Teachers' Perceptions of Educational Legislation in Europe

Dataset: Teachers’ Perceptions of Educational Legislation in Europe

Description

This dataset contains the results of a survey conducted among teachers in different European countries. 

The data reflect teachers’ perceptions of the impact of educational legislation on five key dimensions: 

Clarity, Homogeneity, Stability, Satisfaction, and Professional recognition.

The dataset is provided in an Excel file with four separate sheets:

- Europe: aggregated data from all countries.

- Italy: data from Italian respondents.

- Czech Republic: data from Czech respondents.

- Spain: data from Spanish respondents.

Each sheet includes teacher responses by educational level (Infant, Primary, Secondary, Vocational/Adult, University, Others).

Variables and coding

- Clarity (A): Teachers’ perception of how clear the legislation is.

- Homogeneity (B): Degree of uniformity across educational levels and territories.

- Stability (C): Perceived consistency of legislation over time.

- Satisfaction (D): Overall satisfaction with the legislative framework.

- Professional recognition (E): Perceived recognition and prestige of the teaching profession.

 Scale (applied to all variables A–E):

- 0 = Nothing

- 1 = Little

- 2 = Sufficient

- 3 = Good

- 4 = A lot

File structure

- File name: Dataset_Education_Policies.xlsx

- Sheets:

  - Europe

  - Italy

  - Czech Republic

  - Spain

Each sheet contains the following columns:

- Country (if applicable)

- Educational level

- Clarity

- Homogeneity

- Stability

- Satisfaction

- Professional recognition