Digging and building: How transformative mixed-methods research contributes to explaining and responding to educational exclusion and school dropout

Q2 Psychology
Tabata Contreras-Villalobos , Enrique Baleriola Escudero , Verónica López Leiva
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Transformative mixed-methods research (T-MMR) provides an integrated understanding of social issues while simultaneously working toward their transformation. This paper illustrates how this approach deals with urgent problems affecting vulnerable groups that experience socioeducational inequality, focusing on educational exclusion and school dropout in youth and adult education in Chile. Using the metaphor of digging and building, this study explores how T-MMR facilitates a comprehensive approach by integrating qualitative and quantitative methods to understand and respond to these issues from an educational psychology perspective. Findings show that through digging (QUAN-QUAL), educational exclusion is rooted in systemic inequalities, with marginalized students facing persistent barriers that the education system fails to adequately address. However, the strength of T-MMR lies in not only revealing these challenges but also co-creating practical solutions. That is what we call building. To deepen our understanding of school dropout, this phase consisted of an integration of quantitative and qualitative data and collaborative work with students, teachers, and policymakers, creating a particular and precise response. Finally, this research highlights the value of T-MMR for engaging communities in both understanding (digging) and reshaping (building) educational practices, offering a transformative pathway toward a more just and responsive education system.
挖掘和建设:变革性混合方法研究如何有助于解释和应对教育排斥和辍学
转型混合方法研究(T-MMR)提供了对社会问题的综合理解,同时致力于社会问题的转型。本文阐述了这种方法如何处理影响到经历社会教育不平等的弱势群体的紧迫问题,重点关注智利青年和成人教育中的教育排斥和辍学问题。本研究以挖掘和建筑为隐喻,探讨了T-MMR如何通过整合定性和定量方法,促进从教育心理学角度理解和应对这些问题的综合方法。调查结果表明,通过挖掘(QUAN-QUAL),教育排斥的根源在于系统性的不平等,边缘化学生面临着教育系统未能充分解决的持续障碍。然而,T-MMR的优势不仅在于揭示这些挑战,还在于共同创造切实可行的解决方案。这就是我们所说的建设。为了加深我们对辍学问题的理解,这一阶段包括整合定量和定性数据,并与学生、教师和政策制定者合作,制定具体而准确的应对措施。最后,本研究强调了T-MMR在让社区参与理解(挖掘)和重塑(构建)教育实践方面的价值,为建立一个更公正、更敏感的教育体系提供了一条变革之路。
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Methods in Psychology (Online)
Methods in Psychology (Online) Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Developmental and Educational Psychology
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