STRATEGI GURU PENDIDIKAN AGAMA ISLAM DALAM MEMBINA AKHLAK PESERTA DIDIK MELALUI KEGIATAN CHARACTER BUILDING DI SMPN 1 DAU MALANG

Abstract

The moral development of students has become one of the primary concerns in contemporary education due to the increasing challenges posed by social and environmental influences. Islamic Religious Education (PAI) teachers play a strategic role in fostering students’ moral character through both classroom instruction and extracurricular religious activities. This study aims to analyze the strategies employed by PAI teachers in fostering students’ morals through the Character Building program at SMPN 1 Dau Malang, to explain the implementation of the program, and to identify the supporting and inhibiting factors affecting its implementation. This research employed a qualitative approach with a case study design. Data were collected through observations, interviews, and documentation involving PAI teachers and students. The findings indicate that PAI teachers implement various strategies, including exemplary behavior (uswah), habituation (ta'widiyah), advice (mau'idzah), supervision (riqabah), and educational punishment ('uqubah). The Character Building program is conducted routinely and systematically through religious activities such as tawassul, recitation of asmaul husna, shalawat, syi’ir tanpo waton (spiritual poem without foundation), yasin or tahlil, mahallul qiyam, and mau'idhoh hasanah. The implementation of the program is supported by strong collaboration among teachers, school policies, adequate facilities, and students’ enthusiasm, while limited facilities, time constraints, and varying levels of student awareness become the main obstacles. The study concludes that the Character Building program serves as an effective medium for strengthening students’ moral values through continuous religious habituation.