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Agentic engagement
Reeve, Johnmarshall Jang, Hyungshim
Reeve, Johnmarshall
Jang, Hyungshim
Abstract
Agentic engagement is one type of engagement, but it may be the most important type for students of the twenty-first century. Agentic engagement is what students say and do to create a more supportive learning environment for themselves (e.g., offer their input, express a preference, find interesting things to do). Through their agency and initiative, students personalize and upgrade the quality of their surrounding learning environment. This upgrade (e.g., teachers become more supportive, activities become more interesting, resources surface) catalyzes students’ motivational satisfactions, positive development, and academic progress. Given these benefits, we consider the possible design and implementation of student-focused agentic engagement interventions. We outline what a possible intervention might look like, and we offer our recommendations for how to design and implement such future intervention work.
Keywords
student engagement, academia, instruction, classroom, support, learning environment
Date
2022
Type
Book chapter
Journal
Book
Handbook of research on student engagement
Volume
Issue
Page Range
95-107
Article Number
ACU Department
Institute for Positive Psychology and Education
Faculty of Education and Arts
Faculty of Education and Arts
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Open Access Status
License
All rights reserved
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Controlled