EXAMINING THE LOCAL PRACTICE IN MARITIME ENVIRONMENT AND HOW TO LINK IT WITH LEARNING PROCESS: CASE STUDY IN SMALL FISHING COMMUNITY IN SPERMONDE ARCHIPELAGO

Afdhal F. Syamsuddin
Master Candidate, S.Pd, Monash University, Australia, afdhalfatawuri@gmail.com

Abstract

The Spermonde archipelago is one of the most spreading areas of coral reefs in South Sulawesi. The problem now is that the potential is much damaged by the uncontrolled utilization by humans around it. Damage of this marine environment from the coast to the seabed leads to an imbalance between environment and life activities. Whereas, the government of Indonesia has announced that maritime environment as the focus to work on. For that reason, the authority needs to make sure the availability of the marine resources is not overexploited by all parties including the local community. Unfortunately, many small fishing communities are still operating unsustainable ways of fishing method. This paper is a case study which attempt to examine the local practice of fisherman community around Spermonde Archipelago in gathering the marine resources and why it can be endangered the sustainable living of the environment. An effort is needed to minimize the damage from environmentally unfriendly activities so as the reef and marine resources can be cultivated sustainably. Based on this review, it needs an understanding on the environment by the surrounding communities as the main actors to maintain and preserve their marine environment. This paper also links this practice to educational process and promotes students and teachers more sustainable ways of living and practicing their local practice. Using the notion of place-based education and pedagogies of place, the aim is to demonstrate how the infusion of local knowledge of a society into learning process can contribute to new insight in studying education for sustainability.

Keywords: local practice, marine environment, pedagogy of place, place-based education, education for sustainability