English Oral Communication
English Oral Communication
     Sri Hidayati1+
                                      1,2,3,4
                                                Indonesian Education University, Bandung, Republic of Indonesia.
     Ishak Abdulhak2
     Dinn Wahyudin3
     Rusman Rusman4
                                                                                                                   (+ Corresponding author)
                                                                                       ABSTRACT
Article History                       This study aimed to test the impact of government commitment, curriculum
Received: 17 April 2020               development, and education and training, either directly or indirectly through school
Revised: 19 May 2020
Accepted: 24 June 2020                management and business actors' participation in maritime learning activities to
Published: 7 July 2020                develop student competencies. This research was conducted in five junior high schools
                                      in North Jakarta and Java provinces, Indonesia. The sample size was 175 students of
Keywords                              grade IX selected through random sampling techniques. Data was collected through a
Collaboration                         questionnaire distributed to student respondents, and interviews and focus group
Curriculum Development                discussions with school principals and teachers. Specifically, testing was performed
Government Commitment
Learning Facilities                   before the questionnaire was administered to determine its validity and reliability using
Marine Learning                       the help of the SPSS program version 24.0. The responses to the questionnaire were
Students' Competencies
                                      processed and analyzed using SEM techniques with the Lisrel 2 version 8.70 program.
                                      The findings revealed that variables of government commitment, curriculum
                                      development, education and training, directly and indirectly, through school
                                      management and business actors’ participation, have a positive effect on maritime
                                      learning activities. Furthermore, maritime learning activities also have a positive
                                      impact on the development of students' competencies, especially in making career
                                      choices, developing entrepreneurial aspirations, and developing the love of marine life.
                                      On this basis, marine learning activities require attention to influence variables along
                                      with indicators that contribute to each of the variables studied. The development of
                                      marine competence requires supporting facilities, establishing cooperative relationships
                                      with parties outside of school, apprenticeship or training assistance, the availability of
                                      learning media (including digital technology as a source of knowledge, information,
                                      etc.).
Contribution/Originality: This study is a unique attempt to examine the impact of variables like government
commitment, curriculum development, and education and training maritime learning activities at two levels: first
directly through school management and participation of business actors; second, indirectly by developing students’
competencies.
 1. INTRODUCTION
      A maritime curriculum in educational institutions awakens students' insights, awareness and love for the sea
that surrounds the Republic of Indonesia, an archipelago consisting of more than 17 thousand large and small
islands. Most of the Indonesians depend on sea and maritime activities not only for their livelihood but also they
develop their culture through sea exploration. Historically, Indonesians are well-known as a maritime community
with resilient seamen and maritime-based familial history, who have brought gloryto the nation, and who travelled
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throughout the world. But the reality also shows that some Indonesians have shifted to look for a source of life to
another job, because sea is now considered less fulfilling for their life.However, there is still education which
provides students enough orientation to the sea in Elementary Schools (SD & MI), Junior High Schools (SMP /
MTs), and Middle Schools (SMA / MA).The aim is to develop students' attitudes, knowledge and skills about
maritime (Center for Curriculum and Bookkeeping, 2017). Especially for junior high school students, it was stated
that marine education in SMP / MTs aimed to make students proud to be a part of maritime nation by knowing
history, to have a sense of caring attitude towards the preservation of the coastal and marine environment, to have
knowledge of coastal and marine ecosystems and natural phenomena that occur, to foster creativity and
entrepreneurial spirit with knowledge of the potential and utilization of marine resources, to foster a spirit of
nationalism, and develop maritime character to confidently participate in preserving maritime culture.
      The current ruling government pays special attention to exploring and exploiting the potential of the sea,
especially in supporting the country's foreign exchange income and economic growth. The contribution of the
marine economy alone is quite large part of the national gross domestic product (GDP), which constitutes also
activities like oil extraction, natural gas and other marine mineral resources. In 2013 the fisheries and marine
sector, for example, alone contributed 3.21% to GDP, which increased to 6.5% in 2014. On the other hand, foreign
exchange earnings from the marine tourism sector in 2013 accounted for around 30% of the total national tourism
revenue of US $ 10.1 billion (BPS., 2015). This trend has continued till the current time.
