Anonymised dataset about Finnish teachers' digital technology usage in teaching
<p>Data have been collected in Finland in 2017–2019 from basic education teachers.The dataset is fully anonymised to make it suitable for public opening to support the reported results submitted for publication.</p> <p>Dataset contains the following variables:</p> <ol> <li>Gender (0=female, 1 = male)</li> <li>Municipality (unique numeric identifier)</li> <li>School (unique numeric identifier)</li> <li>Administrative_district (unique numeric identifier)</li> <li>Usage_of_computers_in_teaching (0 = “never”, 1 = “sometimes”, 2 = “weekly”, 3 = “daily”, 4 = “several hours per day”)</li> <li>Usage_of_tablets_in_teaching (0 = “never”, 1 = “sometimes”, 2 = “weekly”, 3 = “daily”, 4 = “several hours per day”)</li> <li>Usage_of_smartphones_in_teaching (0 = “never”, 1 = “sometimes”, 2 = “weekly”, 3 = “daily”, 4 = “several hours per day”)</li> <li>Usage_of_digital_learning_environments_in_teaching (0 = “never”, 1 = “sometimes”, 2 = “weekly”, 3 = “daily”, 4 = “several hours per day”)</li> <li>Usage_of_online_learning_materials_in_teaching (0 = “never”, 1 = “sometimes”, 2 = “weekly”, 3 = “daily”, 4 = “several hours per day”)</li> <li>Usage_of_games_in_teaching (0 = “never”, 1 = “sometimes”, 2 = “weekly”, 3 = “daily”, 4 = “several hours per day”)</li> <li>Usage_of_internet_for_information_in_teaching (0 = “never”, 1 = “sometimes”, 2 = “weekly”, 3 = “daily”, 4 = “several hours per day”)</li> <li>Usage_of_videa_sharing_services_in_teaching (0 = “never”, 1 = “sometimes”, 2 = “weekly”, 3 = “daily”, 4 = “several hours per day”)</li> <li>Usage_of_blogs_in_teaching (0 = “never”, 1 = “sometimes”, 2 = “weekly”, 3 = “daily”, 4 = “several hours per day”)</li> <li>Usage_of_networking_services_in_teaching (0 = “never”, 1 = “sometimes”, 2 = “weekly”, 3 = “daily”, 4 = “several hours per day”)</li> <li>Usage_of_digital_assessment_in_teaching (0 = “never”, 1 = “sometimes”, 2 = “weekly”, 3 = “daily”, 4 = “several hours per day”)</li> <li>Usage_of_mobileapps_in_teaching (0 = “never”, 1 = “sometimes”, 2 = “weekly”, 3 = “daily”, 4 = “several hours per day”)</li> <li>Usage_of_email_in_teaching (0 = “never”, 1 = “sometimes”, 2 = “weekly”, 3 = “daily”, 4 = “several hours per day”)</li> <li>Usage_of_office_suite_in_teaching (0 = “never”, 1 = “sometimes”, 2 = “weekly”, 3 = “daily”, 4 = “several hours per day”)</li> <li>Total_scores_in_ICTskilltest (range 0-30)</li> <li>Age (years in numbers)</li> <li>Digital_self_efficacy (perceived level of competence on a scale of 0-100% in relation to one's own work)</li> <li>In_service_training (perceived adequacy level on a scale of 0 to 100% in relation to one's own work)</li> <li>STEM_teacher (in the case of a teacher of STEM subjects = 1, otherwise = 0)</li> <li>Humanities_social_science_teacher (in the case of a teacher of humanities or social science subjects = 1, otherwise = 0)</li> <li>Arts_skills_teacher (in the case of a teacher of arts and skills subjects = 1, otherwise = 0)</li> <li>Use_of_devices_for_teaching (the sum variable of the use of digital devices, i.e., the maximum use of any type of device)</li> <li>Versatility_of_usage (the sum variable for regular (= at least weekly) use of different applications)</li> <li>Teacher_type (0 = classroom teacher, 1 = subject teacher, missing value = other teaching staff)</li> <li>Classroom_teacher in the case of a classroom teacher = 1, otherwise = 0</li> </ol>
ShareScore
32/100
Overall dataset sharing score
Score breakdown
These five areas show where the dataset supports — or may limit — practical reuse.
- Stewardship
- 8
- Harmonization
- 4
- Access
- 16
- Reuse readiness
- 0
- Engagement
- 4
Topics
Dataset details
- Repository
- zenodo
- Published
- August 24, 2020
- License
- cc-by-4.0
- DOI
- 10.5281/zenodo.4000216
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