­This readme file was generated on [2025-03-13] by [JOHNY DANIEL]

GENERAL INFORMATION

Title of Dataset: India and England Preservice Teachers’ Knowledge of Teaching Reading Survey 

Author/Principal Investigator Information
Name: Johny Daniel 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5057-9933
Institution: Durham University
Address: Stockton Rd., Durham DH1 3LE United Kingdom
Email: johny.r.daniel@durham.ac.uk

Author/Associate or Co-investigator Information
Name: Radhika Misquitta
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2358-1392
Institution: The Gateway School of Mumbai
Address: Mumbai, India
Email: rmisquitta@gatewayschoolmumbai.org

Date of data collection: 2024-03-03 

Geographic location of data collection: England and India

Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data: None


SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION

Licenses/restrictions placed on the data: CC-BY

Links to publications that cite or use the data: Daniel, J., Misquitta, R., & Nelson, S. (In press). A comparative analysis of preservice teachers’ knowledge of reading instruction: A study of India and England. Education Sciences.

Links to other publicly accessible locations of the data: None

Links/relationships to ancillary data sets: None

Was data derived from another source?
If yes, list source(s): No

Recommended citation for this dataset: Daniel, J., Misquitta, R., & Nelson, S. (2025): A comparative analysis of preservice teachers’ knowledge of reading instruction: A study of India and England.  Durham University.  (dataset).  DOI: http://doi.org/10.15128/r241687h51v


DATA & FILE OVERVIEW

File List: Data contains survey output from preservice teachers in India and England and includes their demographic information and their knowledge survey. Also, attached is the survey. 

Relationship between files, if important: None

Additional related data collected that was not included in the current data package: None

Are there multiple versions of the dataset? No
If yes, name of file(s) that was updated: 
Why was the file updated? 
When was the file updated? 


METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION

Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: Link to the survey was shared with preservice or trainee teachers at various institutions in India and England. 

Methods for processing the data: All data were analyses using R Studio. 

Instrument- or software-specific information needed to interpret the data: R Studio

Standards and calibration information, if appropriate: 

Environmental/experimental conditions: None

Describe any quality-assurance procedures performed on the data: none

People involved with sample collection, processing, analysis and/or submission: Johny Daniel, Radhika Misquitta, and Sophie Nelson


DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: Preservice_Teacher_Survey.xlsx

Number of variables: 58

Number of cases/rows: 312

Variable List: See survey file for variable list and descriptions

Missing data codes: NA

Specialized formats or other abbreviations used: None

