ABSTRACT:
The article presents preliminary results of research conducted with students and teachers at primary level in the area of Social Sciences. The purpose was to describe, explore and explain how student engagement relates to the contextual factors and teaching style of classroom and how engagement, context and classroom interact themselves. Understanding by involvement, the intensity and the emotion with which the students are involve for start and carry out learning activities. Data collection have used questionnaires and observation protocols. The results have shown that the classroom configuration is defined as key factor to address and understand the engagement; Also, the main conclusions can point the engagement can be shared; and the learning context and classroom organization play a fundamental role in the level of involvement that students show towards learning in the area of Social Sciences.
Keywords:
Primary Education; Engagement; Instructional Context; Teacher Support.
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