Moral Disengagement in Middle School Students: Survey in Religious Education

Abstract

Indonesian culture has many schools which based on religion. The main objective of the Islamic school is to make their students have moral or wonderful behavior. The purpose of this study was to investigate moral disengagement of students at religious education. This survey on 171 students included female and male. Data analysis used descriptive as graph and percentage. Children can enroll to the religious schools. Profile shows that many children varieties such as gender, age. Student’s at moral disengagement was multiple diverse.

Teacher Perceptions in Implementing Religious Character Education in Elementary Schools

“…So, with the existence of faith owned by a human being, he will be afraid to make a mistake even though it is normal for humans not to escape mistakes [6]. With the existence of religious values in humans, they will try to avoid all forms of actions that lead them to sin or bad deeds [7,8].…”

“…The forms of delinquency that students in the school environment often carry ouinclude smoking, scribbling on school walls, speaking impolitely to fellow students and teachers, committing violence (bullying) and so on [10]. In connection with the student behavior problems that the authors have mentioned, an educator should equip himself with knowledge about psychology and the intricacies of student behavior, including the problem of delinquency that occurs in students, including its factors, characteristics, and things that are potent causes that trigger delinquent behavior, so that it will be handled appropriately and prevented [8].…”