The second edition of the handbook reflects the expanding growth and sophistication in research on student engagement. Editorial scope and coverage are significantly expanded in the new edition, including numerous new chapters that address such topics as child and adolescent well-being, resilience, and social-emotional learning as well as extending student engagement into the realm of college attendance and persistence. In addition to its enhanced focus on student engagement as a means for promoting positive youth development, all original chapters have been extensively revised and updated, including those focusing on such foundational topics related to student engagement as motivation, measurement, high school dropout, school reform, and families.
Key areas of coverage include:
- Demography and structural barriers to student engagement.
- Developmental and social contexts of student engagement.
- Student engagement and resilience.
- Engaging students through effective academic instruction and classroom management.
- Social-emotional learning and student mental health and physical well-being.
- Student engagement across the globe, languages, and cultures.
The second edition of the Handbook of Research on Student Engagement is the definitive resource for researchers, scientist-practitioners and clinicians as well as graduate students in such varied fields as clinical child and school psychology, social work, public health, educational psychology, teaching and teacher education, educational policy, and all interrelated disciplines.
Amy L. Reschly, Ph.D., is a professor and department head of Educational Psychology at the University of Georgia. Her scholarly work focuses on student engagement, dropout prevention, and working with families to promote student success. She is co-editor of the first edition of the Handbook of Research on Student Engagement and the Handbook of Student Engagement Interventions.
Sandra L. Christenson, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Minnesota, continues to research interventions that enhance engagement at school and with learning for marginalized students with and without disabilities. She has been a principal investigator on several federally funded projects in the areas of dropout prevention and family-school partnerships, including Check & Connect, which is in its 29
th year of research and implementation. Dr. Christenson publishes extensively; recently she co-edited the
Handbookof Research on Student Engagement and the
Handbook of Student Engagement Interventions.
