Study title

Political Life and Public Pedagogy in the Higher Music Education: Survey in Nordic Countries 2024

Dataset ID Number

FSD3943

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3943
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3943

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Laes, Tuulikki (University of the Arts Helsinki. Research Institute)
• Koivisto, Taru-Anneli (University of the Arts Helsinki. Research Institute)
• Saether, Eva (University of the Arts Helsinki. Research Institute)

Abstract

The survey examines the views of personnel at Nordic higher music institutions on public pedagogy, societal engagement, and the relationship between politics and higher music education.

First, respondents were asked whether they had utilized ideas from public pedagogy in their own teaching. More specifically, they were asked what kinds of public spaces or groups of people had been involved in their artistic and/or pedagogical work. Respondents were also asked to describe in their own words what public pedagogy means to them in higher music education. Finally, they were asked what kind of changes the idea of public pedagogy could bring to their teaching or institution.

Next, respondents were asked about their views on politics and societal engagement. Among other things, they were asked how societal engagement is reflected in their educational institutions, curricula, and teaching. Respondents were also asked about the relationship between political life and higher music education. Finally, respondents were asked to list three wishes for their own institution.

Background variables included the respondent's educational background and educational field, as well as the country in which the respondent's institution is located.

Keywords

educational environment; higher and further education teaching personnel; higher education institutions; music; music education; musicians; political participation; politics; teaching; tertiary education

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Humanities (Fields of Science Classification)
• Higher and further education (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Cultural activities and participation (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Political behaviour and attitudes (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Individual datasets

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

The dataset is (D) available only by permission from the data depositor/creator.

Data Collector

• Laes, Tuulikki (University of the Arts Helsinki. Research Institute)
• Koivisto, Taru-Anneli (University of the Arts Helsinki. Research Institute)
• Saether, Eva (University of the Arts Helsinki. Research Institute)

Funders

• Research Council of Finland (355247)

Time Period Covered

2024

Collection Dates

2024-03-04 – 2024-05-11

Nation

Finland, Norway, Denmark

Geographical Coverage

Finland, Norway, Denmark

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Academic and administrative personnel from four Nordic higher music education institutions

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Non-probability: Availability

Non-probability: Respondent-assisted

Research and teaching staff as well as decision-makers from four Nordic higher music education institutions were invited to participate in the survey. Participants were recruited via public mailing lists of the institutions and national networks, as well as through snowball sampling. No responses were received from one of the countries. The survey was conducted using the Surveypal platform.

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Research Instrument

Semi-structured questionnaire

Data File Language

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

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Number of Cases and Variables

67 variables and 29 cases.

Data Version

1.0

Related Datasets

FSD3945 Political Life and Public Pedagogy in the Higher Music Education: Focus Group Interviews in Nordic Countries 2024

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

For anonymisation purposes, the researchers have removed names of organizations and other information identifying respondents from the data.

To prevent identification of respondents, professional position and variables containing open-ended responses to the response option "Other, please specify" have been removed from the data at FSD. In addition, one response was removed from variable 4_1, and some information identifying respondents was coarsened in the open-ended responses. The entries made by FSD are indicated by [[double brackets]].

Three respondents were removed from the data at FSD due to partial non-response.

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

Laes, Tuulikki (University of the Arts Helsinki) & Koivisto, Taru-Anneli (University of the Arts Helsinki) & Saether, Eva (University of the Arts Helsinki): Political Life and Public Pedagogy in the Higher Music Education: Survey in Nordic Countries 2024 [dataset]. Data version 1.0 (2025-08-15). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3943; URN: https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3943

Deposit Requirement

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Disclaimer

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