Relationship Between Negative Teacher Behavior and Student Engagement: Evidence From India

• In Event: Empowering Learners: Factors and Perspectives

Abstract

Student engagement is known to be positively impacted by positive teacher behavior, but how it is affected by negative teacher behavior, especially in public schools in developing countries, needs to be better understood. Through structure equation modeling of 3108 student responses we found that student engagement is negatively correlated with negative teacher behavior. The relationship is mediated by student cognitive and metacognitive self-regulating strategies and moderated by mastery goal orientation. In-service and pre-service education programs have to include the effects of negative teacher behavior on student learning and engagement in their designs.

Authors

• Samvet Kuril, Amrut Mody School of Management, Ahmedabad University

• Vishal Gupta, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad

• Vijaya Sherry Chand