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Very experienced science teachers' views of the curriculum Victoria Wong (21066845) science education national curriculum science national curriculum teaching teacher retention practical work mathematics in science teacher motivation <p dir="ltr">This data is interview transcripts from 15 interviews with very experienced state school science teachers carried out by Victoria Wong, University of Exeter, in June-October 2024 via Microsoft Teams.</p><p dir="ltr">The transcripts are partly redacted to help reduce the likelihood of the participants being reidentified. All gave consent for the transcripts to be shared.</p><p dir="ltr">I defined very experienced as 25+ years’ experience teaching science in England OR 20+ years AND experience with curriculum making at national level.</p><p dir="ltr">· Average of 27 years’ experience</p><p dir="ltr">· 12 had over 25 years’ experience</p><p dir="ltr">· Some had recently retired but all except one was teaching science in July 2023</p><p dir="ltr">· 7 had or were currently supporting teachers in other schools</p><p dir="ltr">· 6 were or had been on the SLT</p><p dir="ltr">· 2 spent most of their careers in grammar schools</p><p dir="ltr">· Many worked in deprived areas</p><p dir="ltr">· 2 biology teachers, 6 chemistry and 7 physics</p><p dir="ltr">· Collective experience of 405 years of teaching science.</p><p dir="ltr">The participants have been given pseudonyms. The first letter (or two) is the main subject taught (biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics) and the last letter is random.</p><p dir="ltr">Participants were sent the list of questions in advance along with a list of iterations of the science national curriculum.</p><p dir="ltr"><b>Publications</b>:</p><p dir="ltr">This paper draws on the dataset, although it is not formally linked in the paper:</p><p dir="ltr">Wong, V. (2026). Creativity, collaboration and conformity: Curriculum making and teacher motivation. <i>The Curriculum Journal</i>, 37, 356–373<b>. </b><a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/curj.70007" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1002/curj.70007</a></p><p dir="ltr">This paper analyses the interviews:</p><p dir="ltr">Wong, V. and Hetherington, L. Science practical work as a signature pedagogy under threat: an ecological analysis of teacher agency and pedagogical change. <i>International Journal of Science Education.</i> Published online 21 September 2026. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/09500693.2026.2733691" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1080/09500693.2026.2733691</a>. Also available in ORE at https://hdl.handle.net/10779/exe.33742060</p> 2026-09-24T00:00:00Z Dataset Dataset 10.24378/exe.33328014.v1 https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Very_experienced_science_teachers_views_of_the_curriculum/33328014 CC BY