To explore the mechanism by which school climate influences pre-service teachers' learning engagement,this study employed the school climate scale, learning engagement questionnaire, basic psychological needs scale, and teacher professional identity scale to survey 461 undergraduate students majoring in teacher education.The results show that the school climate not only directly influences pre-service teachers' learning engagement but also affects it through the mediating role of basic psychological needs satisfaction and teacher professional identity, as well as through the chain-mediated effect of basic psychological needs satisfaction → teacher professional identity.The findings of this study reveal the complex mechanisms through which school climate influences learning engagement, while also offering actionable recommendations for enhancing students' learning engagement.

Wang Zeguang, Yuan Huixiu, Li Miaoyi. The Influence of School Climate on Preservice Teachers' Learning Engagement: A Chain-Mediation Model. International Journal of New Developments in Education (2026), Vol. 8, Issue 2: 1-7. https://doi.org/10.25236/IJNDE.2026.080201.

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