Dirkx, John M2005-11-212005-11-212005-11-21https://hdl.handle.net/1805/433Teachers and learners increasingly attribute classroom tensions and conflicts to sharp age differences among students. Supported in part by inter-generational research, I suggest that these tensions and conflicts may also reflect broader struggles for expression of identity and selfauthorship in an increasingly postmodern context, and a transition in how we think about the classroom itself.37026 bytesapplication/pdfen-USAdult EducationStudent CharacteristicsGeneration GapAdult StudentsAdult DevelopmentArticle