Canvassing for a Policy Culture on Mixed Methods Research Methodology in Adult Education in Nigeria’s Tertiary Education Institutions
Abstract

This paper advocates a policy culture for utilisation of mixed-methods research methodology in adult education in Nigeria’s tertiary education institutions arising from the contention that the adoption of a single research design is not sufficient enough for utilisation in a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary field of study and practice like adult education. The paper begins with a discussion of the overview of research, research design, and classification of research designs known in literature. The conceptual overview and understanding of mixedmethods research design, the classification of mixed-methods research design, the philosophical foundation of mixed-methods design, the justification for the adoption of mixed-methods design, the conceptual understanding of adult education as a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary field of study and practice, as well as the benefits of mixed-method research design in adult education are further and substantially discussed. The paper concludes that the adoption and utilisation of mixed-methods research design will tremendously enrich the quality and impact of researches conducted in adult education in Nigeria tertiary education institutions and, therefore, recommends that scholars, academics, students, and other researchers should adopt the mixed-method research design, rather than a single design, when conducting research in adult education based on the multidimensional benefits associated with this design.

Citation
Sarumi, A. A. and Egbebi, J. O. Canvassing for a Policy Culture on Mixed Methods Research Methodology in Adult Education in Nigeria’s Tertiary Education Institutions. International Journal of Continuing and Non-Formal Education (IJCNFE), 11, 278-299.