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LL-OCT-2007-LR-1

Student Engagement in the 21st Century
Autumn 2007 Vol.1 No.1

This issue presents texts that help to clarify and extend the meanings of student engagement as it applies to learning and other dimensions of school life.

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Table of Contents

5 Statement of Purpose

6 Review Board

7 Editorial
Lynn Butler-Kisber

13 Commentary: The Genesis of Student Engagement
Gretta Chambers

19 Commentary: Narrative Conceptualizations of Student Engagement
Jean Clandinin

27 Making the Connection
Amelia Garmaise

31 On Engagement
Nicholas Araki Howell

35 In Search of Our Students’ Voices:The Student Focus Day Story
J.Kenneth Robertson

49 Examining Ways in Which Youth Conferences Can Spell Out Gains in Community Youth Development and Engagement
Felicia C.Sanders, Marcela A.Movit, Dana L.Mitra & Danny F. Perkins

79 Moving Into the Dance: Exploring Facets of Student Engagement
Carolyn Sturge Sparkes

93 (Re) conceiving Student Engagement: What the Students Say They Want. Putting Young People at the Centre of the Conversation
David Zyngier

117 • With Middle Schoolers Slogging in a Cypress Slough • In the Third Grade Museum of Ancient Civilizations
Anne McCrary Sullivan

121 Terms of Engagement: A Question of Synergy
Edwina Grossi

139 “Engaged to the Teacher”
Louise Jarrett

151 Autonomy Building Through Peer Tutoring: Second Language Students Engage in Literacy Learning
Joanne Kingsley

175 Engaging Students: The Power of the Personal
Lesley Pasquin & Susan Winn

185 School Bonding: Helping At-Risk Youth Become Students At-Promise
Anne Lessard, Éric Yergeau, Laurier Fortin & Martine Poirier

197 Flow
Pamela Markus

199 Line Up Your Ducks! Teachers First!: Teachers and Students Learning With Laptops in a Teacher Action Research Project
Teresa Strong-Wilson, Manuela Pasinato, Kelly Ryan, Bob Thomas, Nicole Mongrain, Maija-Liisa Harju & Richard Doucet


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