Improving the Quality of Islamic Religious Education Learning through Class Management in Elementary Schools

Abstract This study aims to describe the planning for improving the quality of Islamic religious education learning through classroom management, the implementation of classroom management, and teachers’ efforts in improving the quality of Islamic religious education learning. This study uses a qualitative approach with descriptive methods based on data collection techniques, including observation, interviews, and document analysis. The stages of data analysis include data reduction techniques, data presentation, data verification, and concluding. The results of this study showed that the classroom management planning carried out by the teacher is to prepare all the basic skills needed by the teacher in teaching. Furthermore, the implementation of classroom management is carried out through the management of face-to-face activities and the organization of subject matter embodied in the lesson plans. The teachers’ efforts in maximizing classroom management include a disciplinary approach, a reward and punishment approach, a teaching approach, an attitude approach, and a group process approach. These aforementioned approaches lead to the strategy to build good interactions with students. The planning and implementation of classroom management that has been carried out by teachers is hoped to improve the quality of learning Islamic religious education in elementary schools.