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Originally Posted by carlj I think the problem at heart is that the children of the 21st century are not the same as we were at that age. I don't consider myself old, but my childhood was spent without computers, tv's in our rooms, consoles, mp3 players. My teen years were spent at Trentham Gardens/Park, or in a book, or with friends out on bikes. Our attention spans are different too. Today's youth, it seems, require a different approach to engage them. But how do we find that happy medium? |
I've just finished sixth form and am of this generation and yes many of my friends played almost continually on Play Station in the common room at school (when they didn't have a lesson). Out of school they were never interested in walking around outside but prefered to hang around each others houses watching films. Or sitting in their rooms emailing each other
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I was different because I always got fed up of sitting and just talking and prefered the "great outdoors".
I agree with Imaginos that TV to a certain degree can teach (I used to watch the Really Wild Show which encourage my love of nature along with my parents love of the countryside) and it can capture young peoples interest. Most of us young people want to feel as though we are involved in something and one way of engaging the younger generation might be to adopt the hands on approach? I wouldn't know because everyone is different and have differing motivations etc.....