RESOURCES

How to Teach Online (2021)

How to Teach Online is a self-study resource for teachers. It is the result of a research project into the current practices and needs of Myanmar teachers and students as they navigate the challenging world of online teaching and learning. Its purpose is to help teacher better make the transition from traditional to online teaching, in a way that encourages them to adapt what they already know, rather than relearning their profession.

For more free teaching resources, visit the Mote Oo Education website.

Community dialogue handbook (2018)

The practice of dialogue is central to nearly all Karuna Center programs. The mutual understanding and commitment built among dialogue participants serves as a foundation for broader outreach, advocacy, and community-building initiatives. This handbook was developed for the Myanmar context, and is also available in Burmese, Shan, & Kachin (Jingpaw).

In addition to this handbook, Karuna Center’s website has multiple resources on dialogue, training, decolonization, and documentaries.

LEARN AND SHARE TOGETHER (2018)

Part of People in Need’s peace education curriculum, this series includes both student and teacher guides. Available in English and Burmese.

People in Need’s website includes resources on human rights, documentaries, humanitarian aid, education and climate change.

inclusive peacebuilding (2021)

This manual is designed to support the delivery of a five-day online training covering topics related to peacebuilding in conflict settings. Thematic areas covered include: building skills to model peace; understanding behavior and emotional intelligence; and honouring and accommodating different learning styles. Available in English and Burmese.

Christian Aid’s website includes resources on climate justice, children and youth, education, and spirituality.

teaching for peace & social justice in myanmar: identity, agency & critical pedagogy (2022)

Bringing together scholars and educators based in Myanmar, the USA, the UK, Denmark, and Thailand, this book presents new perspectives and research on the struggle for social justice and peace in Myanmar at this critical juncture. It shows how actors from diverse backgrounds and regions of Myanmar are drawing from their identities, evoking their agency, and using critical pedagogy to advance social justice and peace. (Published by Bloomsbury Press.)

MAPPING OF INTERFAITH ACTORS IN MYANMAR (2017)

This study was commissioned in order to identify how best to ensure that religious minorities in Myanmar enjoy the same freedoms of belief as the majority religion.

The E-Learning Shift: Post-Secondary Education Realities and Possibilities (2021)

Commissioned by Mote Oo Education, this research was commissioned to identify: gaps in users’ knowledge and skills in relation to online teaching best practices; which educational technology tools and platforms (if any), as well as teaching methods, are most widely used; and limitations or barriers to successful online learning, and/or recommendations for improvements.

Arts-Based Adult Learning in Peacebuilding: A Potentially Significant Emerging Area for Development Practitioners? (2021)

This case-study outlines an arts-based peacebuilding programme embedded in intra-ethnic Rakhine asset-based community development (Myanmar). Arts-based components help build comprehension and retention of peace concepts, and motivation/confidence to apply new knowledge to daily interactions, supporting the overall aim of shifting conflict-repertoires. Art-based activities can be used as reflective learning processes producing modest, yet significant, shifts in repertoires.