DEVELOPING CHILD PROTECTION IN A NEWLY ESTABLISHED ISLAMIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: INSTITUTIONAL POLICY, ISLAMIC PEDAGOGY, AND CHILDREN’S PERSPECTIVES

Andi Muhammad Farid Fausan Bate; Andi Pajolloi Bate

doi:10.30863/attadib.v7i2.12584

Authors

Andi Muhammad Farid Fausan Bate Sakarya University, Turkey
Andi Pajolloi Bate Mercu Buana University, Indonesia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8523-7116

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30863/attadib.v7i2.12584

Keywords:

child protection, islamic elementary school, policy enactment, maqāṣid al-sharīʿah, new sociology of childhood

Abstract

Child protection is increasingly embedded in school regulations, yet how it develops in newly established Islamic schools remains insufficiently understood. This study examines institutional policy, Islamic pedagogical practices, and children’s perspectives at SD Islam Az-Zikri, Bone Regency, Indonesia. A qualitative single-case study drew on semi-structured interviews with four school staff, a vignette-based focus group with five students aged 7–8, and school-document analysis. Braun and Clarke’s thematic analysis was informed by Policy Enactment Theory, maqāṣid al-sharīʿah (ḥifẓ al-nafs and ḥifẓ al-ʿaql), and the New Sociology of Childhood. Findings show that protection developed incrementally as institutional capacity and material conditions shaped collective decisions, supervision, reporting, conflict response, escalation, and dignity-centered teacher–student relationships. Islamic values informed harm prevention, self-regulation, acknowledging and repairing wrongdoing, peer responsibility, and help-seeking. Children recognized harmful treatment, recalled school norms, expressed intentions to help peers, and identified sources of help. Together, these perspectives show how institutional priorities translate into Islamic pedagogical responses and how children interpret them through protective norms and help-seeking pathways.

Author Biographies

Andi Muhammad Farid Fausan Bate, Sakarya University

Department of Political Science and Public Administration

Andi Pajolloi Bate, Mercu Buana University

Faculty of Communication Science

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