Editor(s): Eka Putra Ramdhani (Universitas Maritim Raja Ali Haji, Indonesia)Gabriele Weichart (University of Vienna, Austria)Zakariya Hama (Fatoni University, Thailand) and Hilfi Pardi (Universitas Maritim Raja Ali Haji, Indonesia)

ICOME 2021

Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Maritime Education, ICOME 2021, 3-5 November 2021, Tanjungpinang, Riau Islands, Indonesia

This book is the proceeding of the International Conference on Maritime Education (ICOME 2021) that was successfully held on 3-5 November 2021 using an online platform. The conference was mainly organized by The Faculty of Teacher Training and Education Universitas Maritim Raja Ali Haji (FKIP UMRAH). This conference aims to provide a forum for scholars, professionals, and academics to share their fruitful insights on current issues in education. Each participant will get an opportunity to expand their networks and collaborate at the ICOME 2021. The conference’s theme is “The Reinforcement of Educational System, Values, and Characters in Maritime Education”. The number of participants who joined the zoom room was recorded at 296 participants and 30 participants attended the conference directly at the Aston Hotel, Tanjungpinang, Indonesia. The 27 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 41 submissions. The papers reflect the conference sessions as follows: teaching methods and approaches, testing and evaluation, educational management and policy, designing syllabus and production of teaching materials, teacher training and professional development, digital literacy and technology usage for education, challenges and barriers in coastal education, character education in maritime context, curriculum development for maritime context, international, cross-national and domestic forces in the shaping of educational ideologies, educational systems, and patterns of teaching and learning.