This qualitative study used a multimodal strategy to examine the voices of students with the
objective of determining how they experienced the phenomenon of school engagement in
two of its dimensions: cognitive and agentic. Data from 157 students, aged 12–13, from four
public schools located in urban and rural areas of three municipalities in Colombia, served
to identify key factors that reinforced or hindered students' investment in their school
activities. Results show that encouragement and emotional support from teachers, along …