Summary information

Study title

Teachers' Experiences of Teaching 3-5 Grades Mathematics in Innovative Learning Environments 2022

Creator

Alakoski, Riikka (University of Helsinki. Department of Education) - 0000-0002-3397-5467

Study number / PID

FSD3864 (FSD)

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3864 (URN)

10.60686/t-fsd3864 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Individual datasets

Individual datasets that do not belong to any series.

Abstract

The data consists of interviews where teachers describe their experiences of teaching mathematics in open educational environments with 3rd-5th graders. Some of the interviews were conducted as group interviews and some as individual interviews. First, the interviewees were asked how long they had been teaching in open educational environments and what the open educational facilities of the school are like and how they are organised. This was followed by more detailed questions about teaching mathematics in open educational environments and how the educational environment is suited to teaching mathematics. The advantages and disadvantages of open educational environments compared to classroom-based teaching were also asked. Furthermore, the interviewee was asked about his/her adaptation to teaching mathematics in an open learning environment and was asked to reflect on an ideal educational environment for teaching mathematics. Finally, the interviewees were asked about the support they had received after moving to teaching in an open educational environment. The background data include gender, profession and the type of the educational environment. The data were organised into an easy to use HTML version at FSD.

Methodology

Data collection period

01/09/2022 - 31/12/2022

Country

Finland

Time dimension

Cross-section

Analysis unit

Individual

Universe

Teachers of grades 3-5 teaching in schools in Finland in an innovative educational environment.

Sampling procedure

Non-probability: Availability

Kind of data

Qualitative

Data collection mode

Face-to-face interview

Access

Publisher

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Publication year

2024

Terms of data access

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