This study aims to analyze the implementation of the Love-Based Curriculum grounded in ta’dib values within Islamic Religious Education at Darul Ulum Banyuanyar Vocational High School, Pamekasan. The study employed a qualitative approach with a single-case study design. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews, observations, and document analysis involving the principal, curriculum administrators, teachers, and students. The data were analyzed thematically through coding, categorization, theme development, and interpretation. The findings indicate that the curriculum was implemented through the integration of love values into lesson planning, teacher role-modelling, respectful communication, religious habituation, discipline, and the school’s pesantren-based culture. Love served as the relational foundation, while ta’dib provided a normative direction through respect, responsibility, proper conduct, and the ethical use of knowledge. Its implementation was supported by leadership commitment, religious culture, and teacher exemplarity, but was constrained by uneven teacher understanding, limited training, the absence of operational guidelines, and unsystematic character assessment. The study highlights the need to institutionalize the curriculum through stronger policies, teaching instruments, supervision, continuous professional development, and evaluation tools grounded in love and ta’dib.
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