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A Survey on the Distribution of Personality Traits among Generation Z College Students: Based on Students Majoring in Chinese Language and Literature

Author(s)

Xujia Gong

Affiliation(s)

School of Humanities, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

Abstract

Generation Z college students have grown up with the blessing of the internet. Their personality traits bear the inprint of the times and are completely different from the older generation. Generation Z college students are the current educated groups in universities. The transfer of personality traits posed challenges to traditional higher education models. This study adopted DISC assessment method to test and analyze personality traits of four cohorts of Generation Z students from the same university and major. Comparing and analyzing the test result, we can find that their personality traits and style of action have obvious common characteristics and different complementary features. The research findings will be applied to optimize the education model. First, personality traits will be introduced into seminar based teaching, which is the most popular teaching method in higher education to fostering effective learning teams. Second, these insights will be applied to career planning for college students. By grasping the dynamics of personality traits, Career counseling will be transformed from static services to dynamic guidance.

Keywords

DISC Assessment; Generation Z College Students; Seminar-based Teaching; Career Planning

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