson/.

Faust, Judith, Elizabeth A. Ginno, Jennifer Laherty and Kate Manuel. Teaching Information Literacy to Generation Y. Poster presentation, ACRL X, Denver, March 2001. Available online: http://www.library.csuhayward.edu/staff/acrl/

Kaplowitz, Joan. "Learning Styles: A Review of Types." Handout prepared for ACRL/Immersion 2000.

Milliron, Mark David and Cindy L. Miles. "Education in a Digital Democracy." Educause Review 35.6 2000: 50+

North Carolina Distance Education Partnership. "The Dunn and Dunn Learning Style Model of Instruction." Available http://www.unc.edu/depts/ncpts/publications/learnstyles.htm

Salopek, Jennifer. "The Young and the Rest of Us." Training and Development 54.2 (2000): 26-30.

Soloway, Elliot. "How the Nintendo Generation Learns." Communications of the ACM 34.9 (1991): 23-27.

 

 

Additional materials worth considering in regard to learning style,
Gen X/Gen Y, and transforming higher education and teaching

Charp, Sylvia. "The Changing Role of the Teacher." T H E Journal 28.4 (2000): 18.

Freeland, Richard. "The Practical Path, Too, Can be High-Minded." Chronicle of Higher Education 15 Sept. 2000: B11.

French, Thomas. South of Heaven: Welcome to High School at the End of the Twentieth Century. New York: Doubleday, 1993.

The Importance of Learning Styles: Understanding the Implications for Learning, Course Design, and Education. Eds. Ronald R. Sims and Serbrenia J. Sims. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1995.

Katz, Candace and Jennifer Serventi. "Schools for a New Millenium." Learning & Leading with Technology 28.8 (2001): 36+.

Levine, Arthur and Jeanette S. Cureton. When Hope and Fear Collide: A Portrait of Today’s College Student. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1998.

Loeb, Paul Rogat. Generation at the Crossroads: Apathy and Action on the American Campus. New Brunswick: Rutgers UP, 1994.

Palmer, Parker J. The Courage to Teach. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1998.

Penttila, Chris. "Generational Gyrations." Entrepreneur 29.4 (2001): 102+.

Practical Approaches to Using Learning Styles in Higher Education. Eds. Rita Dunn and Shirley A. Griggs. Westport, CT: Bergin & Garvey, 2000.

The Responsive University: Restructuring for High Performance. Ed. William G. Tierney. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP, 1998.

Sperber, Murray. "End the Mediocrity of Our Public Universities." The Chronicle of Higher Education 20 October 2000: B24.

Tapscott, Don. Growing Up Digital: The Rise of the Net Generation. New York: McGraw Hill, 1998.

Tompkins, Jane P. A Life in School: What the Teacher Learned. Reading, MA: Addison Wesley Longman, 1996.

** For more items, see the bibliography provided with: Faust, Judith, Elizabeth A. Ginno, Jennifer Laherty and Kate Manuel. Teaching Information Literacy to Generation Y. Poster presentation, ACRL X, Denver, March 2001. Available online: http://www.library.csuhayward.edu/staff/acrl/