Study title

Class Teachers' Experiences of COVID-19 Pandemic 2022

Dataset ID Number

FSD3948

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3948
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3948

Data Type

Qualitative

Authors

• Mankki, Ville (University of Turku)

Abstract

The data consists of interviews in which classroom teachers tell about their experiences of the school year 2021-2022 and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on teaching. The data is a follow-up to FSD3733 Classroom Teachers' Experiences of Distance Teaching 2020 and FSD3947 Class Teachers' Experiences of COVID-19 Pandemic 2021 datasets. The respondents are primary school teachers, and the numbering of the interviewees is consistent with FSD3733 and FSD3947 datasets.

First, interviewees were asked to talk in general about the school year 2021-2022 and how they have felt at work and how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected their work. Next, they were asked about their professional identity, asking questions such as how the pandemic has changed them as a teacher and whether they think differently about their work. In addition, they were asked how the pandemic has changed the way society and the media view teachers. This was followed by questions about what advice they would give themselves or other teachers in the early stages of the pandemic in spring 2020. Finally, questions were asked about preparedness for possible future disruptions.

Background information includes the gender of the interviewee and the class being taught.

Keywords

COVID-19; distance education; educational methods; online education; primary school teachers; teachers; teaching; telework

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Compulsory and pre-school education (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Working conditions (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Individual datasets

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

The dataset is (C) available only for research including master's theses.

Data Collector

• Mankki, Ville (University of Turku)

Time Period Covered

2020 – 2022

Collection Dates

2022-05-02 – 2022-05-17

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Classroom teachers who implemented distance teaching in spring 2020

Time Method

Cross-section ad-hoc follow-up

Sampling Procedure

Non-probability: Purposive

The researcher has aimed to select a representative sample in terms of gender and teaching experience. In selecting the interviewees, attention was also paid to ensuring that the interviewees came from municipalities of different sizes, from schools of different sizes, and that the interviewees as a whole covered all primary school grades 1 to 6.

Collection Mode

Web-based interview

Research Instrument

Interview scheme and/or themes

Data Files

19 interviews in ODT file format. Additionally, the data were organised into an easy to use HTML version and a CSV version.

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

FSD3733 Classroom Teachers' Experiences of Distance Teaching 2020

FSD3947 Class Teachers' Experiences of COVID-19 Pandemic 2021

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

One interviewee from previous studies FSD3733 and FSD3947 did not participate to this last round of interviews

The researcher has anonymised the data. References to places and names have been removed from the interviews.

For identification reasons and to ensure consistency with anonymisation guidelines, the following anonymisation measures have been taken to the data files at FSD: the names of municipalities, information about the local sports team, the name of the interviewee and information about local teaching methods or materials have been removed. Entries made by FSD are indicated by [[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

Mankki, Ville (University of Turku): Class Teachers' Experiences of COVID-19 Pandemic 2022 [dataset]. Data version 1.0 (2025-04-01). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3948; URN: https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3948

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.

FSD has not been informed of any publications related to the data.