There are indications that the recognition and use of qualitative methods in psychology are growing. Yet, qualitative methodologies are still not integrated into many traditionally quantitative publication spaces that are, in principle, open to them. This special section in the Journal of Educational Psychology, a traditionally quantitative publication outlet, features qualitative studies of reasoning and participation. The articles here demonstrate affordances of qualitative methods for understanding a broad range of topics relevant to educational psychology. We hope that this special section sparks a methodological conversation among readers, prospective authors, potential reviewers, and editors around how qualitative research studies can fit into the mission, contribution, and publication practices of traditionally quantitative publication spaces in psychology, such as this one.

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特别部分介绍：推理和参与的定性研究。

有迹象表明，心理学中对定性方法的认可和使用正在增长。然而，定性方法仍然没有整合到许多原则上对他们开放的传统定量出版空间中。Journal of Educational Psychology 的这一特殊部分是传统的定量出版机构，以推理和参与的定性研究为特色。这里的文章展示了用于理解与教育心理学相关的广泛主题的定性方法的可供性。我们希望这一特殊部分能引发读者、潜在作者、潜在审稿人和编辑之间的方法论对话，围绕定性研究如何适应使命、贡献、