Validating the Teacher Perspective in Education Reform

• In Event: Mixed Methods Research SIG Virtual Paper Session

Abstract

Greene’s (2007) ‘mixed methods way of thinking’ has established the value of capturing various voices and perspectives—and the differences between them—when studying complex phenomena. This paper describes how to integrate different types of data to validate the teacher perspective in a high-stake situation, such as an educational reform. First, this paper describes the mixed methods design of integrating different types of data to inform the teacher perspective. Second, the paper advances innovative integration through discussion of whether capturing one participant perspective, such as the teachers’ is ever enough in complex and high-stakes situations involved in education reforms.

Authors

• Nora Elise Hesby Mathe, University of Oslo
  Presenting Author

• Lisbeth M. Brevik, University of Oslo
  Presenting Author