Aineiston nimi

Study on Streamlining the Use of Education and Training Data: Data Producers' Survey 2023

Aineistonumero

FSD3892

Pysyvät tunnisteet

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3892
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3892

Aineiston laatu

Kvalitatiivinen aineisto

Tekijät

• Kauko, Jaakko (Tampere University)

Sisällön kuvaus

The survey examines how Finnish education and training providers manage and share the information they possess, as well as the challenges they encounter in these processes. The survey targeted early childhood education and care institutions, primary and secondary education institutions, liberal education providers, and other training organizations. The data was collected as part of a Ministry of Education and Culture project aimed at streamlining the use of educational information.

The first theme of the survey focused on how information is recorded and managed in the organisation of education and training. Respondents were asked what information their organisation internally stores for organising education or training, as well as for other purposes. They were also asked about the challenges encountered in data storage, the basis for their organisation's data processing practices, and where they can seek help if data processing issues arise.

The next section focused on data use. Respondents were asked whether they use the data produced by their organisation for any purpose other than what it was originally collected for. Respondents were also asked which education and training data they use, for what purposes and under what regulation. They were also asked about challenges encountered in using data within their organisation and whether the data they produce is shared with other actors. Finally, respondents were asked if their organisation uses data recorded or produced by other actors and whether there are any problems encountered in obtaining the information.

Background information included the language of the response and the name and region of the organisation represented by the respondent. The data were organised into an easy to use HTML version at FSD.

Asiasanat

adult education institutions; data privacy; data protection; data transmission; education; educational associations; educational institutions; information services; information users; right to information

Tieteenala/Aihealue

• Social sciences (OKM:n tieteenalaluokitus)
• Other (OKM:n tieteenalaluokitus)
• Information society (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)
• Education (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)

Sarja

Individual datasets

Jakelija

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Käyttöoikeudet

The dataset is (A) openly available for all users without registration (CC BY 4.0).

Kerääjät

• Kauko, Jaakko (Tampere University)

Tuottajat

• Ministry of Education and Culture

Rahoittajat

• Ministry of Education and Culture (OKM016:00/2023)

Ajallinen kattavuus

2023

Aineistonkeruun ajankohta

2023-05-29 – 2023-11-03

Maa

Finland

Kohdealue

Finland

Havainto/aineistoyksikkötyyppi

Organization/Institution

Event/Process/Activity

Perusjoukko/otos

Education and training providers, educational institutions and their representative national organisations in primary and secondary level and in liberal adult education in Finland (poislukien the Åland Islands)

Tutkimuksen aikaulottuvuus

Cross-section

Havainto/aineistoyksiköiden valinta

Non-probability: Purposive

For national organisations and central organisations, the sample included the largest actors in the sector, of which eight responded. In addition, there was one regional or national actor in the private early childhood education sector among the respondents. The main providers of education and training are municipalities, of which nine municipalities with the largest population were included. Of the remaining 300 municipalities, ten were included: one municipality from each population decile. For the sample, municipalities were balanced according to statistical grouping of municipalities, region and linguistic diversity. For the selection of schools and kindergartens, a second sample was selected with the same diversity factors as for the selection of municipalities. For primary and secondary education, liberal adult education and early childhood education diversity was sought by including special education schools. In addition to municipalities, education can be provided by private operators, the State or a consortium of education and training associations.

The link to the Webropol platform was sent by the Ministry of Education and Culture to the 49 operators in the sample with a cover letter. Some respondents were contacted individually by e-mail or telephone to encourage them to respond. A total of 32 responses were received, with a response rate of 64%. The addresses of the national actors and municipalities were found in the databases of the Ministry of Education and Culture, while the addresses of other actors were obtained from public sources. In the municipalities, the questionnaire was sent via the registry offices, which caused variations in who finally received the questionnaire in their e-mail. The sample was increased by one because in one case the link had gone all the way to the educational institution, even though the municipality was the intended respondent.

Aineistonkeruun tekniikka

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Keruuväline tai –ohje

Unstructured questionnaire

Aineiston määrä

21 files in txt format. Additionally, the data were organised into an easy to use HTML version and a CSV version.

Datatiedostojen kieli

Aineisto sisältää datatiedostoja seuraavilla kielillä: monikielinen, suomi ja ruotsi.

Kvalitatiiviset aineistot ovat saatavilla vain alkuperäiskielellä, niitä ei käännetä.

Datan versio

1.0

Aineiston käytössä huomioitavaa

The most significant lack of coverage is that only one kindergarten responded to the survey. In terms of geographical coverage of municipalities, three provinces were not represented.

For identification reasons, the researchers have removed all direct identifiers, names of cities and municipalities and information identifying organisations from the data. They have also removed all sections of the data that were promised only for the use of the research team. The changes made to the open-ended responses are indicated by [square brackets]. The order of respondents has also been randomized after anonymization.

The original dataset consisted of 32 responses, of which 21 were archived in the FSD. 11 responses are missing from the archived data because permission for their archiving was not obtained. If a respondent did not answer a particular question, a dash (-) has been marked in the corresponding field.

Viittausvaatimus

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.

Malliviittaus

Kauko, Jaakko (Tampere University): Study on Streamlining the Use of Education and Training Data: Data Producers' Survey 2023 [dataset]. Data version 1.0 (2024-11-25). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3892; URN: https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3892

Julkaisusta tiedottaminen

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

Varaumat

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

Käytön ja kuvailun oheismateriaalit

Kauko, Jaakko; Penttinen, Jaakko; Rötsä, Maarit; Voutilainen, Tomi (2024). Sujuva kasvatus- ja koulutustietojen hyödyntäminen : Selvitysryhmän loppuraportti. Opetus- ja kulttuuriministeriön julkaisuja 2024:17 Opetus- ja kulttuuriministeriö.

Julkaisut aineistosta

Kauko, Jaakko; Penttinen, Jaakko; Rötsä, Maarit; Voutilainen, Tomi (2024). Sujuva kasvatus- ja koulutustietojen hyödyntäminen : Selvitysryhmän loppuraportti. Opetus- ja kulttuuriministeriön julkaisuja 2024:17 Opetus- ja kulttuuriministeriö. http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-263-926-4