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• kernelle@0d.gs ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  “The assumption is that because Gen Z and even millennials spend a considerable amount of time on technology that they are technology savvy,” Irish said, according to WorkLife.

  “This is a huge misconception. Sadly, neither watching TikTok videos nor playing Minecraft fulfills the technology brief.”

  Unfortunately, Gen Z may be less equipped for the future of technical work than we think. The key reason is that traditional education is not preparing the new generation for a digitally-driven job market. A recent study from Dell, which surveyed 15,000 Gen Z members, found that 37% of them feel that schools are not adequately preparing them for the demands of a digital world. Furthermore, 56% have received minimal to no digital skills education.

  Across the nation, the basic skills of reading and comprehension have been devalued over recent years, intellectual curiosity among younger generations has grown weaker, and AI is rapidly replacing human thought.

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  • Fleur_@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Yeah so they’re stating that gen z is less equipped for technical work than someone might assume. Nowhere have they been compared to other generations tech literacy which you claimed it would nor was a tech literacy test done on any generation with the only data being from questions targeted at gen z asking them about themselves.

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    • kernelle@0d.gs ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Nowhere have they been compared

      less equipped

      Can’t do the reading for you…

      This stuff has been talked about for at least 5 years. Here’s two studies that have come to the same conclusions. By The University of Toledo and the ICILS EU.

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      • Fleur_@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Here’s the full quote

        “Gen Z may be less equipped for the future of technical work than we think.”

        Less then people think does not mean less than other generations.

        This is from the first source you mentioned.

        “Many millennials, individuals born between 1981 and 1996, and the Generation Z population, born after 1997, have learned to be great, efficient consumers of technology, such as sending pictures, sharing videos and texting or other short-form communication.”

        "However, they are far less adept at understanding how to use technology to create useful solutions to their business challenges "

        Doesn’t compare gen z against millennials nor does it state that either are less tech savvy then previous generations just that the tech demands of work have been increasing faster then the education standards. That is to say that while tech literacy has gone up the demand for tech skills has grown further. This study does not say at all that tech literacy has been declining.

        Following through to the study in the second source, “The results demonstrate that significant efforts are needed in order to move closer to the ambitious EU-level target of reducing the share of low-achieving students in computer and information literacy to less than 15% by 2030.” That is to say the source is showing how education targets are failing to be reached not that education levels are declining. This study also does not compare generational tech literacy levels.

        Very strange to see all these sources that supposedly show tech literacy is declining generationally yet none of them are any studies of the level of tech skills each generation has had during the period they were joining the workforce and a subsequent comparison. Almost like that’s a made up abstraction based off of vibes.

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