Pahuwathanatham: A Learning Process Strategy of Ethnic and Religious Conflict Resolution

Abstract

—Conflict that occurs in South Thailand needs to be a concern, because it is related with ethnicity & religion conflict. The treatment difference makes conflict spreader and expanding that be able to intimidate nation sovereignty and concord. Therefore, it needs strategy of conflict solving that occurs in society, one of them can be done through problem solving capability. This article explains how Pahuwathanatham can try to solve conflict with problem solving strategy. Qualitative approaching of case study method is assumed accurate to analyze this conflict problem. The data collected with observation technique, deep interview and documentation study. Selection of informant for the research using a purposive sampling. The research informant consists of teacher, religion and culture figure, student, government, and SBPAC that is in the Narathiwat region, south Thailand. The result of research indicates that facing the conflict, school duty is trying to create a specific activity that intending to solve conflict through education, it is Pahuwathanatham activity. Learning on that activity can develop problem solving skill.