INTEGRATION OF PEACE COMMUNICATION AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION IN EDUCATION SYSTEM: THE CASE OF MYANMAR

Education is always the foundation for the development in every country as it is essential for individual sectors such as politics, economics, social and cultural regardless of time and situation. Moreover, education can provide people knowledge, competencies, skills and attitudes that people powerfully engage in the development schemes of their societies. When figuring about education in the society is necessary for the public, peace communication and conflict resolution have been a key role for the diverse cultural communities with multicultural norms and practices to establish effective and sustainable development in education system. Promoting the education about peace and conflict resolution in the system can encourage the peace and stability of the communities and even to the students in their daily lives. The study focuses on integrating peace communication and conflict resolution in the education system and discusses about the direct and indirect approaches to the peace communication and conflict resolution education integration in Myanmar using case study research method presenting descriptive contexts, international examples and background information for in-depth analysis of various perspectives.

Culture Communication: Is an Effective Support for Conflict Resolution and Peace Process in Myanmar?

Culture is a system of shared belief and customs in the society. In other way, culture is the symbol of the life of people. Myanmar and its citizen has suffered the trauma of ethnic conflicts throughout the history since 1948. The governments of Myanmar throughout the times have also been finding the solution for conflict resolution and peace process based on the political approach. Now, it is the time for considering about an alternative approach to conflict resolution and peace process based on the culture which is the symbol of the people. The study aims to provide the new interpretation in completing conflict resolution by Myanmar government and a kind of support that can reveal the hidden and being forgotten cultures and identities of ethnic minority groups in Myanmar based on cultural communication. The researcher made two group discussions with ethnic people in two ethnic regions of Myanmar and had in-depth conversation for detailed facts and information. The research mainly presents the impact of culture communication as a better tool for conflict resolution and peace process based on the real voices of ethnic people

Enhanced thermoelectric materials based on Cu3SbSe3 for room temperature applications

Cu3SbSe3 is a ternary compound that is theorised as a new promising thermoelectric material due to its ultra-low thermal conductivity. Research have been carried out on enhancing thermoelectric performance of Cu3SbSe3 through secondary phase inclusions and different methods of synthesis. However, more investigation is needed for Cu3SbSe3 to be concluded as a high-performance thermoelectric material. Moreover, studies on effects of doping on thermoelectric properties of Cu3SbSe3 have not been widely carried out. Hence, this paper focuses on synthesising pristine Cu3SbSe3 through quenching-annealing and exploring how doping with Ag, Bi, Sn, Pb and Ge dopants on Cu and Sb sites affects thermoelectric performance of Cu3SbSe3. ZEM-3 and Laser Flash Analysis (LFA) were used to carry out thermoelectric measurements. Characterization on morphology was carried out using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and X-ray Diffraction (XRD). The findings showed that addition of dopants decreased electrical conductivity of Cu3SbSe3 and its thermal conductivity. Although low thermal conductivity is desirable for good thermoelectric materials, the reduced electrical conductivity led to an overall decline in Figure of Merit, zT, and Power Factor, PF, which are indicators of thermoelectric performance. Hence, pristine Cu3SbSe3 had the best thermoelectric properties among all the samples despite having higher thermal conductivity than doped samples. Possible causes for these findings and suggestions for future studies will be addressed in this report.Bachelor of Engineering (Materials Engineering