Economic Learning Pattern of Coastal Community at Kertasari Village West Sumbawa Regency

Abstract

This article is intended to determine the economic learning pattern of Kertasari community in West Sumbawa regency who works as seaweed grower. The present study employs qualitative approach. The subject of the study is they who work as seaweed grower at Kertasari village West Sumbawa regency. They are treated with snowball sampling which will be discontinued if the data obtained are considered saturated. The study emphasizes on how the economic learning pattern in perceiving internalization process of their owned positive economic values in attempt to improve social welfare. The findings of the study indicate the following things: (1) Community of Kertasari teach the generations to have early entrepreneurial, recognize nature and its phenomena; (2) the internalization process of local economic values mostly occurred in family, where the majority of the seaweed growers are women; (3) For Kertasari community, formal education does not play important role if they abandon their environment and culture; (4) Children in Kertasari are good at assisting their parent to make money; (5) They are used to make money by themselves to meet their needs. It is clear that they have already learned early entrepreneurship.