MENCERMATI PENGGUNAAN METODE KUALITATIF DI LINGKUNGAN SEKOLAH TINGGI TEOLOGI

Research methods are an integral part of science. The research method has an important meaning in terms of helping to understand, work on, assess, and the basis of the validity of a scientific work. The purpose of this study is to describe the use of qualitative research methods among theological colleges. This article uses descriptive methods and literature review. Based on the results of the discussion of this article, it can be concluded that the use of qualitative methods in theological high school environment is generally used in two types of research, namely based on field research and based on literature research. Qualitative methods based on field research can use phenomenology, grounded theory, ethnography, and case studies. While the qualitative methods used in theological high school environment based on literature research can be in the form of narrative, description, literature review, and exegesis. Metode penelitian adalah bagian yang tak terpisahkan dari ilmu pengetahuan. Metode penelitian memiliki arti penting dalam hal untuk membantu memahami, mengerjakan, menilai, dan landasan keabsahan sebuah karya ilmiah. Maksud dari penelitian ini ingin mengambarkan penggunaan metode penelitian kualitatif di kalangan sekolah tinggi teologi. Artikel ini menggunakan metode deskriptif dan kajian literatur. Berdasarkan hasil pembahasan artikel ini dapat disimpulkan bahwa penggunaan metode kualitatif di lingkungan sekolah tinggi teologi secara umum digunakan dalam dua macam penelitian yaitu berdasarkan penelitian lapangan dan berdasarkan penelitian literatur. Metode kualitatif berdasarkan penelitian lapangan bisa menggunakan fenomenologi, grounded theory, etnografi, dan studi kasus. Sedangkan metode kualitatif yang digunakan di lingkungan sekolah tinggi teologi berdasarkan penelitian literatur bisa berupa narasi, deskripsi, kajian literatur, dan eksigesa.