THE RELATION PATTERN BETWEEN EDUCATOR CHARACTERISTICS AND GENERATION Z STUDENT CHARACTERISTICS IN THE MILLENNIUM ERA

Abstract

Generation Z has certain different characteristics from the previous generations. This makes their perspectives to educator are different as well. The combination of the educator and generation Z student characteristic need to be addressed to create good quality educators for them. This research aims to find the relation of educator characteristics and generation Z characteristics. This study involves 222 students of Jakarta High Schools. The overall sample consist of students selected by purposive sampling. Correspondence analysis was used as the data analysis methodology describing the relationship pattern of educators’ characteristics and generation Z characteristics. This research pointed out some results. They are (1) correlation between educators with full attention to details and generation Z students, (2) correlation between educators with good character and generation Z students, and (3) correlation between educators who is up to date to the changes and generation Z students.