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 goes
ahead to influence the delivery of the teacher in the classroom as well as the learning of the students in higher
education institutions in Bangladesh. The sole approach to the study focuses on two higher education institutions in
Bangladesh as the study focused on how teacher engagement in partisan politics goes ahead to affect the learning of
the students as well as the professional output of the teachers. Through the framework provided by the literature
review, the qualitative study went ahead to explore both individuals as well as collective opinions which went to
show that indeed partisan politics did indeed affect the professional duties of the teachers leading to implications to
the students as well.