Engaging Students
The concept of student engagement is made up of two main components.
- First, there is the simple premise that what students do, matters (Coates & McCormick, 2014). The amount of time and effort students put into their studies and other activities that lead to the experiences and outcomes that constitute student success (Kuh, 2001) is clearly very important.
- The second component is how institutions of higher education allocate their human resources and organize learning opportunities and services to encourage students to participate in and benefit from these activities (Kuh, 2001).
While students are ultimately responsible for constructing knowledge, learning also depends on institutions and staff generating conditions that encourage involvement (McCormick, Kinzie & Gonyea, 2013).
References
Coates, H., & McCormick, A. C. (Eds.). (2014). Engaging university students international insights from system-wide studies. New York: Springer Singapore Heidelberg.
Kuh, G. D. (2001). Assessing what really matters to student learning: Inside the national survey of student engagement. Change, 33(3), 10-17.
McCormick, A. C., Kinzie, J., & Gonyea, R.M. (2013). Student engagement: Bridging research and practice to improve the quality of undergraduate education. In M.B. Paulsen (Ed.), Higher education: Handbook of theory and research [electronic resource] (pp.47-92). Dordrecht: Springer.
Kuh, G. D. (2001). Assessing what really matters to student learning: Inside the national survey of student engagement. Change, 33(3), 10-17.
McCormick, A. C., Kinzie, J., & Gonyea, R.M. (2013). Student engagement: Bridging research and practice to improve the quality of undergraduate education. In M.B. Paulsen (Ed.), Higher education: Handbook of theory and research [electronic resource] (pp.47-92). Dordrecht: Springer.