Student engagement: students' and teachers' perceptions |
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| Authors: | Nick Zepke Linda Leach Philippa Butler |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Educational Studies, Massey University College of Education, Palmerston North, New Zealand;2. School of Curriculum and Pedagogy, Massey University College of Education, Palmerston North, New Zealand |
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| Abstract: | This article addresses the question: To what extent do tertiary teachers and students have similar understandings of what engages students in classroom settings? It employs data from a funded research project in Aotearoa New Zealand that draws on selected questions from two surveys. One survey asked students how important nine selected teacher behaviours were in engaging them in learning, the other asked teachers what priority they put on these behaviours and how important they thought they were to students. The selected questions were drawn from an extensive research literature identifying teacher behaviours that engaged students. The article reports that teachers and students had some similar but more dissimilar perceptions about what engages students. Suggested reasons for the differences are discussed. |
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| Keywords: | higher education learner-centred student engagement teacher behaviour teaching and learning tertiary education |
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