Characteristics and Implementation of Qualitative Research Methods in Indonesian Language Education Research

Abstract

This study aims to describe the characteristics and implementation of qualitative research methods in Indonesian Language Education research through literature studies on scientific articles published in national journals. This research is motivated by the increasing use of qualitative research methods in the field of Indonesian Language Education, but there have not been many studies that comprehensively synthesize the methodological characteristics, implementation trends, and their contribution to the development of research in this field. The research uses a qualitative approach with a literature study method on 14 scientific articles that were purposively selected based on the relevance of the topic, year of publication, and completeness of methodological information. Data was collected through documentation studies and analyzed using content analysis techniques combined with thematic analysis. The results of the study show that qualitative descriptive research is the most dominant approach with data collection techniques in the form of observation, interviews, and documentation as well as data analysis dominated by the Miles, Huberman, and Saldana models. The research focus includes the implementation of the Independent Curriculum, learning models, character education, learning evaluation, digitization of learning, and analysis of teaching materials. The novelty of this research lies in the presentation of a comprehensive synthesis of the characteristics and implementation of qualitative research methods that can be a methodological reference for researchers in designing Indonesian Language Education research in a more systematic, contextual, and quality manner.