Connection before content: using multiple perspectives to examine student engagement during Covid-19 school closures in Ireland

Figures & data

Figure 1. Changes in engagement by student type.

Figure 2. Teachers’ perception of barriers to student engagement.

Table 1. Barriers to engagement in DEIS settings.

Barrier	χ^2	df	p-value
Lack of support from home	29.058	1	<.001
Lack of interest	15.929	1	<.001
Limited technological know-how	14.169	1	<.001
Limited access to devices	10.940	1	.001
Limits of data bundles	6.464	1	.011

Figure 3. Predictors of low active engagement with education (Authors 2020a, 56).