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The Association Between Teacher Attachment Style And Student Engagement, Susan Bonnell
The Association Between Teacher Attachment Style And Student Engagement, Susan Bonnell
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The teacher-student relationship is an important dynamic in student engagement. Higher education retention strategies include the teacher-student relationship as a focus. The present study focused on the attachment style of the teacher and the impact that it has on student engagement. The theoretical basis for this study was Bowlby’s attachment theory. Student engagement, both behavioral and academic, was measured after 9 weeks of a semester in general education classes. A quantitative design was used to determine the relationship between the teacher’s attachment style and student engagement. A one-way multivariate analysis of variance was used to analyze the results. Significant differences …