Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Towards Optimal Learning Environments in Schools
  • Aims of Education Revisited (Einstein's E = MC2 of Education)
  • The Nature of Engagement in Schools
  • Measuring Student Engagement in High School Classrooms and What We Have Learned
  • Engagement as an Individual Trait and Its Relationship to Achievement
  • Connecting to "The How" of Classroom Engagement: Instruction and Optimal Learning Environments
  • Connecting to "The Who": The Primacy of Supportive Relationships
  • Connecting to "The What": Engaging Approaches to Traditional Subject Matter
  • Engagement Beyond the Core Academic Subjects
  • Models of Engaging Private Schools and the Case of Montessori Schools
  • Alternative Public School Models
  • Learning from Research on Youth Engagement During Out-of-School Time
  • Model After-School Programs
  • Technological Innovations on the Horizon
  • Re-engineering the Schools of Tomorrow: Towards Community Sponsorship.