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🎧 Boss or Colleague? Transforming Leadership for Real Collaboration


Welcome to Research Bites — your quick, evidence-informed listen from EBTD (Evidence Based Teacher Development), helping teachers and leaders in Bangladesh turn research into action.


In this episode, we dive deep into a 2025 qualitative study from Dhaka’s secondary schools exploring the powerful connection between teacher collaboration and school leadership. The findings reveal a striking reality: collaboration is scarce, often stifled by heavy workloads, hierarchical structures, and what the researcher calls an “orthodoxy of leadership.”


But it’s not all bleak. The study also uncovers bright examples of transformational leadership — headteachers who observe lessons, promote shared learning, and create spaces where teachers feel safe to experiment and grow together.


We unpack what those schools did differently, what collaboration should look like, and how both leaders and classroom teachers can start shifting culture from managing to motivating — from being a boss to being a true colleague.


💡 Whether you're a headteacher, department lead, or classroom teacher, this episode gives you clear, research-backed insights into how leadership can support rather than suppress collaboration.


👉 Read the full study here:
“School Leadership Approach to Teacher Collaboration: A Qualitative Investigation in the Secondary School Context of Bangladesh” (https://www.eujem.com/school-leadersh...)


👉 Discover more research, guides, and training for Bangladeshi educators at: www.ebtd.education


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