Why Apply Yinyang Philosophy in Mixed Methods Research: Harmony Perspectives from Ancient Chinese Culture

Autor/inn/en	Meng, Lingqi; Liu, Shujie
Titel	Why Apply Yinyang Philosophy in Mixed Methods Research: Harmony Perspectives from Ancient Chinese Culture
Quelle	In: Educational Philosophy and Theory, 55 (2023) 4, S.468-482 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Meng, Lingqi) ORCID (Liu, Shujie)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1857
DOI	10.1080/00131857.2022.2105695
Schlagwörter	Educational Philosophy; Asian Culture; Mixed Methods Research; Foreign Countries; Research Design; Confucianism; Learning Processes; Kindergarten; Elementary Secondary Education; Higher Education; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Ausland; Forschungsdesign; Konfuzianismus; Learning process; Lernprozess; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen
Abstract	Yinyang philosophy encompasses an essential understanding of the mechanism and laws of nature, cosmos, and human society in Chinese culture, and reaches to many other parts of Asia and around the world. The purpose of this article is to explore how yinyang philosophy can serve as a philosophical underpinning of mixed methods research (MMR). In particular, harmony, one of the important features in yinyang philosophy, is applied to interpret the design of mixed methods research. Guided by this philosophy, other beliefs about an integrated approach to using qualitative and quantitative methods fit in with the MMR approach. These underlying precepts are not necessarily held by researchers, and will be shown to indicate harmony and a dynamic equilibrium of yin and yang. This perspective provides a novel window for considering controversial issues that have arisen about the use of different philosophical underpinnings for MMR during its emergence over the past several decades. The implications are for a softer interpretation, for example, when selection of quantitative rules needs to harmonize with certain types of MMR, and validity of self-developed questionnaires needs to consider different levels of criteria for MMR. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01