Language Teachers' Wellbeing in Scotland: Interview Data and Analysis

Approximately 80,000 words of interview transcripts from nine primary and secondary language teachers in Scotland, analyzed through a hybrid inductive–deductive thematic approach. The data was generated by Manuel Jesús Cardoso-Pulido and published under a CC-BY-4.0 license in June 2026. It examines teacher wellbeing through an ecological systems framework, covering microsystem to chronosystem influences.

Use Cases

• Analyze themes of teacher vulnerability and resilience based on interview narratives about workload and policy.
• Study the impact of supportive departmental cultures and leadership on wellbeing based on described protective factors.
• Investigate the evolution of coping strategies across career stages based on chronosystem data from early-career and experienced teachers.
• Examine the post-COVID changes in teaching environments based on data about digital competence and bureaucratic demands.

Strengths

• Provides approximately 80,000 words of rich qualitative interview data.
• Analysis is structured using Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory, providing a clear conceptual framework.
• Data covers multiple system levels from classroom practice to national policy.

Limitations

• Dataset is small in scale at 74.0 KB, representing a limited sample of nine teachers.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to its collection in Scotland.

Provenance

Source

Manuel Jesús Cardoso-Pulido via figshare.

Collection Method

Data were generated through in-depth semi-structured interviews.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-04 04:27:20; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Scotland