I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY: UNDERREPRESENTATION OF QUALITATIVE RESEARCHERS AT THE FACULTIES OF EDUCATION IN NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES

Louis Okon Akpan
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Louis Okon Akpan: Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, Nigeria

Social Sciences and Education Research Review, 2020, vol. 7, issue 2, 126-151

Abstract: The study explored the underrepresentation of qualitative methods in faculties of education in Nigerian universities. Qualitative method was employed. Furthermore and in line with qualitative approach adopted, interpretive paradigm was deployed to understand the phenomenon under investigation. Ten faculties of education from ten universities across Nigeria were purposively selected. Semi structured interview and documentary materials were used for data generation. Thematic analysis was used to analyse the data. Findings revealed that most students (master and doctoral), researchers and scholars in faculties of education used quantitative methods in their dissertations and journal articles. It was also found that the underrepresentation of qualitative methods in education was influenced by a popular belief among pro-quantitative methods that qualitative approach lack objectivity, validity and reliability when adopted in the study.

Keywords: Qualitative methods; quantitative methods; underrepresentation; Nigerian universities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Z0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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