MARINE EDUCATION THROUGH EXPERIENTIAL AND JOYFUL LEARNING-MARINE EDUTOURISM BASED ON POTENTIAL OF LANTEBUNG MANGROVE ECOSYSTEM TO IMPROVE STUDENT’S OCEAN LITERACY

Marine education is crucial for students as it provides a comprehensive understanding of the ocean and its resources, fostering a love for the ocean, and promoting responsible behavior towards marine conservation. South Sulawesi has high biodiversity, there Lantebung Mangrove ecosystem that represent biodiversity of mangrove ecosystem in Makassar. This research aims to 1) conduct a study of the potential of Lantebung Mangrove ecosystem for the development of marine education learning resources and 2) implement the experiential and joyfull learning-marine edutourism (EJoy-ME) learning model based on the potential of Lantebung Mangrove ecosystem to increase students' ocean literacy. The method used was observation of the natural resource potential of Lantebung Mangrove ecosystem and quasi-experimentation of the EJoy-ME learning model. The results of the study show that Lantebung Mangrove ecosystem has the potential to be developed as a learning resource for marine education through EJoy-ME. The implementation of EJoy-ME has been proven to be able to increase students' ocean literacy. The EJoy-ME learning model also received positive responses from students, namely satisfaction with the learning process and providing a pleasant learning experience.