Madrasah Riset as a Practice of Institutional Innovation: A Sociological Study of the Transformation of MAN 1 Banyumas

Lian Hidayatun; Muh Hanif

doi:10.53639/ijssr.v7i2.405

Authors

Lian Hidayatun Universitas Islam Negeri Profesor Kiai Haji Saifuddin Zuhri Purwokerto
Muh Hanif Universitas Islam Negeri Profesor Kiai Haji Saifuddin Zuhri Purwokerto

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53639/ijssr.v7i2.405

Keywords:

Research Madrasah, MAN 1 Banyumas, Sociological Transformation, Islamic Education Management, Student Scientific Habitus

Abstract

This article examines Madrasah Riset at MAN 1 Banyumas as a practice of institutional innovation in contemporary Islamic education. Rather than treating the research-madrasah program merely as a formal label or institutional branding, this study analyzes how research-oriented education is organized, routinized, and reproduced within everyday school practices. Using a qualitative fieldwork design, data were collected through interviews, non-participant observation, and documentation involving the principal, vice principal for curriculum, research teachers, and students. The data were reduced, coded, displayed, and interpreted through a sociological lens to understand the organizational transformation of the madrasah. The findings show that MAN 1 Banyumas has developed a research-based innovation ecosystem through the systematic reorganization of planning, student mapping, teacher allocation, mentoring, assessment, competition preparation, and publication of student achievements. These practices demonstrate that Madrasah Riset operates not only as a programmatic initiative but also as an institutional mechanism that shapes academic culture, teacher-student interaction, and students’ scientific habitus. The study contributes to Islamic education management, madrasah quality assurance, and research-based student development by showing how institutional innovation emerges through the alignment of policy, classroom routines, organizational communication, and mentoring practices.

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Muh Hanif, Universitas Islam Negeri Profesor Kiai Haji Saifuddin Zuhri Purwokerto

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