Reflexive Mixed Methods Research in Comparative and International Education: Context, Complexity, and Transdisciplinarity - Softcover

DeJaeghere, Joan G.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1032344989 ISBN 13: 9781032344980

Publisher: Routledge, 2024

Synopsis

Responding to both the increase of mixed methods research (MMR) and the lack of dialogue about its philosophical and methodological practices in comparative and international education (CIE) Reflexive Mixed Methods Research in Comparative and International Education: Context, Complexity, and Transdisciplinarity offers readers an overview of different philosophical approaches to mixed methods, as well as the practical processes to engage in MMR with reflexivity.

Comparing reflexivity to a kaleidoscope, the author describes how it can be used throughout the research process to engage with different paradigms and methods, as well as to integrate findings and consider emerging interconnections. The book discusses various ways to reflexively adapt designs, methods, and analyses, and integrate findings in MMR to better contextualize knowledge in the field of CIE. It illustrates different approaches to MMR through various case summaries, and each chapter poses reflexive questions for researchers to consider during their research projects. It emphasizes a critical realist approach, particularly for how it involves epistemological pluralism while also offering contingent explanations to educational questions. Through a reflexive approach, the book offers possibilities for conducting better and more epistemically just MMR.

This is fascinating reading for both new and more experienced researchers to expand the craft of researching with MM. Interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary teams, as well as sole researchers, will find concrete research practices in the book for employing reflexive MMR to understand complex educational issues.

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About the Author

Joan G. DeJaeghere is Distinguished International Professor in Comparative and International Development Education in the Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development at the University of Minnesota, USA.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1032344989
• ISBN 13: 9781032344980
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 124