Development of BALIGH Model (Basic, Awareness, Loyalty, Insight, Growth, Help) in Islamic Religious Education to Prepare Students for Aqil Baligh in Pseudo-Maturity Era
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This study develops and tests the BALIGH (Basic, Awareness, Loyalty, Insight, Growth, Help) instructional model in Islamic Religious Education to prepare students for aqil baligh amid the challenges of pseudo-maturity. Using an exploratory sequential mixed-methods design, qualitative interviews, document analysis, and classroom observations, this study informed the six-stage syntax; a one-group pretest-posttest trial (N = 60) then examined its effectiveness with a six-dimension aqil baligh readiness scale. Paired t-tests, effect sizes, reliability analysis, and N-gain showed substantial improvement from 33.82 to 61.85 (Δ = 28.03; p < .001; N-gain = 0.695), with no low-gain students. The findings demonstrated that BALIGH effectively integrates conceptual-fiqh strengthening, character formation, help-seeking, and school-family support. The model has contributed a theory-grounded, practically applicable toolkit for puberty-focused IRE, and offers a validated structure for monitoring students’ aqil baligh readiness.
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