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(2014

El objetivo del estudio que se presenta es el análisis de los valores educativos trabajados en las actividades y programas educativos del Ayuntamiento de Vitoria-Gasteiz. La metodología utilizada ha sido la siguiente: 1.-Análisis textual de cada uno de los principios de la Carta de CE. 2.-Análisis de las siguientes variables: objetivos (generales y específicos), descripción de los programas, contenidos, usuarios a quien se destina, aspectos organizativos, etc. 3.-Análisis estadístico descriptivo tanto de los valores correspondientes a cada actividad, como de las distribuciones por departamentos. 4.-Contraste entre los resultados obtenidos en el análisis estadístico y la opinión de personas que han intervenido en la confección y desarrollo de los programas. Entre las conclusiones destacan las siguientes: 1.-Los valores más trabajados en el conjunto de programas son la formación, la calidad de vida y la responsabilidad. Por el contrario los valores menos trabajados son: la paz y la integración, la participación y la solidaridad.

This article sets out to provide a general review of the basic principles of what is known as “methodological complementarity” in education research. Firstly, it addresses the context in which mixed methods have emerged to then go on to review some of the definitions. After reflecting on the advantages and limitations of these methods, several designs of mixed methods with examples drawn from education research and assessment are presented. The article concludes with an exposition of the discussion about the quality of the research conducted with a mixed method. Keywords: Educational Research, Research paradigms, Methodological Complementarity, Mixed methods.

With the aim of enhancing the learning of Basque, Spanish and English languages by school pupils, the Federation of Ikastolas (i.e. cooperative of private schools grant-aided by the Basque Government) created the IKASYS Programme for incorporating personal computers into language learning (Computer-Assisted Language Learning or CALL). The programme was launched experimentally in the 2008/09 academic year. This paper explains the content of the IKASYS Programme and contextualises it, outlining the research undertaken to date in this field and the results thereof. Subsequently, the methodology used for the pilot project is described as well as the results obtained. Outstanding amongst these is the fact that students from all the years studied -2nd, 4th and 6th years of primary school (at the ages of 7, 9 and 11 years)-who have participated in the IKASYS Programme obtained results for the three languages superior to those of pupils who had not taken part.