Undergraduate Student Engagement Theory and Practice in China and the UK /

• Main Authors: Zhang, Zhe (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), McNamara, Olwen (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: International education .; Comparative education.; Higher education.; Educational sociology.; International and Comparative Education.; Higher Education.; Sociology of Education.

This book focuses on undergraduate student engagement in China and the UK. It offers an innovative perspective on this aspect, which, although pervasive, is not always acknowledged by its users to be complex and multidimensional in nature, firmly rooted in cultural, social and disciplinary norms, an...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Context Setting
• Chapter 2. Unpacking the Concept of Student Engagement
• Chapter 3. A Socio-ecological Perspective on Student Engagement
• Chapter 4. Key Indicators of Student Engagement
• Chapter 5. Narratives of Engagement and Experiences
• Chapter 6. Conceptualising Student Types and Engagement
• Chapter 7. Theorising Student Engagement
• Chapter 8. Concluding Thoughts.