Introduction / David J. Shernoff and Janine Bempechat
Changing patterns of engagement in the transition to high school / Sean Kelly and Heather Price
Part I. The role of engagement in development and well-being
School engagement and positive youth development: a relational developmental systems perspective / Yibing Li, et. al.
The role of gratitude in fostering school bonding / Michael J. Furlong, et. al.
Student engagement in high-performing schools: relationships to mental and physical health / Jerusha Conner and Denise Pope
Part II. Processes, interactions, and relationships: the role of teachers and mentors / Carrie J. Furrer, Ellen A. Skinner, and Jennifer R. Pitzer
Scaffolding collective engagement / Debra K. Meyer and Dennis W. Smithenry
Balancing skills and challenges: exploring the concept of relational engagement in combined group and one-on-one mentoring for adolescent girls / Ellen S. Markowitz, Nancy L. deutsch, and Edith C. Lawrence
Part III. Images of engagement in and out of school
The impact of the learning environment on student engagement in high school classrooms / David J. Shernoff, Stephen M. Tonks, and Brett Anderson
Sustaining engagement and interest in the classroom: effects of the EngageALL instructional model / Sue C. Larson
Informal Science and youth development: creating convergence in out-of-school time / Gil G. Noam and Ashima Mathur Shah
Engagement in out-of-school time: how youth become engaged in the arts / Anne-Marie E. Hoxie and Lisa M. Debellis
Fostering positive youth development through work-based learning: the Cristo-Rey model / Janine Bempechat, Maureen E. Kenny, David L. Blustein and Joanne R. Seltzer
Part IV. Whole-school approaches promoting engagement
Understanding optimal school experience: contributions from Montessori education / Kevin Rathunde
Engaging the disengaged: how one school re-engages students in learning / Lois Brown Easton, Dan Condon, and Michael Soguero
Choice theory and student engagement in an alternative high school / Jeffrey N. Jones
Epilogue. A new paradigm for the science and practice of engaging young people / Reed W. Larson, David J. Shernoff, and Janine Bempechat.
