Student Engagement: Contexts and Practices

Abstract

Student learning underlines or should underline the crux of many teaching and learning conversations and effort. An engaged class with no student’s attention meandering into virtual space is something that educators work towards. Student engagement is a key element in higher education classrooms and it has been investigated, analysed, and theorised in various contexts. There is evidence of the fundamental role student engagement has in learning effectiveness and student achievement. Trowler and Trowler’s (2010) review goes so far as to suggest that the value in engaging student in the learning process is not being questioned anymore. Though its significance is undisputed as a fundamental factor for learning, the multiplicity of what it means to engage students in actual classroom practices, the strategies to facilitate such engagement, and the evidencing of its impact are still areas of continued discussion. (Abstract taken from first paragraph of document)