Toward Applying Mixed Methods in Action Research: Methodological Potentials and Advantages

• In Event: Mixed Methods Research Applications

Abstract

Many mixed methods and action research authors recognize the need for and advantages of applying mixed methods in action research studies. This paper discusses the conceptual and methodological similarities between the two research approaches, potential advantages of applying mixed methods in action research, and proposes a mixed methods methodological framework for action research that conceptually follows the action research methodological steps outlined by Lewin (1948). The use of the framework is illustrated based on the examples of published empirical action research studies that applied mixed methods in education and other disciplines.

Author

• Nataliya V. Ivankova, The University of Alabama - Birmingham