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AARHUSUNIVERSITETAU
STUDENT PERSONALITY TYPES –HOPES, DREAMS AND MOTIVATIONS
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Generation Y – who are they what are their defining features?
Mega trends influencing this generation
What motivates them? And what do they dream of?
Different student personality types
Good to know – but if and how to implement this in your work?
OVERVIEW
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GENERATION Y – WHO ARE THEY?
All generations influenced by the times they grow up in
Babyboomers: growth, development and flower power
Generation X: crisis, anxieties and competition
Generation Y: relatively small generationGrowth, consumption, media, lots of possibilitiesand great expectations!
Creative, teamplayers, flexible, open minded, goodnetworkers and social media experts
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EXCITING GLOBAL WORLD
The world is my playground
Mediascapes and dream scapes
Used to high level of excitement
They don’t want the dry facts, they want anEXPERIENCE (that will look good on FB)
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WHAT CAN I BECOME?
The individual is set free
No obligations, roles or traditions are in the way
Does this make sense to me right now?
Do I feel like doing this?
Responsibility for own development
Future shock!
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A DELUDED GENERATION?
They have always been told they are special and destined for something better
They expect to have fulfilling careers, money and good work-life balance
The gap between dreams and reality has never been greater…
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SOCIETAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL CHALLENGES
Identity? Who am I? Who do I want to be? Who/what can I become?
Hard to deal with fleetingness and changes of scene
Lack of skills in reflecting on one’s abilities and potentials
The introverted – do not master the art of self promotion
More self assured but also more depressed
Under a lot of pressure!
Plus – they are being taunted by images and stories onFB and other social media
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GENERATION Y AND MOBILITY
Study by Mette Ernlund from 2014 (PhD thesis)
Qualitative interviews with students from different European countries on exchange
Identification of factors influencing the mobility of students
4 ideal types of students who go abroad
Their motivations and their typical development during their mobility
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FACTORS INFLUENCING MOBILITY
Societal influences Mobility capital
- family background- earlier experience with mobility- experience with adapting- personality
Personal and academic development
National culture
These factors both push and pull students abroad
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WHAT MOTIVATES GENERATION Y?
4 IDEAL TYPES
The adventurous type: in search of the exotic, social networks, freedomand responsibility
The academic type: in search of career options, cultural and linguisticknowledge
The reluctant type: in search of identity, a new beginning
The runaway type: in search of a better understanding of profession, intercultural understanding
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IT HAS TO MAKE SENSE!
Meaning and the creation of meaning are sources of motivation, interest and action
So how do we make mobility seem meaningful?
No one size fits all
The 4 ideal types have different profiles and are looking for different things
They have different needs and criteria for success
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HOW TO GUIDE GENERATION Y?
They don’t read what’s online – it is much easier to ask somebody!
Primadonna guidance – grown ups as service providers
Do we crush their dreams or help them reflect?
The international coordinator as coach rather than authority?
No one size fits all – one size fits me
Quick replies expected – they are used to 24/7 digital living
Facebook – they are there anyway
Adjust expectations or risk cannibalisation
Sensitive young people
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