Educazione: Journal of Education and Learning
Vol. 3 No. 2 (2025)

Modernization of Pesantren Education in the Reform of Indonesia's Islamic Education System: A Systematic Literature Review

Rita Sriayu (Universitas Islam Negeri Sultan Aji Muhammad Idris Samarinda, Indonesia)
Siti Kamilah (Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Tarbiyah Balikpapan, Indonesia)
Muchammad Eka Mahmud (Universitas Islam Negeri Sultan Aji Muhammad Idris Samarinda, Indonesia)
Muljono Damopolii (Universitas Islam Negeri Alaudin Makasar, Indonesia)
Fitrah Elnurianda (Universitas Islam Negeri Sultan Aji Muhammad Idris Samarinda, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
21 Dec 2025

Abstract

As the oldest Islamic educational institutions in Indonesia, pesantren face transformative pressures from globalization, digitalization, and national education reform, yet existing scholarship on their modernization remains fragmented across separate dimensions. This study aims to identify the concept and typology of pesantren modernization, to analyze the forms of transformation within the pesantren education system, and to describe the implications of that modernization for the development of Islamic education in Indonesia. It employs a Systematic Literature Review guided by the PRISMA 2020 framework, searching six databases, namely Google Scholar, SINTA, Scopus, ScienceDirect, ERIC, and DOAJ, from which 24 of 263 identified articles met the inclusion criteria. The synthesis reveals that modernization proceeds across four interdependent dimensions, namely integrative curriculum, active-participatory learning methods, professional institutional management, and digital technology adoption, and that pesantren respond through three typologies: progressive adaptive, selective adaptive, and resistive. These findings imply improved graduate competencies, a strengthened social function, and the emergence of a hybrid model that holds tradition and modernity together. The study recommends a transformative-integrative model of pesantren education responsive to twenty-first-century needs.

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educazione

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Religion Humanities Education Social Sciences

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Educazione: Journal of Education and Learning is a medium of communication for researchers, academicians, and practitioners that provides a means for sustained discussion of relevant issues that fall within the focus and scopes of the journal, which is examined empirically in the areas of learning, ...