A Combination of Quantitative and Qualitative Strategies in Educational Research: Reflections on Three Studies

A Combination of Quantitative and Qualitative Strategies in Educational Research: Reflections on Three Studies

This paper reviews three experiences of empirical research done by the author herself. In these an attempt is made to combine quantitative and qualitative methodologies of investigation. The first study focuses on the relationship between education and rural productivity. This work was carried ou...

Полное описание

Сохранить в:
Библиографические подробности
Главный автор: Schmelkes del Valle, Silvia
Формат: Online
Язык:spa
eng
Опубликовано: REDIE es una publicación del Instituto de Investigación y Desarrollo Educativo (IIDE). 2000
Online-ссылка:https://redie.uabc.mx/index.php/redie/article/view/43
Метки: Добавить метку
Нет меток, Требуется 1-ая метка записи!
id redie-article-43
record_format ojs
spelling redie-article-432017-04-19T01:08:47Z A Combination of Quantitative and Qualitative Strategies in Educational Research: Reflections on Three Studies La combinación de estrategias cuantitativas y cualitativas en la investigación educativa: reflexiones a partir de tres estudios Schmelkes del Valle, Silvia Educational research quantitative methods qualitative methods. Investigación educativa métodos cuantitativos métodos cualitativos. This paper reviews three experiences of empirical research done by the author herself. In these an attempt is made to combine quantitative and qualitative methodologies of investigation. The first study focuses on the relationship between education and rural productivity. This work was carried out in four corn-producing areas of Mexico, and combines a survey with life stories. The second investigation is the study of projects that pursue combined aims of post-literacy and job training in thirteen Latin American countries. This work employed a questionnaire directed toward the managers of a large number of projects, plus case studies from a reduced number of the. The third study considered here analyzes the factors which affect the quality of elementary education in Mexico, and combines several instruments with a quantitative multivariate analysis and ethnographic observation in the classroom, school and community. The author extracts the lessons learned from these three experiences, and concludes that it is irrational to consider that each of the quantitative and qualitative methodologies belongs to the paradigms of social interpretation encountered. The combination of methodological approaches, in the three cases, permitted findings that would have been impossible through the isolated use of either of the two methodological approaches. Este artículo recupera tres experiencias de investigación empírica realizadas por la propia autora, las cuales combinaron -de intento- metodologías cuantitativas y cualitativas de investigación. La primera investigación reseñada se centra en la relación entre la educación y la productividad campesina. Este trabajo se realizó en cuatro zonas maiceras de México y combina la encuesta con historias de vida. La segunda investigación reseñada es el estudio de proyectos que persiguen objetivos combinados de postalfabetización y capacitación para el trabajo en trece países de América Latina. En este trabajo se utilizó un cuestionario dirigido a los directivos de un número grande de proyectos y estudios de caso de un número reducido de ellos. El tercer estudio aquí reseñado analiza los factores que inciden sobre la calidad de la educación primaria en México y combina diversos instrumentos con un análisis cuantitativo multivariado con observación etnográfica en aula, escuela y comunidad. La autora abstrae las lecciones aprendidas de estas tres experiencias y concluye en función de la irracionalidad de considerar que las metodologías cuantitativas y cualitativas son, cada una, propias de paradigmas encontrados de interpretación social. La combinación de aproximaciones metodológicas, en los tres casos, permitió hallazgos que no hubieran sido posibles mediante el recurso aislado de cualquiera de los dos enfoques metodológicos. REDIE es una publicación del Instituto de Investigación y Desarrollo Educativo (IIDE). 2000-11-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion text/html application/pdf text/html application/pdf https://redie.uabc.mx/index.php/redie/article/view/43 Revista Electrónica de Investigación Educativa; Vol. 3 No. 2 (2001) Revista Electrónica de Investigación Educativa; Vol. 3 Núm. 2 (2001) 1607-4041 spa eng https://redie.uabc.mx/index.php/redie/article/view/43/1187 https://redie.uabc.mx/index.php/redie/article/view/43/82 https://redie.uabc.mx/index.php/redie/article/view/43/1188 https://redie.uabc.mx/index.php/redie/article/view/43/83 Derechos de autor 2019 Revista Electrónica de Investigación Educativa
institution REDIE
collection OJS
language spa
eng
format Online
author Schmelkes del Valle, Silvia
spellingShingle Schmelkes del Valle, Silvia
A Combination of Quantitative and Qualitative Strategies in Educational Research: Reflections on Three Studies
author_facet Schmelkes del Valle, Silvia
author_sort Schmelkes del Valle, Silvia
title A Combination of Quantitative and Qualitative Strategies in Educational Research: Reflections on Three Studies
title_short A Combination of Quantitative and Qualitative Strategies in Educational Research: Reflections on Three Studies
title_full A Combination of Quantitative and Qualitative Strategies in Educational Research: Reflections on Three Studies
title_fullStr A Combination of Quantitative and Qualitative Strategies in Educational Research: Reflections on Three Studies
title_full_unstemmed A Combination of Quantitative and Qualitative Strategies in Educational Research: Reflections on Three Studies
title_sort combination of quantitative and qualitative strategies in educational research: reflections on three studies
description This paper reviews three experiences of empirical research done by the author herself. In these an attempt is made to combine quantitative and qualitative methodologies of investigation. The first study focuses on the relationship between education and rural productivity. This work was carried out in four corn-producing areas of Mexico, and combines a survey with life stories. The second investigation is the study of projects that pursue combined aims of post-literacy and job training in thirteen Latin American countries. This work employed a questionnaire directed toward the managers of a large number of projects, plus case studies from a reduced number of the. The third study considered here analyzes the factors which affect the quality of elementary education in Mexico, and combines several instruments with a quantitative multivariate analysis and ethnographic observation in the classroom, school and community. The author extracts the lessons learned from these three experiences, and concludes that it is irrational to consider that each of the quantitative and qualitative methodologies belongs to the paradigms of social interpretation encountered. The combination of methodological approaches, in the three cases, permitted findings that would have been impossible through the isolated use of either of the two methodological approaches.
publisher REDIE es una publicación del Instituto de Investigación y Desarrollo Educativo (IIDE).
publishDate 2000
url https://redie.uabc.mx/index.php/redie/article/view/43
_version_ 1715723497953558528

Схожие документы