Review and Synthesis of a Decade of Research on Transformational Teaching and Student Engagement

Education is of paramount importance for the development of people and society. The role of the teacher is crucial for good education. Well-designed teaching methods can help impart knowledge to students. On the other hand, students’ willingness and attention to the class are equally crucial for good classroom management. Lack of engagement from students can hamper their learning process. It is challenging for students and teachers to create an engaging classroom environment, but it is much needed to create and sustain an effective learning process. The present study attempts to synthesise prior research on transformational teaching and student engagement in the past decade. Research papers from top-tier journals were selected and filtered to achieve this objective. Post-filtration and selection, 192 articles were reviewed and summarised to arrive at the current research standpoint. This study examined the aspects studied considerably, further identified specific gaps, and indicated future research avenues for future researchers.