An Empirical Study on the Teacher Leadership at the Secondary Level Education in Bangladesh

Mohammed Zaber Hossain; Harshita Aini Haroon; Mohammad Ehsanul Islam Khan; Mohammad Shahazahan Seraj Bhuiyan

doi:10.47405/mjssh.v8i1.2028

Mohammed Zaber Hossain 1Faculty of Applied and Human Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, 02600 Arau, Perlis, Malaysia
Harshita Aini Haroon Faculty of Applied and Human Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, 02600 Arau, Perlis, Malaysia.
Mohammad Ehsanul Islam Khan Department of English, Manarat International University, Gulshan, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh.
Mohammad Shahazahan Seraj Bhuiyan Academic Wing, Bangladesh Military Academy, Bhatiary, Chattogram-4315, Bangladesh.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.47405/mjssh.v8i1.2028

Keywords: Teacher leadership, Principal leadership, Classroom teaching, Educational administration

Abstract

The study investigated the circumstances of teacher leadership concerning the policies, practices and challenges in secondary educational institutions in Bangladesh. Teachers are the per se leaders in society. A teacher being a leader, should possess a vision, a philosophical and superior lifestyle of an ideal leader. Students get attracted to their personalities and classroom teaching. As leaders, they share the leadership vision of the principal being practiced. Without principal leadership, teachers cannot contribute to educational development. Four secondary-level institutions were considered to collect the relevant data through informal meetings, questionnaires and semi-structured interviews. Two institutions were selected from the capital city Dhaka and the other two from the commercial town Chattogram. Twelve teachers and four principals were selected randomly. Findings show that teachers in secondary educational institutions lack the leadership qualities. Some of them are involved in coaching and private tuition primarily. Moreover, a rock-hard top-down educational administration has been prevailing in Bangladeshi educational administration, making the principal and teacher leadership nonchalant.

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Author Biographies

Mohammed Zaber Hossain, 1Faculty of Applied and Human Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, 02600 Arau, Perlis, Malaysia

Mohammed Zaber Hossain is pursuing post-doctoral research at the Faculty of Applied and Human Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Perlis in Malaysia. He is also the Faculty Head, Faculty of Languages, Bangladesh Military Academy, Chattogram, Bangladesh.

Harshita Aini Haroon, Faculty of Applied and Human Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, 02600 Arau, Perlis, Malaysia.

Harshita Aini Haroon is a Professor of Linguistics at the Faculty of Applied and Human Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Malaysia. She is currently Assistant Vice-Chancellor for Strategy and Quality Management at Universiti Malaysia Perlis.

Mohammad Shahazahan Seraj Bhuiyan, Academic Wing, Bangladesh Military Academy, Bhatiary, Chattogram-4315, Bangladesh.

Mohammad Shahazahan Seraj Bhuiyan is a Lieutenant Colonel (AEC) of Bangladesh Army; and Head of English Department, Academic Wing at the Bangladesh Military Academy, Chattogram, Bangladesh.

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