Nowadays, students consider schooling essential to their long-term well-being, and this attitude

is reflected in their participation in academic pursuits. In many studies, the term engagement

refers to the extent to which students identify with and value schooling outcomes and their

participation in academic and non-academic school activities. In the study conducted by

Fredricks et al., (2004) and Roorda, Koomen, Split, & Oort, (2011), Children’s engagement has

been studied more extensively in the elementary and middle school years where it has been

repeatedly linked with children’s academic achievement.

According to a recent National Center for Education Statistics report by Herrold and O'Donnel

(2008), more than 90% of parents of elementary school children reported attending general

school meetings, such as those for the PTA/PTO, as well as participating in regularly scheduled

parent teacher meetings throughout the school year. Approximately 80% of parents in the

nationally representative sample reported attending school events, and roughly 60% reported

volunteering in the classroom. In contrast, despite the fact that some parents are active in their

children's school affairs, their involvement and support in their children's education has received

less attention. Prior research on parent involvement has also been heavily focused on

associations with student achievement, with less attention paid to social and emotional domains

of children's development.

In this difficult time of the pandemic, engaging at the primary level in a new setting is

challenging. Academic motivation decreases steadily as students adjust to online classes

situations. Some students are not used to online classes, and others become too lazy to study

because they are too busy playing online games and their online classes. There is an

insufficient load for internet connection. According to Steer (2014), "all children are naughty:

scribbling on walls, fighting with siblings, cheekiness, and ignoring requests are all part and

parcel of growing up." Sometimes this behavior is isolated to a specific instance, or it may be a
phase that the child is going through. Students' behavior and attitudes in the new normal

perspectives have an impact on their learning process. The abrupt transition to fully online

learning has been especially stressful for many instructors and students who prefer in-person

instruction. Online learning is frequently stigmatized as a weaker option that provides a lower

quality education than in-person face-to-face learning (Hodges et al. 2020).

Teacher engagement ( ), where teachers are under intense pressure today. Teachers must

ensure that the quality of learning remains, even in the absence of face-to-face experiences,

from the planning of lesson plans to the conduct of classes and the distribution of assignments,

while working under increasing scrutiny and public dissatisfaction. Schools, particularly in this

new normal setting, are dealing with daily challenges such as varying levels of parental

involvement and deteriorating facilities. Students, as always, have a wide range of abilities and

needs. It is obvious that traditional teaching methods may not be adequate to meet these

challenges in this new normal, and that is why teacher engagement must be clearly observed.
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