Sociology
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GENERATIONAL_DIVERSITY.pptGenerational Diversity
School Teachers Rate Top Problems
1945
- Talking out of turn
- Chewing gum
- Making noise
- Running in the halls
- Cutting in line
- Dress-code violations
- Littering
2020
- School violence, mass shootings
- Pandemics
- Drug abuse
- Alcohol abuse
- Pregnancy
Suicide - Rape, Robbery, Assault
Objectives: To Clarify the Sociological Perspective
- Learn about the demographic makeup of each generation
- Learn about the values and viewpoints of each generation
- Learn how your own generational cohort shapes your perspective of the world
Generational Generalizations
- Traditionalists (born 1925-1945) – 10%
- Baby Boomers (born 1946-1964) – 36%
- Generation X (born 1965-1980) – 22%
- Millennials/Generation Y (born 1981-2000) – 15%
- Generation Z (born 2001-Present)- 13%
Traditionalists (born 1925-1945)
“The Silent/Greatest Generation”
Traditionalists (born 1925-1945)
- Pres. Coolidge, Hoover, Roosevelt (conservative, conservative, liberal)
- Great Depression, Pearl Harbor, World War II, movies, telephones, cars (just one)
Traditionalists (born 1925-1945)
- http://www.valueoptions.com/spotlight_YIW/traditional.htm
- Their parents’ values go back to 1800s
- Patriotic, teamwork, respect for authority, loyalty, conformity, rules and detail oriented, disciplined, want control
- Defined sense of right and wrong
- Hold/held ¾ of the nation’s wealth
- Implied contract between workers of this generation and the company that would support them for life
Traditionalists (born 1925-1945)
- Privacy (don’t share inner thoughts)
- Hard work (believe in paying dues)
- Trust (one’s word is important)
- Formality (in naming, dress)
- Social order (may be viewed as racist or sexist)
- Things (never know when you might need it)
- Prefer face to face or formal written communication
Baby Boomers (born 1946-1964)
- Almost 78 million boomers
Baby Boomers (born 1946-1964)
- Pres. Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson (conservative, conservative, liberal, liberal)
- T.V. (especially family shows of the 50’s), suburbia, stay at home Moms, Korean and Vietnam Wars, Civil Rights Movement, integration of baseball and education
- As adults dealt with major social issues including abortion, the death penalty, racism, sexism
Baby Boomers (born 1946-1964)
- Did not experience economic hard times of their parents
- Competition, hard work, success, teamwork
- Inclusion, anti-rules and regulation
- Will fight for a cause
- Body language noticed and important
- Avoid controlling language
Generation X (born 1965-1980)
Generation X (born 1965-1980)
- Pres. Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan (liberal, conservative, conservative, liberal, conservative)
- Vietnam War, Women’s Rights Movement, continuation of Civil Rights, 70’s, hippies, sex, drugs, rock and roll, Woodstock, man on the moon, very beginning of the AIDS epidemic
Generation X (born 1965-1980)
- Entrepreneurial spirit
- Economically more conservative than their parents
- Do not expect to rely on institutions for long term employment
- Independence (want to manage their own time)
- Creative and want access to lots of information
- Balance of work and home
- Email preferred communication tool
- Short sound bites, informal style
Millennials/Generation Y
(born 1981-2000)
2nd largest generation cohort
Millennials (born 1981-2000)
- Pres. Reagan, H.W. Bush, Clinton, G. W. Bush (conservative, conservative, liberal, conservative)
- HIV/AIDS, Operation Desert Storm
- Wall Street (Greed is Good)
- Home computers and the Internet is invented
- MTV, Rodney King, OJ Simpson
Millennials (born 1981-2000)
- Rarely or never mailed anything with a stamp
- Only know bottled water, iced tea comes in bottles or cans
- First generation to be always connected (cell phones, computers) – Digital Natives
- But gap between haves and have nots is wider than in previous generations, so some have not had technology
- Always shopped in big box stores and eaten in chain restaurants
- Caller ID and bar codes always there
- “Google” is a verb
- GPS and rap music
- Stadiums have always had corporate names
Millennials (born 1981-2000)
- Their lives very structured (play dates, organized sports, SAT prep courses, etc.)
- Team oriented (free play non-existent)
- Grew up protected (helmets, seat belts, etc.)
- Close relationship with parents (many live at home); only 6 in 10 raised by both parents
- Grew up with community service, globalization and multiculturalism
- Confident, upbeat, open to change
- Self-expressive (4 in 10 have tattoos, 1 in 4 have piercing other than in an earlobe)
Millennials (born 1981-2000)
- Embrace multiple modes of communication (78% have a profile on a social media site)
- More ethnically and racially diverse than older generations (more likely to identify as bi- or multi-racial; 20% have at least one immigrant parent) (doesn’t translate to increased intergroup contact b/c neighborhoods still segregated)
- LGBT more likely to self-identify and/or come out earlier than previous generations
- Least religiously affiliated, just 2% of males join the military, supported Pres. Obama in 2008
So, Millennials (born 1981-2000)
- Special (grew up in child-centered world)
- Sheltered (parents fearful for their safety)
- Confident and optimistic (can-do attitude)
- Team-oriented (from organized group activities)
- Achieving (used to high stakes testing and zero tolerance policies)
- Pressured (trophy-child expectations)
- Conventional (comfortable with parents’ values)
Generation Z (born 1995-Present)
- Also known as Generation M, the Net Generation, or the Internet Generation
- Lifelong use of communications and media technologies such as social media, text messaging, YouTube, and mobile phones (which are now carried in their pockets).
- A marked difference between Generation Y and Generation Z is that older members of the Gen Y remember life before the takeoff of mass technology, while Gen Z have been born completely within it.
- This generation has also been born completely into an era of globalization and multiculturalism.
Generation Z
- Pres. Bush, Obama, Trump (conservative, liberal, conservative)
- Saw first serious female presidential candidate (Hillary Clinton)
- Internet, texting, social media, YouTube, facebook, Instagram,Twitter
- LGBT issues including gay marriage
- Major economic recession
- 9/11, terrorism, Iraq/Afghanistan Wars, school violence…
Not to Mention Online Education
Generation Z
Watching ‘T.V.’ Now
