Review of Literature on the Concept, Methods and Efficiency of Students Engagement as an Effective Learning Process

In the present era, the purpose of education is not only to build knowledge and moral dimension of the personality of the students but also to develop employable skills which has been changing continuously due to innovation of disruptive technology. Consequently, success of education is to inculcate learning spirit and creative aptitude among students. Therefore, there is renewed interests among researchers about students engagement at various stages of learning. In India , very few research has been done in this field . The purpose of the Western researches on student engagement has been to investigate how student engagement could create interests among students in learning, developing knowledge and to reduce dropout rates in schools as well as ensuring higher rate of entry into and completing university education. Indian researchers have mainly studied student engagement among MBA students. There are varied results of finding of researches in this field depending on their objectives . Yet findings have commonality with respect to constructs and predictors of student engagement. All research observed that while the student's individual affective attribute was an important construct, the faculty student relations, curriculum and entire environment of the academic institute including administration played a big role in developing students engagement in learning process. This paper through literature review brings out major findings of researches in this field.