      There has been an overwhelming contribution of marine based businesses and activities such as fishing and
trading marine minerals to education sector. However, the potential of the abundant marine resources have not
been utilized optimally. It is not only the government that seeks to improve all forms of businesses sourced from
the marine sector; the marine sector also holds big promises for universities and students. There are 5 (five) aspects
included in the maritime curriculum namely: maritime resources; geomaritime and marine dynamics; sea
transportation and maritime industry; history, culture and maritime innovation; and geopolitics, law and maritime
security (Center for Curriculum and Bookkeeping, 2017). Each aspect is broken down into sub-aspects for preparing
learning material to generate awareness, interest, and foster student competencies as a basis for working in this
sector. There are still many problems felt in utilizing this sector, especially in terms of making a source of economic
growth (Wibowo, 2017). Latifah and Larasati (2017) stated that one of the obstacles faced was the lack of
supporting facilities for the management and utilization of marine resources. Bappenas (2018) states that the main
obstacle in realizing marine fishery activities are fisheries management, law enforcement, and inadequate fisheries
business. Public interest in exploiting the potential of the sea as a promising source of business is still far from
expectations. In the medium and long term, it is necessary to awaken the soul and maritime spirit of the Indonesian
people. Marine education and developing learning curricula for students is one good strategy. This allows students
to involve from an early age to get to know, understand, and ultimately direct the love and orientation of marine
and sea life.. However, it is recognized that success in achieving these goals is not easy. It requires government's
strong commitment in the form of appropriate policies and strategies. It also needs a systematic and effective
maritime curriculum for maritime education and training. These are prerequisites to influence the educational
environment and to manage maritime learning and involve public business participation in implementing maritime
curriculum learning. Having these prerequisites will affect the development of student competencies in the marine
field. This paper therefore attempted to investigate the impact of government commitment factor (KSI1), maritime
curriculum development (KSI2) and maritime education and training (KSI3) as exogenous variables on school
management (ETA1), involving business community participation (ETA2), in the implementation of maritime
curriculum learning (ETA3). The last three variables are are also thought to influence the development of student
competencies (ETA4). On the other hand an indicator contribution will also be analyzed for each variable so that
conclusions can be drawn and recommendations can be provided .
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2. LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1. Maritime Potential
      A maritime country is defined as a country that has a large sea area that stores abundant resources. Maritime
countries prioritize marine resources for economic development and the welfare of its people. This understanding is
relevant to see the geographical characteristics of Indonesia as an archipelago which has thousands of islands and
the second longest coastline in the world at the intersection of two continents, namely Asia and Australia, as well as
the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean, thus placing an important and strategic position regionally and globally. With
full sovereignty of 3.2 million km2 of water and sovereignty rights of around 2.6 million km2 in the Exclusive
Economic Zone (EEZ), Indonesia is rich in resources sourced from marine life for the interests and progress of the
nation. The current ruling government places special emphasis on maritime potential. The potential of the sea, the
coast-line and small island resources are optimally managed to support economic development and improve the
quality of life of the community. The sectors benefited include tourism, biotechnology and biopharmacology,
minerals, deep sea water, shipping and transportation, renewable energy, offshore aquaculture, and many others.
The government is committed to the maritime sector as one of sustainable development by maintaining a balanced
management of development resources, supporting economic growth, and improving the welfare of the community,
and maintaining environmental quality. From this angle, marine, coastal and small island resources are considered
strategic as suppliers and alternatives for economic development that are faced with reduced carrying capacity of
the land. The reality of marine sector productivity shows an increase from year to year (BPS., 2015).
      The abundant potential of marine resources has revived the spirit of the Indonesian maritime community.
