Study title

Media Education in Finnish Primary Education 1998

Dataset ID Number

FSD1211

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1211

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Kotilainen, Sirkku (University of Tampere. Department of Teacher Education, Hämeenlinna)
• Vainionpää, Jorma (University of Tampere. Department of Teacher Education, Hämeenlinna)

Abstract

This study forms a part of the research programme Effectiveness of Teacher Education (1995-1999), funded by the Academy of Finland and led by professor Hannele Niemi. The survey studied media education in Finnish lower secondary schools and primary schools, concentrating on media teaching content and practices and teachers' attitudes towards the use of media as a source of educational material.

Respondents were asked which classes and how many pupils they taught at the time of the survey, how many full-time teachers there were in the school and whether they themselves had had media education training during the past two years. Teachers assessed the extent to which media education had been taken into account in their school and rated the importance of thematic entities mentioned in the national comprehensive school curriculum (1994).

Respondents were also asked to rate the importance of various aspects of media education (e.g. technology, concepts and theory, ethics, visual, audio and textual presentation in media, ways in which media constructs reality). Teachers' knowledge and interest in the subject were charted by several statements. Regarding the use of media in teaching, respondents were asked in which media forms they felt they needed more training and which media forms are suitable for teaching purposes. Teaching practices, material used and the methods used to assess pupil performance were examined. The pedagogy of media education was charted by asking which teaching methods respondents thought appropriate for the subject. Some questions focused on problems encountered in media education and development needs. Background variables included respondents' age, sex, region of residence, degree and teaching experience.

Keywords

audiovisual instruction; education; educational equipment; mass media; media education; media literacy; primary education; schools; teacher training and education science; teachers; teaching; teaching aid

Topic Classification

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

Series

Individual datasets

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

The dataset is (A) openly available for all users without registration (CC BY 4.0).

Data Collector

• Kotilainen, Sirkku (University of Tampere. Department of Teacher Education, Hämeenlinna)
• Vainionpää, Jorma (University of Tampere. Department of Teacher Education, Hämeenlinna)

Data Producers

• National Board of Education
• Academy of Finland

Time Period Covered

1998

Collection Dates

1998-02 – 1998-06

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Teachers of media education in Finnish primary and lower secondary schools (excluding the Åland Islands and Swedish-speaking schools)

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Probability: Multistage

Of the primary and lower secondary schools included in the National Board of Education register, 10% were randomly sampled. A control sample consisted of all the primary and lower secondary schools participating in the media education and teaching technology network, which was a part of the National Board of Education's Aquarium project. These schools were considered to be media education oriented. The selection of respondents: any two teachers in primary schools and Finnish, history/civics, IT and art teachers in secondary schools. The final selection of respondents was made by the headteacher of each school.

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Paper

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Response Rate

65,50

Data File Language

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Data Version

1.0

Weighting

There are no weight variables in the data.

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Bibliographical Citation

Kotilainen, Sirkku (University of Tampere) & Vainionpää, Jorma (University of Tampere): Media Education in Finnish Primary Education 1998 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2002-12-12). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1211

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Related Publications

Vainionpää, Jorma (2001). Oppimateriaalit viestintäkasvatuksessa. Tampere: Tampereen yliopiston opettajankoulutuslaitos. Kasvatustieteen lisensiaatintyö.

Kotilainen, Sirkku (2000). Viestintäkasvatusta perusopetuksessa: tilastollinen kuvaus aihealueen toteutumisesta kouluissa keväällä 1998. Tampere: Tampereen yliopisto. Tampereen yliopiston opettajankoulutuslaitoksen julkaisuja; A22.

Kotilainen, Sirkku (2001). Mediakulttuurin haasteita opettajankoulutukselle. Tampere: Tampereen yliopisto. Acta Universitatis Tamperensis; 807.