An essential guide to the expanding knowledge base the handbook of research on student engagement serves as a valuable resource for researchers scientist practitioners and graduate students in such varied fields as clinical child and school psychology educational psychology public health teaching and teacher education social work and educational policy. An essential guide to the expanding knowledge base the handbook of research on student engagement serves as a valuable resource for researchers scientist practitioners and graduate students in such varied fields as clinical child and school psychology educational psychology public health teaching and teacher education social work and educational policy. The goal of this chapter is to present a perspective on student engagement with academic work that emphasizes its role in organizing the daily school experiences of children and youth as well as. Student engagement is a multi dimensional construct that extends across behavioral cognitive and affective domains christenson et al 2012. An essential guide to theexpanding knowledge base the handbook of research on student engagement serves as a valuable resource for researchers scientist practitioners and graduate students in such varied fields as clinical child and school psychology educational psychology public health teaching and teacher education social work and educational policy