While typically North American and Anglo-European stances have dominated discussion on different paradigms advanced about mixed method research, recently there has been a call for examination of other cultural worldviews. This article contributes to the field of mixed methods research by presenting a worldview based on collective inquiry, whereby different perspectives are woven together to create new knowledge. Fa’afaletui, a Samoan research framework, literally means “‘ways of’ [fa’a] ‘weaving together’ [tui] deliberations of different groups or ‘houses’ [fale].” It is derived from the Pacific philosophy of connectiveness and a collective holistic approach. We give a case example of how this framework is directing our research.

尽管通常北美和盎格鲁的立场主导了关于混合方法研究的不同范式的讨论，但最近有人呼吁审查其他文化世界观。本文通过提出基于集体探究的世界观，将不同的观点编织在一起以创造新知识，从而为混合方法研究领域做出了贡献。萨摩亚研究框架Fa'afaletui的字面意思是“ [fa'a]“编织” [tui]讨论不同群体或“房屋” [fale]的方式。” 它源于太平洋的连通性哲学和集体整体方法。我们举一个例子说明这个框架如何指导我们的研究。