Description
The concept of student engagement plays a crucial role in understanding the risk factors leading to dropout, particularly among vulnerable students. The literature has divided school engagement into three subtypes: academic, cognitive, and emotional (Fredericks et al., 2004). This model proves highly relevant in contributing to empirical studies that assess academic engagement among vocational education students, as this educational level faces a significant dropout rate. In this context, this article presents evidence of the validity of scores from the Vocational Engagement Instrument (VEI), a new psychometric tool designed to measure engagement in the context of Vocational Education and Training (VET) students.
