Negosiasi Agensi Pendidik Perempuan dalam Konstruksi Moderasi Beragama Multikultural

Sifa’ul Af’idah (Magister Pendidikan Agama Islam, Institut Ahmad Dahlan, Probolinggo, Indonesia)
Khoiriyah (Magister Pendidikan Agama Islam, Institut Ahmad Dahlan, Probolinggo, Indonesia)

Al-Ilmiya: Jurnal Pendidikan Islam
Vol. 2 No. 2 (2026): Al-Ilmiya: Jurnal Pendidikan Islam (September)

Religious moderation in education is shaped not only through curricula but also through educational actors’ responses to diversity. This study analyzes how female educators construct and negotiate agency in religious moderation practices within multicultural primary education. A qualitative descriptive approach was employed involving 20 female educators from Muslim, Christian, and Hindu backgrounds in Ngancar, Kediri Regency. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and analyzed using thematic analysis. The findings reveal four interrelated forms of agency: reflective and reciprocal agency, adaptation to diversity, negotiation between religious beliefs and local culture, and role modeling in tolerance practices. These findings demonstrate that religious moderation is constructed through educators’ experiences, interactions, and contextual actions. The study conceptualizes these interrelated processes as contextual moderation agency, while gender emerges as one of the contexts influencing the professional experiences of some female educators.