Abstract
Generation Z students mount challenges to develop teaching methods in the millennium era due to their diverse characteristics from the previous generation as they are proficient in utilizing the internet, less attentive to each other and the environment, prefer immediate things regardless of all complex processes they shall go through. This study aims to seek the relationship pattern between Generation Z clusters, teaching methods, and internet usage frequency. This study involved 222 junior high school students in Jakarta. The two-step cluster, cross-tabulation, and correspondence analysis were used for data analysis. The method used is correspondence analysis. The findings indicated that internet usage frequency has a significant relationship with Generation Z clusters and teaching methods. The results concluded that students who use the internet less than five hours prefer the full tutorial method and group assignments, and those who use the internet more than five hours prefer tutorial and field assignments
Highlights
Teaching Generation Z is a challenge in the millennium era due to their different characteristics from the previous generation
This study aims to (1) recognize variables related to the frequency of internet usage, and (2) recognize the pattern of relationship between the characteristics of Generation Z with variables influenced by internet usage
The cross tab is used to determine variables related to internet usage frequency
Summary
Teaching Generation Z is a challenge in the millennium era due to their different characteristics from the previous generation They are experts in using the internet while their teachers are not as skilled as they are. Close-minded older generation teachers tend to teach them in the old ways requiring long processes with fewer applications. This might make the students disfavor it. As they often communicate with gadgets and social media, they do not like verbal communication They might prefer a way of teaching that challenges them to seek answers independently or together with groups by searching on the internet. They can track many things from the internet while their teachers’ methods do not encourage them to develop their skills and preferences
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