ABSTRACT This study investigates the change in students’ behavioural engagement as a result of participation in a Flexible Learning Program. Using an understanding of engagement as both a process and a relationship between the students and their school, we sought to determine whether students’ attendance, participation, and conduct were different after the program compared with before enrolment. To achieve this, we used a range of data sources which involved both student and teacher voice, collected prior, during, and after the program. Data from the program’s complete cohort of 46 students, collected over a span of five years, were analysed and findings revealed that students’ behavioural engagement not only increased within the program but maintained at significantly improved levels after students returned to their mainstream ‘host’ school. These findings provide a response to some common critiques of Flexible Learning Programs and add to the evidence of the role that they can play in the reengagement of disengaged students.

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灵活的学习计划在促进行为参与方面的作用

摘要 本研究调查了学生参与灵活学习计划后行为参与度的变化。将参与理解为一个过程以及学生与其学校之间的关系，我们试图确定与入学前相比，项目结束后学生的出勤、参与和行为是否有所不同。为了实现这一目标，我们使用了一系列数据源，这些数据源涉及学生和教师的声音，在计划之前、期间和之后收集。对该计划在五年内收集的 46 名学生的完整队列的数据进行了分析，结果显示，学生的行为参与不仅在计划内有所增加，而且在学生返回其主流“东道”学校后仍保持在显着提高的水平.