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The Alpha generation
8/11/21 22:01![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
nairiporterSo far, not much can be said about the "Alpha" generation - and no surprise. The concept includes those born between 2010 and 2025, ie its latest representatives haven't been born yet.
The "Alpha" generation is the first to grow up entirely within the 21st century. And this, completely under the total influence of digital technologies. The "Alpha" children hardly know anything about the analogue world. They have been in contact with smartphones and tablets since they were babies. Many people intuitively learn to operate with these devices even before they learn to speak.
This innate affinity for digital technology will be the biggest challenge in dealing with the Alpha children. They are hyper-flexible and find it difficult to adapt to temporal and spatial relationships, like confined special spaces such as kindergartens or schools.
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The "Alpha" generation is the first to grow up entirely within the 21st century. And this, completely under the total influence of digital technologies. The "Alpha" children hardly know anything about the analogue world. They have been in contact with smartphones and tablets since they were babies. Many people intuitively learn to operate with these devices even before they learn to speak.
This innate affinity for digital technology will be the biggest challenge in dealing with the Alpha children. They are hyper-flexible and find it difficult to adapt to temporal and spatial relationships, like confined special spaces such as kindergartens or schools.
( Read more... )
