Recommended Citation
Yatcilla, Jane; Maybee, Clarence; McGowan, Bethany; Shao, Gang; and Burrows, D Trevor, "Teaching with Data in the Social Sciences: The Purdue Report" (2021). Libraries Reports. Paper 6.
https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/libreports/6
Date of this Version
10-1-2021
Keywords
data, teaching with data, social sciences
Abstract
Purdue University Libraries participated in a multi-institution study about how instructors teach with data in social sciences courses. Thirteen semi-structured interviews were conducted with social sciences faculty who teach undergraduate students to use data, addressing questions about how faculty connect students to data; how students work with data; what types of support faculty have received that informs their teaching with data. Four broad themes emerged from qualitative coding of the interview transcripts: an array of purposes and practices for teaching about data; instructors' experiences, needs, and perspectives; managing wide-ranging student confidence and ability; technical concerns when teaching with data. The report concludes with recommendations for campus-level and Libraries actions that can further support instructors who teach undergraduate students to use data in social sciences courses.
Included in
Arts and Humanities Commons, Medicine and Health Sciences Commons, Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons
Comments
This report is part of a multi-institution study organized by ITHAKA S+R.