Tropical Studies Based on Social Enterprise Learning at Mulawarman University

Abstract

This study aims to determine students' understanding and perceptions of lecturers at Mulawarman University on applying tropical studies-based social enterprise in learning activities. This study uses a qualitative descriptive method of sampling groups of informants using purposive sampling, then snowball sampling to determine individual informants. The analytical technique used in this research is the categorization method to extract field findings into units of information which are then synthesized into themes to obtain a conceptual formulation related to the objectives of this study. The results showed that 72% of students and 57% of lecturers did not understand the concept of social enterprise, and 75% of lecturers who taught entrepreneurship courses were not interested in its conception.