Efectivity of sea turtle watch program to increase student’s knowledge about sea turtle conservation in Pramuka Island

Abstract

Sea turtles are endangered creatures. Organization around the world are trying to have conservation activities for these creatures. The success of these activities need public knowledge about sea turtle conservation. Students as the element of society can get this knowledge through Sea Turtle Watch Program. This program implemented on September 2018 with 34 students from SMA Negeri 69 Jakarta. Students attended classroom activity, discussion, and turtle observation practice. Program evaluation data collected by pre-post test about students’ sea turtle conservation knowledge and perception of the program. Data were analyzed with t-test. The results showed that the data of students’ pre-test and post-test value have significant difference. This study concluded that Sea Turtle Watch Program increase students’ knowledge about sea turtle conservation and they have good perceptions about this program.