Share Paper: Helping and Hindering Engagement from the Student Perspective

  1. Christina Davison, Zayed University, United Arab Emirates
Thursday, October 6 12:00-12:15 PM Room 3

Abstract: Even pre-COVID-19, it was widely accepted that by increasing student engagement, student achievement of learning outcomes could be improved (Trowler & Trowler, 2010) . After shifts to the learning environment in response to the pandemic, the reports of decreasing student engagement are troubling (Wester, Walsh, Arango-Caro, & Callis-Duehl, 2021). As such, having a nuanced understanding of the factors that students perceive to have positive or negative impacts on their engagement is timely. This research project investigated the personal and social experiences that undergraduate students at a university in the United Arab Emirates perceived to influence their engagement. The aim was ...