Study title

Attractiveness of Teacher Education: Surveys 2020

Dataset ID Number

FSD3459

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3459
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3459

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• University of Jyväskylä. Finnish Institute for Educational Research

Abstract

The survey studied the image and pulling power of teacher education programmes and teaching profession in Finland as perceived by upper secondary school students, students in teacher education, teacher educators and guidance counsellors working in upper secondary schools. Most questions were asked from all the four respondent groups. 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.

Upper secondary students were asked about their studies and future study plans. Students in teacher education were asked about their experiences of the study programme and intentions to work as a teacher in the future. Teacher educators were asked about their work experience.

Images of teacher training and education were charted with questions relating to, for instance, quality of the study programme. Views were probed on whether certain issues increased or decreased the pulling power of teacher education programmes, for instance, the employment situation of teachers and the tough competition to get a place in such a programme. Images of teaching profession and the educational environment in Finnish schools were studied with statements and questions covering views on teachers' working conditions, pay, leave entitlement, career opportunities, autonomy at work, digital transformation, teacher impact on society, and relations with students and parents. The respondents were asked to what extent they followed different types of media and whether the media had a negative or positive impact on their image of the attractiveness of teaching and education profession.

Background variables included the respondent's group, gender, age group, mother tongue, type of municipality, whether there was a university providing teacher education programmes in the municipality, and the year when commenced studies.

FSD holdings also contain another dataset related to the same research project: FSD3458 Attractiveness of Teacher Education: Focus Group Interviews 2020.

Keywords

educational environment; image; mass media bias; mass media use; schoolteachers; students; teacher conditions of employment; teacher status; teacher training; teaching profession

Topic Classification

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

Time Period Covered

2020

Collection Dates

2020-02-01 – 2020-03-31

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Upper secondary students aged 16-20 planning their future university studies, students in teacher education programmes, teacher educators in such programmes, and student counsellors in upper secondary schools

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Non-probability: Availability

Invitations to participate were sent using various email lists. Upper secondary school students were invited through 340 Finnish-speaking and 34 Swedish-speaking school heads and secretaries and through a member newsletter of the Union of Upper Secondary School Students in Finland. Students in teacher education were invited through a member newsletter and social media channels of SOOL, the Teacher Student Union of Finland. Upper secondary school guidance counsellors were sent the link to the survey directly via email and the survey was also promoted through the association of Finnish Guidance Counsellors - SOPO. Teacher educators were invited through the Teacher Education Forum's email list.

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Data File Language

Downloaded data package may contain different language versions of the same files.

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

FSD translates quantitative data into English on request, free of charge. More information on ordering data translation.

Data Version

1.0

Related Datasets

FSD3458 Attractiveness of Teacher Education: Focus Group Interviews 2020

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

The dataset contains the responses from all four different respondent groups: A=upper secondary school students, B=students in teacher education programmes, C=teacher educators, D=guidance counsellors in upper secondary schools. In the data file, the variables based on questions that were not asked from all groups have a corresponding letter or letters after the variable number to specify which group(s) the question was asked from.

Weighting

There are no weight variables in the data.

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: Surveys 2020 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2021-03-17). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3459

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.

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Related Publications

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

Mäkinen, Elisa (2023) Lukiolaisten mielikuvia opettajankoulutuksesta ja opettajantyöstä : Opettajankoulutuksen vetovoimakyselyssä 2020. Kasvatustieteiden kandidaatin tutkielma, Tampereen yliopisto.