Classroom Strategies for Bullying Prevention and Intervention: An Islamic Education Perspective

Abstract

Bullying remains a pervasive problem in classroom settings, particularly in the digital era where cyberbullying and other harmful behaviors continue to rise despite the central role teachers and families should play in shaping students' moral development. This study examines classroom management strategies for bullying prevention and intervention from an Islamic education perspective, using a descriptive qualitative approach with data collected via Likert-scale questionnaires from 749 purposively sampled students and instructors in senior high schools in Pare during 2023. Findings show that bullying is most prevalent among students aged 14–17, with high rates of cyberbullying (84.5%) and sexual bullying (82.6%), most of which is peer-perpetrated, and that Islamic educational principles applied consistently within classroom management, alongside the home environment, can serve as an effective preventive and intervention measure by addressing victims, perpetrators, and witnesses alike. The study concludes that integrating Islamic values into classroom management and educational contexts offers a promising approach to reducing bullying among the millennial adolescent generation.