Navigating Bureaucratic Pressures and Preserving Islamic Pedagogy: Institutional Strategies of Mu’allimin Pesantren

Saifudin Asrori ASSRORI; Muhammad Isma’il; Ahmad Shabbir

doi:10.32729/edukasi.v23i2.2294

Penulis

Saifudin Asrori ASSRORI UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta
Muhammad Isma’il UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta
Ahmad Shabbir University of Sahiwal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32729/edukasi.v23i2.2294

Kata Kunci:

institutional resilience, bureaucratic adaptation, Islamic educational reforms, Mu’allimin Pesantren, curricular hybridization

Abstrak

This article examines how cadre based Mu’allimin pesantren in Indonesia strategically navigate the tension between preserving Islamic identity and adapting to bureaucratic educational reforms. Drawing on neo-institutional theory and Bourdieu’s concept of habitus, it employs a qualitative multi-case approach to analyse how four pesantren enact institutional reproduction through curricular hybridization, cultural filtering, leadership hybridity, and market-responsive adaptation. The findings reveal how these institutions engage in institutional work—not as passive actors but as agents of negotiated change—balancing symbolic compliance with internal continuity. By conceptualizing resilience as embedded, adaptive, and symbolic labour, this study advances institutional theory by highlighting how religious organizations sustain legitimacy and distinctiveness amid state-driven standardization.

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