Students’ Perception on Seaweed Resources at Amal Beach North Borneo

Abstract

Seaweed was one of the local potencies and commodities in Tarakan. Education was a strategic sector to introduce a certain local potency. This research aimed to analyze whether or not students were responsive to issues related to seaweed, investigate whether students had a solution to problems related to seaweed, and observe their interests to seaweed as a natural resource. The research method used in this research was the survey method. Research location was in SMPN 10 Tarakan, the only one junior high school in Amal Beach Tarakan. All students clarified that seaweed could be mostly found at Amal Beach. 78.19% of the students conveyed that they had no idea regarding issues related to seaweed at Amal Beach. The rests, 21.81% could define issues related to seaweed although they could not describe the issues in details. Among the 21.81% of students, there were no students that were able to give solutions to the problems. 78.19% of students declared that they were uninterested to learn stuff related to seaweed. Generally, this research indicated that students at Amal Beach strongly required acquisition and understanding of their local potencies. There were 47.27% of students interested in creating seaweed-based products; while the rests, 52.73% were uninterested in it.