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1、SouthAfricanJournalofEducationCopyright?2008EASAVol28:321-333The“movement”ofmixedmethodsresearchandtheroleofeducatorsJohnW.CreswellandAmandaL.Garrettjcreswell1@unl.eduThelandscapeofresearchiscontinuallyevolving,enablingresearcherstostudyincreasinglycomplexphenomena.Educationalresearchershavep
2、ropelledmuchofthisforwardprogressandhavedevelopednovelmethodologiestoprovideincreasinglysoundandcompleteevidence.Mixedmethodsresearchhasemergedalongsidequantitativeandqualitativeapproachesasanimportanttoolforresearchers.Inthisarticleouroverallaimistobetteracquainteducationalscholarswiththemix
3、edmethodsfieldbyarticulatingthedevelopmentofthemixedmethodsfieldandbycitingcurrenttrendsandissues.Theroleofeducationalresearchersintheevolutionofmixedmethodsresearchishigh-lighted.Theearlyandongoingdialogueofmixedmethodsresearchismulti-disciplinaryinnaturewithcurrentwritingsacrossfields.Thecu
4、rrentdebateoverkeyaspectsofmixedmethodsresearchisnowinprogressandisripeforfuturecontributions.Eventheverynatureofwhatconstitutesmixedmethodsresearchisbeingdiscussedamongscholars.Understandingandadvancingthemixedmethodsfieldisanimportantgoalformethodologistsandresearchers.Withtheincreasedinter
5、estandenthusiasmformixedmethodsresearch,itislikelythatthedialoguesurroundingmixedmethodsapproacheswillthrive,continuingthemovementofthefield.Keywords:educationalresearch;mixedmethodsOrientationtothemixedmethodsfieldAtthismomentinthedevelopmentofresearchapproaches,theeducationalresearcherneeds
6、alargetoolkitofmethodsanddesignstoaddresscomplex,interdisciplinaryresearchproblems.Thisresearchermaybepartofateamofresearcherswithindividualsbringingtothetabledifferentresearchskillsandtraining—mostlikelyskillsinbothquantitativeandqualitativeresearch(Creswell&PlanoClark,2007).Theseskillsarene
7、ededtostudytheincrea-singlycomplexproblemsfacingeducatorsandsocialscientists.Addressingtheseproblemsrequiresamassingsubstantialevidence—alltypesofevi-dencegainedthroughmeasurementofprecisequestions,aswellasmoregeneralassessmentthroughopen-end
