CareerEd Emphasizes Books Too Much
Personally, given the demographic makeup of the classes that I am seeing today, I think CareerEd ignores generational theory completely by mandating that textbooks be used. In my class, the required text (required by CareerEd not chosen by me) is a waste of time and money and my students do not read the assignments. As discussed in this class, Millenials/Gen Yers, especially those in career-based institutions, want to see connections with real life experiences; they like to use technology; and have shorter attention spans requiring shorter pieces to read like articles or websites versus chapters in a textbook. Older students also like reading the articles. I think it is a shame that our students are required to purchase a book they will never use and that instructors are required to assign homework from those books.
Stuart,
I would agree, yet they are adults & at some point they have to own their own lives & careers, I can't do it for them.
Ryan Meers, Ph.D.
I don't know what the answer is. The reality is that when students enter into the "real world," they will be required to read and think. It's best that they become accustomed to doing it now because their future workplace may not prefer communication in 140 characters and superficial thinking but full paragraphs and critical analysis of issues.
