A study of student engagement at industrial university of Ho Chi Minh city

Abstract

Though being extensively studied and discussed worldwide, 'student engagement’ defined as the time and the quality of effort students put into their learning and their involvement in educationally purposeful activities, has been scarcely explored in Vietnamese scholarly literature. To make a preliminary exploration of ‘Vietnamese student engagement’, this case study design research investigated how undergraduate students of Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh city engaged in their study and other educationally purposeful activities and how they perceived the level to which they are challenged and supported by their institution. For data collection, a survey with the participation of 500 students was employed.