Do you know how Generation Z pupils learn?

I write this post having spent the morning on Skype to China, talking about their attempts to get teachers responding to Generation Z learners. In order to equip us with a creative and enterprising workforce, this generation needs 21st century teaching and learning.

As a nation with the largest manufacturing output in the world, China has realised if students are educated using rote-learning and conventional teaching they won’t develop creative, enterprising people like Steve Jobs. That is their goal. 

I wrote last year about Gen Z but now I want to focus on how they learn and the implications it has for educators. If you’re not familiar with the term, let me explain. The oldest are leaving school, the youngest are just starting it. They are the first children of the 21st century who have grown up in an entirely digital world. Some call them “digital integrators”, others the Facebook Generation.