Study title

Early Childhood Education Teachers' Experiences of Positive Pedagogy 2024-2025

Dataset ID Number

FSD3954

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3954
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3954

Data Type

Qualitative

Authors

• Pahikkala, Matilda (University of Turku)

Abstract

The data consists of writings by early childhood teachers about their experiences of positive pedagogy. The data was originally collected for a master's thesis.

The writing invitation was used to find out how positive pedagogy is implemented in early childhood education and how it is used in practice. They were allowed to be free-form, but were also expected to answer the three questions posed in the writing invitation. The questions asked how positive pedagogy is implemented in the respondent's group of children and how the respondent believes positive pedagogy contributes to the well-being of the child. They were also asked to describe three or four ways in which the respondent uses positive pedagogy.

Background information includes gender, age group and how long the respondent had been an early childhood teacher.

Keywords

child care; day care; early childhood; education; emotional states; learning; participation; schools

Topic Classification

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

• Pahikkala, Matilda (University of Turku)

Collection Dates

2024-11-20 – 2025-01-19

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Early childhood teachers

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Non-probability: Availability

Collection Mode

Self-administered writings and/or diaries: Web-based (Penna textual data collection tool)

Research Instrument

Data collection guidelines: Self-administered writings guide

Data Files

26 writings in txt 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

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

A total of 31 responses to the writing invitation were received, of which 27 were authorised by the author to be archived. Of these, one response, which contained only background information, was removed.

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

Pahikkala, Matilda (University of Turku): Early Childhood Education Teachers' Experiences of Positive Pedagogy 2024-2025 [dataset]. Data version 1.0 (2025-03-21). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3954; URN: https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3954

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 Publications

Pahikkala, Matilda (2025). Positiivisen pedagogiikan käyttö ja konkreettinen hyödyntäminen varhaiskasvatuksessa PERMA-teorian pohjalta. Kasvatustieteen pro gradu -tutkielma. Turku: Turun yliopisto