Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Fredricks, Jennifer A
• Blumenfeld, Phyllis C
• Paris, Alison H

Titel

School engagement: Potential of the concept, state of the evidence

Ist Teil von

• Review of educational research, 2004-03, Vol.74 (1), p.59-109

Ort / Verlag

Thousand Oaks, CA: American Educational Research Association

Erscheinungsjahr

2004

Quelle

ERIC

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The concept of school engagement has attracted increasing attention as representing a possible antidote to declining academic motivation and achievement. Engagement is presumed to be malleable, responsive to contextual features, and amenable to environmental change. Researchers describe behavioural, emotional, and cognitive engagement and recommend studying engagement as a multifaceted construct. This article reviews definitions, measures, precursors, and outcomes of engagement; discusses limitations in the existing research; and suggests improvements. The authors conclude that, although much has been learned, the potential contribution of the concept of school engagement to research on student experience has yet to be realized. They call for richer characterizations of how students behave, feel, and think - research that could aid in the development of finely tuned interventions. (DIPF/Orig.).