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Gen Y Who They Are And How They Learn By Alison Black

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Under the background of globalization, informatization, and internet, the students of Millennials have more freedom than ever before. Because of the difference of grow up environment, Millennials value their education differently than other generations. It also challenging the educators for teaching the new generation students effectively. In order to teach Millennials better, an effective university instructor for students of Millennials should be creative. The instructors need to be creative on their educational concept. The students of instructors teach today is different than the students they had before. They have various characteristics more than ever. According to the article “Gen Y: Who They Are and How They Learn”, Alison Black

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