Study title

Attractiveness of Teacher Education: Focus Group Interviews 2020

Dataset ID Number

FSD3458

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3458

Data Type

Qualitative

Authors

• University of Jyväskylä. Finnish Institute for Educational Research

Abstract

The data contain the transcripts of five focus group interviews exploring the views of upper secondary school students on teacher education and teaching profession in Finland. The students were at the stage when they started planning their future studies in tertiary education. The data are part of a research project on the attractiveness of programmes leading to a teaching degree, conducted by the Finnish Institute for Educational Research at the University of Jyväskylä and funded by the Ministry of Education and Culture.

Main themes included educational choices, professions of interest to participants, reasons for being interested in those professions, the impact of the first-time allocation quota in universities for their educational choice, intention to apply or not for a place in teacher education and reasons why, different programmes leading to a teaching degree, potential career choices with that degree, image of teacher education and teaching profession as well as the advantages and disadvantages of working as a teacher. The data do not contain any background information for the participants.

The dataset is only available in Finnish.

FSD holdings also contain another dataset related to the same research project: FSD3459 Attractiveness of Teacher Education: Surveys 2020.

Keywords

educational choice; educational environment; image; schoolteachers; students; teacher conditions of employment; teacher training; teacher-student relationship; teaching profession

Topic Classification

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

• University of Jyväskylä. Finnish Institute for Educational Research

Data Producers

• Ministry of Education and Culture

Collection Dates

2020-01-01 – 2020-02-28

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Upper secondary students aged 16-20 who were planning their future university studies and were interested in teacher education

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Non-probability: Availability

Selected upper secondary schools were contacted and information on participating in the study was distributed through school staff to reach potential interviewees.

Collection Mode

Face-to-face focus group

Research Instrument

Data collection guidelines: Discussion guide

Data Files

Five focus group transcripts in odt format.

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

Related Datasets

FSD3459 Attractiveness of Teacher Education: Surveys 2020

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

The researchers anonymised the data to remove any place names, person names or gender. FSD reviewed the anonymisation and made further anonymisation measures where needed. The parts anonymised by FSD are marked in the text with [[double square brackets]].

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

University of Jyväskylä: Attractiveness of Teacher Education: Focus Group Interviews 2020 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2020-06-11). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3458

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 Materials

Heikkinen, Hannu L.T. & Utriainen, Jukka & Markkanen, Ilona & Pennanen, Matti & Taajamo, Matti & Tynjälä, Päivi (2020). Opettajankoulutuksen vetovoima. Opetus- ja kulttuuriministeriön julkaisuja 2020:26.

Related Publications

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