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In my early years of teaching, the term ‘student engagement’ was not commonly used and as a new and inexperienced teacher I thought that if I was able to keep students busy, working and looking productive, then I was doing a good job. As long as they were occupied and happy I thought I was teaching well. However, in time I realized that being busy wasn’t always leading to rich learning.
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O’Donnell, J. (2017). Student Engagement. In: Smith, K., Loughran, J. (eds) Quality Learning. Professional Learning. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-914-0_11
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