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Cultural universality and specificity of student engagement in school: The results of an international study from 12 countries
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Background. A comprehensive understanding of the contextual factors that are linked
to student engagement requires research that includes cross-cultural perspectives.
Aims. This study investigated how student engagement in school is associated with
grade, gender, and contextual factors across 12 countries. It also investigated whether
these associations vary across countries with different levels of individualism and socioeconomic
development.
Samples. The participants were 3,420 7th, 8th, and 9th grade students from Austria,
Canada, China, Cyprus, Estonia, Greece, Malta, Portugal, Romania, South Korea, the
United Kingdom, and the United States.
Methods. The participants completed a questionnaire to report their engagement in
school, the instructional practices they experienced, and the support they received from
teachers, peers, and parents. Hierarchical linear modelling was used to examine the
effects at both student and country levels.
Results. The results across countries revealed a decline in student engagement from
Grade 7 to Grade 9, with girls reporting higher engagement than boys. These trends did
not vary across the 12 countries according to the Human Development Index and
Hofstede’s Individualism Index. Most of the contextual factors (instructional practices,
teacher support, and parent support) were positively associated with student engagement.
With the exception that parent support had a stronger association with student
engagement in countries with higher collectivism, most of the associations between the
contextual factors and student engagement did not vary across countries.
Conclusions. The results indicate both cultural universality and specificity regarding
contextual factors associated with student engagement in school. They illustrate the
advantages of integrating etic and emic approaches in cross-cultural investigations.
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Student engament School Cultural universality International Study
Contexto Educativo
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Lam, S-F. et al. (2015). Cultural universality and specificity of student engagement in school: The results of an international study from 12 countries. British Journal of Educational Psychology.