However, this effort requires government commitment, not only to issue appropriate and directed policies and
strategies, but also provide support from other aspects in the form of adequate supporting facilities such as
transportation and infrastructure, security guarantees and assistance to the fishing communities involved in the
marine sector. In other words, these requirements also attributes that could influence the government commitment
(KS1) the exogenous variable of this study. Eventually, this is also going to influence school management, business
participation, and maritime learning activities, the other variables of this study. Sariwulan, Agung, Atmadiredja,
and Sudrajat (2019) suggest that there is a relationship between the government's commitment and the
performance of organizations, employees, and their learning (see also: (Hidayat, 2013; Suryana, 2016)).
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supported by other aspects such as books / learning modules, infrastructure, funding, and experts related to
maritime learning. All these aspects are thought to influence maritime learning activities.
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in accordance with the objectives and expected outcomes (Kotter, 2004; Luthans, 2014; Marquardt, 1996;
Mortimore, 1998; Nanus, 2001). The importance of maritime curriculum integration must be reflected in the
concept of School-Based Management, as a manifestation of a decentralized spirit of education that gives schools
greater authority and flexibility in managing all aspects of education in their institutions that lead to school
progress (Law of Republic of Indonesia, 2003). Various aspects need to be considered to integrate the maritime
curriculum as one element of learning in school management. Temporary estimates of school management in
maritime learning are not only influenced by the availability of the curriculum as teaching material, but also need to
be supported by funds, availability of maritime learning facilities inside and outside of school, as well as relevant
expert assistance to assist intra-curricular, extra-curricular cooperative and curricular activities at school. Maritime
learning in schools is not enough to be done only by teachers and instructors who have been educated and trained,
but support is also required from relevant experts outside the school. However, regardless of these indicators as
resources, maritime education tends to move to failure.
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                       Figure-1. The influence of the maritime learning activities on the development of students competenciesdy.
                          Source: Study the influence of the maritime learning activities on the development of student competencies: case study.
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3. METHODOLOGY
      This paper is a part of research on the application of maritime curriculum. It can be seen as a case study that
focuses on five state junior high schools:(Indonesian: Sekolah Menengah Pertama Negeri / SMPN), namely: SMPN
Hang Tuah 2 in North Jakarta CityDKI Jakarta Province; SMPN Pulau Harapan in District Pulau Seribu - DKI
Jakarta Province; SMPN 2 Pandeglang Regency - Banten Province; SMPN 13 in Cirebon city - West Java province;
and SMPN 9 in Tegal city - Central Java province. All the sampled schools are located close to the sea area, and
they are a part of the community life from this maritime sector.
      All respondents were junior high school students of class IX and who had received maritime education since
class VII. 35 students of class IX from each school were selected as sample with a random technique, which means
that all students had the same opportunity to become research sample. Explicitly, overall sample from five schools
totaled 175 students. Data and information collection was carried out through questionnaire distribution techniques
to student respondents. Other data collection tools included interviews with the school principals and teachers, as
well as focus group discussions (FGD) with participants comprising officials, entrepreneurs, principals, teachers,
and community leaders. The questionnaire was validated and verified using the product moment test criteria of
Pearson and Cronbach Alpha SPSS version 24.0. The analysis was done using the Structural Equation Modeling
(SEM) LISREL 8.70 program. The analysis was also conducted with a sample meeting the requirements of more
than 100 respondents (Haryono & Wardoyo, 2017; Kusnendi, 2009).
4. FINDINGS
4.1. Characteristics of Respondents
      Out of the sample of 175 grade IX junior high school students of five schools of Indonesia, 92 students (52.75%)
were male and 83 (47.43%) were female. The average age of respondents was 15 years (61.71%) with the youngest
was 14 years (20%) and the oldest was 16 years old (18.29%). Most students (84.57%) belonged to families with
intact parents, while the rest (15.43%) informed that they lived jointly with brothers / sisters, uncles / aunts, and
other relatives. The distance of the respondent's place of residence from the study site was about 10 kilometers far
and the closest one was only a few hundred meters.
      Generally students reached school on foot, or take public transportation, or a ride on a two-wheeled motorcycle
or a ride with friends, and some of them were driven in a car by parents or drivers who worked in their families.
