A Case Study of Teacher Engagement in Partisan Politics and It’s Influences on Students Learning and Classroom Practices: Perspective on Bangladesh

Abstract

The main purpose of this study is to uncover the various ways in which teacher engagement in partisan politics goesahead to influence the delivery of the teacher in the classroom as well as the learning of the students in highereducation institutions in Bangladesh. The sole approach to the study focuses on two higher education institutions inBangladesh as the study focused on how teacher engagement in partisan politics goes ahead to affect the learning ofthe students as well as the professional output of the teachers. Through the framework provided by the literaturereview, the qualitative study went ahead to explore both individuals as well as collective opinions which went toshow that indeed partisan politics did indeed affect the professional duties of the teachers leading to implications tothe students as well.