Communication Instruction in the Generation Z Classroom outlines communication and pedagogical strategies that aid teachers across disciplines and levels in engaging with Generation Z students.

Each year instructors and scholars contemplate their instructional spaces in search of information about incoming students and how best to relate course content to a new generation of learners. Communication Instruction in the Generation Z Classroom: Educational Explorations outlines communication considerations for effectively interacting with and instilling pedagogical practices that appeal to Gen Z using communication tools and course design principles to effectively engage students. Contributors raise questions about research areas in need of additional exploration as instructors and scholars seek to understand how communication influences classrooms, learners, and the broader world. Given the relationship between teacher communication and student success, instructors across disciplines, as well as scholars of communication, pedagogy, and social sciences will find this book particularly interesting. It is also suitable for graduate students in teaching assistant positions, faculty developers, and educators at various institutions.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction

Renee Robinson

2. Motivation and Learning: Need-Supportive Teaching Style to Engage Gen Z

Sadia E. Cheema and Jie Zhang

3. Acknowledging the Needs of Gen Z: Opening Spaces for Connection and Care

Kristen T. Christman and Jessica D. McCall

4. A Bridge for Communication: Negotiating Intergenerational Listening Expectations in

Face-to-Face Interactions and Digital Platforms

Emeline Ojeda-Hecht and Elizabeth S. Parks

5. Listening Research Shows How Gen Z and Faculty Can Co-Create Engaging Learning Environments

Pamela Sherstad

6. Teaching Digital Natives Where They Live: Generation Z and Online Learning

Troy Cooper and T. Kody Frey

7. The Applied Case Study as a Pedagogical Tool for Educating Today’s

Generation Z Student Population

Corey Jay Liberman

8. When Learning is Play: Using Video Games to Educate Gen Z in the Classroom Gwendelyn

S. Nisbett, Newly Paul, and Juli James

9. Getting Outside of the Norm: Adopting Outdoor Adventure Education Pedagogy to Engage Generation Z

R. Tyler Spradley

10. Engaging Generation Z with Communication’s Civic Commitments

Spoma Jovanovic, Cristiane S. Damasceno, and Roy Schwartzman