Student’s Engagement in School: Concept and Relationship with Academic Performance – Its Importance in Teacher Training

Authors

  • Feliciano Henriques Veiga Universidade de Lisboa, Instituto de Educação.
  • Isabel Festas Universidade Coimbra, FPCE.
  • Céu Taveira Universidade do Minho, Escola de Psicologia.
  • Diana Galvão Universidade de Lisboa, Instituto de Educação.
  • Isabel Janeiro Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Psicologia.
  • Joseph Conboy Universidade de Lisboa, Instituto de Educação.
  • Carolina Carvalho Universidade de Lisboa, Instituto de Educação.
  • Suzana Caldeira Universidade dos Açores.
  • Madalena Melo Universidade de Évora.
  • Tiago Pereira Universidade de Évora.
  • Ana Almeida Universidade do Minho, Escola de Psicologia.
  • Sara Bahía Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Psicologia.
  • João Nogueira Universidade Nova de Lisboa.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14195/1647-8614_46-2_2

Keywords:

Student’s Engagement in School, Academic Performance, Teacher Training

Abstract

The concept of student’s engagement in school has been the focus of debate concerning academic success and school dropout. This study reviews the literature concerning this concept and its relations with academic performance, emphasizing its importance within the framework of Teacher Training. It can be found a significant number of studies which sustain that the lack of engagement appears related with low academic performance, behavioral problems and school dropout. The literature reviewed presents student’s engagement in school as a potentially effective response to problems affecting schools andt their students, and an aspect to be considered when preventing problematic behavior patterns in school settings, and, therefore, a highly important transdisciplinary concept in Teacher Training.

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Published

2014-01-24

How to Cite

Veiga, F. H., Festas, I., Taveira, C., Galvão, D., Janeiro, I., Conboy, J., Carvalho, C., Caldeira, S., Melo, M., Pereira, T., Almeida, A., Bahía, S., & Nogueira, J. (2014). Student’s Engagement in School: Concept and Relationship with Academic Performance – Its Importance in Teacher Training. Revista Portuguesa De Pedagogia, (46-2), pp. 31-47. https://doi.org/10.14195/1647-8614_46-2_2

Issue

Nº 46-2 (2012)

Section

Articles

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