Teaching for Peace and Social Justice in Myanmar

Mary Shepard Wong is Professor and Director of TESOL Field-Based Programs at Azusa Pacific University, USA. She is a three-time Fulbright Scholar (Hong Kong, Burma, Taiwan) and author/editor of four books including, as lead editor, Spirituality and English Language Teaching: Religious Explorations of Teacher Identity, Pedagogy, and Context (2018).

Foreword, Ardeth Maung Thawnghmung (University of Massachusetts, Lowell, USA)
Introduction: Teaching for Peace in Myanmar: What’s at Stake?, Mary Shepard Wong (Azusa Pacific University, USA)
Part I: Agency
1. Promoting Inclusion with Pro-Social Capital: From English Language Teachers to Agent of Social Change in Myanmar, Kyawt Thuzar (Independent Consultant, Myanmar) and Zoe Matthews (Art Resilience Consulting, Thailand and UK)
2. Lessons Learned Facilitating Dialogue to Bridge Divides within and between Diverse Communities in Myanmar, Kaung Zan (Independent Peace Educator, Myanmar) and Joanne Lauterjung (Independent Consultant, Myanmar and Thailand)
3. Case Studies in Using Creative Dialogue Structures to Foster Reflective Learning in Myanmar, Kaung Zan (Independent Peace Educator, Myanmar) and Joanne Lauterjung (Independent Consultant, Myanmar and Thailand)
Part II: Identity
4. Changing Narratives and Transforming Conflict through Non-formal Education for Youth in Rakhine State, Melanie Walker (University of New South Wales, Australia), Ko Thant (Independent Peace Educator, Myanmar) and Soe Khine (Independent Peace Educator, Myanmar)
5. Reframing Policy and Practice: Languages in Education as Resources for Peace in Myanmar, Jasmine Tintut Williams (Columbia Teachers College, USA) and Erina Iwasaki (Columbia Teachers College, USA)
6. Designing Peace Education for Community Based Action within Myanmar: Reflections of a Collaborative Approach, Grace Michel (UC Berkeley, USA) and Arkar Phyo Thant, (People in Need, Myanmar) and Katie Zanoni (University of San Diego, USA)
Part III: Critical Pedagogy
7. Peace Education in Myanmar’s Middle School Curriculum: A Qualitative Study of Educator and Expert Perspectives, Kinsa San Yi (Independent Consultant, Myanmar), Naw Sah Blute (Thabyay Education Foundation, Myanmar) and Radka Antalíková (Thabyay Education Foundation, Myanmar)
8. Putting Down Our Weapons When We Talk About History: Using Primary Sources Documents to Teach Multiple Perspectives on Burma’s Past, Rosalie Metro (University of Missouri-Columbia, USA) and Aung Khine (Mote Oo Education, Myanmar)
9. Researching Peacebuilding in Myanmar: Framing Research Questions with Our Grandparents’ Moral Imagination, Tony Waters (Payap University, Thailand)
Conclusion: Raising the Stakes: Re-Envisioning Socially Just Education for Myanmar, Mary Shepard Wong (Azusa Pacific University, USA)
Afterword, Ashley South (Chiang Mai University, Thailand)
References
Index