Life Sciences Teacher Educators' Planning Decision-Making Interviews from South Africa

Semi-structured interview transcripts from a qualitative case study with Life Sciences teacher educators in South African higher education institutions. The data includes pre-interviews and stimulated recall post-interviews, each ranging from 36 to 54 minutes, conducted online via Zoom. Author Thato Makgata analyzed the anonymized transcripts using a dual narrative approach to explore how educators plan content modules for pre-service teachers.

Use Cases

• Analyzing themes in educator decision-making based on semi-structured interview transcripts.
• Studying patterns in instructional planning for Life Sciences content modules across different institutions.
• Applying narrative analysis techniques to interview data from teacher educators.
• Investigating factors influencing curriculum planning in higher education teacher training programs.

Strengths

• Data includes both pre-interviews and stimulated recall post-interviews, providing multiple perspectives.
• Interview durations are specified, ranging from 36 to 54 minutes, indicating depth.
• Data is anonymized with participant pseudonyms and institutional codes to protect identities.
• Analysis employed a dual narrative approach (narrative analysis and analysis of narratives).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and file formats are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data reflects a specific geographic and institutional context (South African higher education), which may limit generalizability.

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Thato Makgata.

Collection Method

Individual online interviews conducted via Zoom, audio-recorded, transcribed, cleaned, and anonymized.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-03 10:20:06; freshness should be verified.

Geography

South Africa (institutions referred to as Institution A and B).