Correlation between Religion and Value: an Experimental Research on the Awareness on Waste

This study aims to investigate the effect of Religious Education and Moral Information (RCME) courses on levels of religious knowledge, attitude about waste and awareness against wastage; ？t also examines the correlation between religiosity and value. In this study was used singlegroup pretest-posttest experimental design from preexperimental methods. The sample of study was composed of 59 pupils from sixth grade students who studies in secondary schools. Project-based and active learning-centered activities related waste and integrated with RCME courses have been implemented to students during 6 weeks. Research data were collected “Religious Knowledge and Attitude Scale” and “Awareness on Waste Scale”which developed by the researcher. Paired samples t-test, independent sample t test, one-way analysis of variance, pearson correlation test and was used in the analysis of data in the .05 significance level. The result of the study showed that while a positive correlation was found between Religious Knowledge and Attitude and Awareness on Waste of students. The results also indicated that RCME courses have positive effect on Religious Knowledge and Attitude and Awareness on Waste of students