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Promoting Student Engagement in Online Learning Through Harmonious Classroom Environment

Journal

ASIA-PACIFIC EDUCATION RESEARCHER
Volume 31, Issue 5, Pages 541-551

Publisher

SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s40299-021-00606-5

Keywords

Student engagement; Online learning; Harmonious relationship; Student-teacher relationship; Student-student relationship

Funding

  1. Teaching Reform Project of Beijing Information Science and Technology University [2020JGYB24, 2020JGYB23]
  2. Social Science Program of Beijing Municipal Education Commission [SM202011232002]
  3. Beijing Social Science Fund [19GLC068]
  4. Project of Beijing Information Science and Technology University [2020KYNH218]

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The study found that a harmonious classroom environment positively predicts students' sense of belonging and engagement in online learning. Sense of belonging plays a mediating role between harmonious relationships and student engagement. Therefore, establishing positive student-teacher and student-student relationships is crucial for motivating students to engage in learning activities on online platforms.
This study aims to investigate the role of harmonious classroom environment to promote student's sense of belonging and engagement in online learning. Harmonious classroom environment is addressed with student-teacher relationship and student-student relationship, while student engagement comprises three interrelated components of cognitive, affective and behavioral engagement. In this paper, respondents are recruited from Tencent classroom. Three hundred and five valid data are obtained to analyze by structural equation model. The results reveal that harmonious relationships positively predict student's sense of belonging and engagement in online learning. Furthermore, sense of belonging is a mediator between harmonious relationships and student engagement. Accordingly, it seems important for online learning platform to establish positive student-teacher relationship and student-student relationship for motivating students to engage in learning activities.

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