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The work of the respondent's family included government jobs, military, fishermen, fish traders, food stall vendors,
farmers, workshop workers, laborers, and like (Table 1). The level of income also varied from under 1 million
rupiah every month to more than 20 million rupiah a month ($ 1 USD = 14,000 rupiah). Relatively small income
levels respondents who earned below one million rupiah worked as construction laborers, or farm and market
laborers while respondents above one million earned income from various jobs.
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      The structural model in Figure 2 also shows the results of hypothesis testing between the variables studied, as
follows (Table 4). Table 4 shows that the government commitment variable (KSI1), maritime curriculum
development (KSI2), and maritime curriculum education and training (KSI3) have a positive influence on school
management (ETA1), business actor participation (ETA2), and maritime learning activities (ETA3) ). The
curriculum development variable (KSI2) has the highest influence on school management (ETA1), business actors
(ETA2), and maritime learning activities (ETA3) as compared to the other two (KSI1 and KSI3). On the other
hand, ETA1 and ETA2 have almost the same influence on maritime learning activities (ETA3), and furthermore
ETA3 has a considerable influence on the development of student competencies in the maritime field (ETA4).
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      However, the effects of KSI1, KSI2, and KSI 3 on ETA1 and ETA2 did not show significant differences, except
for the effect on ETA3. The influence of ETA1 and ETA2 on ETA3 also did not show significant differences. If
observed, KSI1, KSI2, and KSI3 showed considerable influence on ETA3, and subsequently ETA3 showed
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significant effect on ETA4. Looking at the significant impact of these variables indicates that these variables need to
be taken into account in influencing student learning (ETA3) and student competence development (ETA4).
      The results of the analysis illustrated the relationship between variables. Each indicator in this study also
contributed to exogenous and endogenous variables. Table 5 shows the relationship between the indicator and its
variables.
5. DISCUSSION
      The variable under influence is called the exogenous variable, while the recipient of the effect is called the
endogenous variable. Table 4 shows the exogenous variables KSI1, KSI2, KSI3 have a positive influence on the
endogenous variables ETA1, ETA2, and ETA3. Furthermore, the variables ETA1 and ETA2 become exogenous
variables since they too have a positive influence on the endogenous variables ETA3. Finally, the ETA3 variable
becomes an exogenous variable that influences the ETA4 endogenous variable. This section discusses the
contribution of the indicators of each variable under study.
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theories. Students who gain hands-on experience from work environment also get the opportunity to apply the
theoretical principles to real work problems and benefit from such interactions in the real world. Students'
perceptions are in line with the opinions of experts, internships which fosters their entrepreneurial spirit (Arum &
Indriayu, 2017; Backes-Gellner & Moog, 2008; Ooi, Selvarajah, & Meyer, 2011). According to Cohen (2014)
practical experience available during internships helps to summarize the gap between academic knowledge and the
application of theoretical knowledge.
6. CONCLUSION
      The findings, results and subsequent analysis of this study reveal that maritime learning activities affect the
development of student competencies . The maritime learning activities themselves are influenced by complexity
factors, including government commitment, curriculum development, education and training, school management,
and the participation of business actors. These factors are exogenous variables that influence school management,
business actor participation, and maritime learning activities, and then influence student competency development.
      It is suggested that maritime learning activities need to pay attention to the existing influence variables. From
each such variable, it is necessary to consider indicators that contribute to maritime learning. This study shows the
indicators of facility support provide the highest value on the variables of government commitment, curriculum
development, and training and education. In the school management variable, the indicator that gives the highest
value is the establishment of cooperative relations or collaboration between the school and parties outside the
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school related to maritime learning. In the business participant variable, the indicator that gives the highest score is
internship assistance or training for students. Indicators that contribute the highest value to the maritime learning
activity variable are the availability and use of instructional media (including internships and the use of digital
technology as a source of knowledge, information, etc.). Finally, in the variable of student competency development,
the indicator that contributes the highest value is the possibility of students making work choices after completing
education or developing business in this sector later in their lives.
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