NAVI-project, funded by the Eudaimonia Institute at the University of Oulu is being carried out at the Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Oulu. The project explores pre-service teachers’ sense-making of teachers’ changing work and its relationality addressing the questions such as How do pre-service teachers understand the new realities of teachers’ work? How do pre-service teachers understand the relationality in teachers’ work today? Several data sets were collected. The first data set consists of 58 narratives written by pre-service primary school teachers, pre-service secondary school teachers of various subjects (Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Music, Finnish language and literature, foreign languages, History, Biology and Geography) and pre-service teachers of special education. The participating pre-service teachers were in different study years. The narratives were collected via Webropol survey with an open question ‘What is teachers’ work today like?’ The data set is available in Finnish language. The second data set consists of interviews with pre-service teachers studying to become primary school, secondary school or special education teachers. The participant pre-service teachers were in different study years. Pre-service teachers were asked to tell about their trajectory to teacher education, how they conceive of teachers’ work today and about the relationships in teachers’ work. This data collection is still undergoing, and the data set will be available in Finnish language. The third data set consists of audio-recorded group discussions among pre-service primary school teachers and the transcriptions of these discussions. A total of 18 pre-service teachers discussed in 4 groups. The participant pre-service teachers were in the master’s phase of their studies. Pre-service teachers discussed their process of becoming a pre-service teacher, how it is to be a teacher today, how they conceive of the relationships in teachers’ work and about the role of teacher education in the process of becoming a teacher. The discussions were unmoderated, with a facilitator available if needed. This data set is available in Finnish language. The fourth data set consists of audio-recorded group discussions among pre-service primary school teachers and the transcripts of these discussions. A total of 28 pre-service teachers discussed in 6 groups. The participant pre-service teachers were in the master’s phase of their studies. Pre-service teachers participated in arts-based workshops consisting of two 1.5-hour sessions. During the first session, pre-service teachers were guided to create a collage based on the role of teacher education in pre-service teachers’ professional growth. During the second session, pre-service teachers discussed their collages in groups. The discussions were unmoderated, with a facilitator available if needed. This data set is available in Finnish language.

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