Study title

Significance of Gender in Basic Education 2018

Dataset ID Number

FSD3241

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3241

Data Type

Qualitative

Authors

• Niemelä, Kaisa (University of Tampere)

Abstract

The study focused on the significance of gender in teaching and the impact of gender on teachers' pedagogical choices. Finnish primary and lower secondary school teachers were asked to write about their thoughts on the subject in their own words.

In the writing invitation, the researcher listed some specific questions that the participants could use in formulating their thoughts. These questions concerned how teachers thought gender showed in everyday school life, whether gender produced inequality in school, how and what kind of inequality, what the potential participants thought of feminism, how they promoted gender equality in teaching, whether they thought gender roles supported the students' sexual identity, and whether they thought it was necessary to pay attention to gender or think about the significance of gender issues in teaching.

Background variables included gender, age group and whether the participant worked as a class teacher or a subject teacher.

Keywords

education; gender; gender role; lower secondary education; primary education; schoolteachers; sexuality; students; teaching

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Compulsory and pre-school education (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Gender and gender roles (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

• Niemelä, Kaisa (University of Tampere)

Collection Dates

2018-01-23 – 2018-02-28

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Finnish primary and lower secondary school teachers

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Non-probability: Availability

The researcher sent the writing invitation to a number of schools in different parts of Finland, to two Facebook teacher groups and to her primary and lower secondary teacher acquaintances asking them to forward the invitation to colleagues.

Collection Mode

Self-administered writings and/or diaries: E-mail

Self-administered writings and/or diaries: Web-based (Penna textual data collection tool)

Research Instrument

Data collection guidelines: Self-administered writings guide

Data Files

20 written texts in separate files. The data are available both in txt and html formats.

Data File Language

The data files of this dataset are available in the following languages: Finnish.

Qualitative data are available in their original language only and are not translated.

Data Version

1.0

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

The data did not contain personal data.

One written text was excluded from the archived data because the participant did not consent to archiving.

Citation Requirement

The data and its creators shall be cited in all publications and presentations for which the data have been used. The bibliographic citation may be in the form suggested by the archive or in the form required by the publication.

Bibliographical Citation

Niemelä, Kaisa (University of Tampere): Significance of Gender in Basic Education 2018 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2018-10-24). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3241

Deposit Requirement

Notify FSD of all publications where you have used the data by sending the citation information to user-services.fsd@tuni.fi.

Disclaimer

The original data creators and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the reuse of the data.

Related Publications

Niemelä, Kaisa (2018) "Saako enää sanoa tytöksi ja pojaksi?" - Sukupuoli opettajan pedagogisessa ajattelussa. Pro gradu -tutkielma, Kasvatustieteiden tiedekunta, Tampereen yliopisto.

Vähäsalo, Minna (2020) "Hiljaisia tyttöjä on maailmassa riittämiin, ja nukeilla leikkivästä pojasta kasvaa hyvä isä." Sukupuolitietoinen opetus perusopetuksessa. Tampereen yliopisto, Kasvatustieteiden ja kulttuurin tiedekunta.

Virtanen, Oona (2020) Sukupuolittunut peruskoulu. Opettajien käsityksiä sukupuolesta ja sukupuolten tasa-arvosta peruskoulun arjessa. Kandidaatintutkielma. Itä-Suomen yliopisto: Yhteiskunta- ja kauppatieteiden laitos.

Parviainen, Laura (2020). Opettajien erilaiset sukupuolikäsitykset verrattuna POPS 2014 sukupuolikäsitykseen. Pro gradu -tutkielma, Tampereen yliopisto: Kasvatustieteiden ja kulttuurin tiedekunta.

Tillonen, Meeri (2022). Sukupuolineutraalit puhetavat opettajien kokemuskirjoituksissa. Kandidaatintutkielma. Itä-Suomen yliopisto: Yhteiskuntatieteiden laitos.