Educating Learners about "Maritime" Attitudes through Geography Education

1st UPI International Geography Seminar 2017

Ruhimat, M.^1

Department of Geography Education, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Jl. Dr. Setiabudi 229, Bandung

40154, Indonesia^1

关键词: Future generations;    Geography educations;    High school;    Land areas;    Marine environment;    Maritime environment;    Positive attitude;    Socio-cultural;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/145/1/012049/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/145/1/012049

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Places, spaces, and environments, are the major focus of geography. Therefore, the practice of Geography Education is expected to bring students closer to their environment. Indonesia is known as one of the largest maritime nations in the world, but the reality shows that to meet the domestic needs of salt alone, our country must import it. The current development is continuously oriented at and exploited the land area. Education units, starting from kindergarten, elementary, junior high to senior high school are very appropriate media to instil and cultivate a positive attitude towards the marine environment. This paper aims at get insight the role of geography education on build and grow the attitudes of Maritime of students at school in Indonesia. A strong foundation of maritime values based on the diversity of physical and socio-cultural potentials of a region, instilled in the environment of a unit of education, is expected to give birth to future generations that truly know, understand, and love the maritime environment within the framework of the territorial integrity of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia.