Study title

Teachers' Views and Experiences on Film Education 2009

Dataset ID Number

FSD2472

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2472

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Freese, Outi (School Cinema)
• Rahja, Rauna (School Cinema)

Abstract

The film education survey conducted by School Cinema (Koulukino) aimed at charting teachers' opinions and attitudes towards watching films at school and film education. The data were collected using an open web survey. The respondents told their views on topics such as showing films in classes and utilising them as part of teaching, using film education material, and permissions to show films. The respondents of the survey were teachers in pre-school, primary, lower or upper secondary, or vocational education, and the survey was available online for two weeks at the beginning of the autumn term (14-31 August 2009). Altogether 385 teachers responded to the survey.

First, the respondents' background information was charted. Next, they were asked whether they used films in teaching, where they watched films, what they thought about going to the cinema with a group of pupils, what kind of films the classes watched, and what the basis for selecting the film was. They were also asked where they obtained the permissions to show films, why they used films in teaching, how the films were discussed or processed with pupils, and which study materials were utilised to support film education.

Further questions covered the study materials of School Cinema. The respondents were asked to indicate whether they had any ideas for developing film education materials. Views on various themes for film education materials were charted, as well as the importance of film education in schools. They also told whether they considered it easy to provide film education, and what kind of activities would be needed to support film education. Finally, the respondents were allowed to freely comment on the survey and on film education in general.

Background variables included the respondent's age, gender, the location and level of R's school, and the subject R taught.

Keywords

audiovisual instruction; cinema; cinema buildings; licences; schools; teachers; teaching

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Compulsory and pre-school education (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Higher and further education (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Media (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Individual datasets

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

The dataset is (B) available for research, teaching and study.

Data Collector

• School Cinema
• Fountain Park

Data Producers

• Koulukino ry

Time Period Covered

2009

Collection Dates

2009-08-14 – 2009-08-31

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Teachers in pre-school, primary, lower and upper secondary, and vocational education

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Non-probability: Availability

E-mail invitations containing a link to the Internet survey were sent to School Cinema (Koulukino) interest groups, such as the film branch, media and film education organisations and actors, teacher organisations, cinemas, municipal cultural services, art centres, provincial artists, and the teacher and school contacts of School Cinema around Finland. The people who received the invitations were asked to pass them on to their teacher contacts. The message spread for instance to the e-mail lists of teacher organisations. In addition, information about the survey was posted on the Mediaeducation.fi portal, through the news letter of the Finnish Society on Media Education, and on the websites of School Cinema and the Finnish Film Foundation. To help spreading the information about the survey, banner space was also purchased on the website of the Opettaja magazine (Opettaja.fi) during the two weeks the survey was available.

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Data File Language

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Data Version

2.0

Weighting

There are no weight variables in the data.

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Bibliographical Citation

Freese, Outi (School Cinema) & Rahja, Rauna (School Cinema): Teachers' Views and Experiences on Film Education 2009 [dataset]. Version 2.0 (2018-07-18). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2472

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