1 Education in Bangladesh: Changing contexts and emerging realities -- Section 1 Access, Equity and Quality in Education -- 2 Policy-relevant Education Research: A study of access, quality and equity in Bangladesh -- 3 Analysing Bottlenecks to Equal Participation in Primary Education in Bangladesh: An equity perspective -- 4 Education in Emergencies: Examining an alternative endeavour in Bangladesh -- 5 Students' Sense of Belonging in Urban Junior Secondary Schools in Bangladesh: Grades, academic achievement and school satisfaction -- 6 Social Class Systems in Communicative Language Teaching in Bangladesh -- 7 Secondary School Teachers' Views on Inclusion of Students with Special Educational Needs in Regular Classrooms -- 8 Teachers as Leaders and Learners: Building teacher leadership in Bangladeshi -- 9 Collaborative Partnerships Within Communities of Practice: The need for school-based action research in Bangladesh -- Section 2 Reformation of Curriculum, Assessment and Teacher Development -- 10 The Promotion of Science Values: Science teachers' perspectives and practices -- 11 "School Sciences is Irrelevant": Why still do Science? A case study on secondary students in Bangladesh -- 12 An Analysis of the Secondary School Certificate Examination: The case of creative questions -- Section 3 Higher Education, Employability and Economic Growth -- 13 Re-visioning English Studies in Bangladesh in the Age of Globalisation and ELT -- 14 Globalisation, Migration and Knowledge Generation: A study on higher education institutions in Bangladesh -- 15 Governance of Private Universities in Bangladesh: The myth of institutional autonomy -- 16 Role of English-Bangla Code-Switching in Vocabulary Retention: A case study at Dhaka University -- 17 English, Empowerment and Economic Development: A study in an international business -- 18 Lessons Learned: From emerging realities to implications for the future of education in Bangladesh.

This book reflects the paradigm shift now manifesting in Bangladesh’s education system by highlighting recent empirical research. It shares essential insights by presenting research conducted on diverse aspects of current day education in Bangladesh, including policy and governance, equity, access and participation, curriculum and pedagogy, assessment, and education programs and projects run by NGOs. Further, it offers a platform for these unique studies to be showcased and disseminated to scholars and researchers from developing and developed countries alike, and represents a unique reference resource for the education research community in Bangladesh, Asia and all over the world. 'Although Bangladesh is one of the largest countries in the world, with its population now approaching 165 million, there is a dearth of good scholarship on recent developments in its system of education. This much needed and timely book fills this inexcusable gap. It contains a number of excellent papers that not only describe Bangladesh’s complex system of education but also interrogate the nation’s struggle to realise its long cherished goals of access, quality and equity in education.' —Fazal Rizvi, Professor of Global Studies in Education, The University of Melbourne, Australia 'In its journey of becoming a Developing Nation, Bangladesh’s need for research-based decision making is of immense importance. Strongly based on a carefully selected range of studies, 'Engaging in Educational Research: Revisiting Policy and Practice in Bangladesh' is a cutting-edge publication with contributions from a promising group of visionary researchers at home and abroad. This book includes, among other themes, three key areas of education, along with a wide range of issues around Bangladesh and the contemporary world. I firmly believe that this book will play a significant role in providing insights into the complex nature of engagement of different stakeholders and provide a clear guideline towards quality education. I anticipate that the readers will be highly benefited, which in turn will facilitate early achievement of Sustainable Development Goals.' —Professor Dr. Siddiqur Rahman, Member, Bangladesh National Education Policy 2010 Formulation Committee .