A Mixed Research Synthesis of Literature on Teaching Qualitative Research Methods

Claire Wagner, Barbara Kawulich and Mark Garner

SAGE Open, 2019, vol. 9, issue 3, 2158244019861488

Abstract: This article surveys the literature from 1999 to 2013 on teaching qualitative research methods. One hundred thirteen articles fitted the inclusion criteria; 79 of these were by academics in the United States and Canada. Only 39 of the 113 were based on empirical research: from these, seven descriptive themes were distilled, of which the dominant ones are experiential learning and practice-based materials and workshops. The literature portrayed teaching qualitative research as providing experiential and practice-based learning opportunities for students that revealed its desirable pedagogical features. It further reported that when students engaged in learning experiences, they underwent paradigm shifts about qualitative research as well as personal transformations. Our study confirmed that there is a lack of a research-based approach to teaching qualitative methods and we recommend that more be done to contribute to its pedagogical culture particularly concerning methods used to evaluate instruction, innovative instructional methods, and approaches to assessment.

Keywords: qualitative research; research methods pedagogy; experiential learning; systematic literature review; mixed research synthesis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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