This is Why You Deserve a Good Holiday This Summer!
Saying this spring has been tough on parents and school staff is an understatement to say the least. Here we give you five good reasons why you should enjoy a laid-back holiday this year.
Talented in Maths? – How to Keep Students Motivated?
Maths is often approached as a subject that is hard and boring to learn. This mindset seems to be much more tolerated with maths than many other school subjects.
Rewarding, Challenging, Educating
End of February 2020 seems like lightyears away now. We were extremely happy to have organized the second annual Finnish Education Expo Middle East in Dubai.
Seeing The Good in Your Students Helps Them To Flourish
Kaisa Vuorinen is the founder and CEO of Positive Learning Ltd, a company which promotes and teaches positive pedagogy. Here she tells us about what the movement is about.
Individualise Your Teaching With The Help of Digital Assessment
As children are learning new ways to study, student assessment takes new forms as well, and that has an impact on teaching. This school term has turned out to be wildly different from what any of us – teachers, principals, students or parents – ever expected.
Voice and Laughter – How to grow student engagement online
Student engagement poses new possibilities and challenges as we have moved to remote teaching and learning. Finnish education expert working in Abu Dhabi, Jaakko Skantsi discusses key learnings on student engagement during the Covid-19 era.
5 Ways Play Enhances Learning
Play teaches kids about social, interpersonal and problem solving skills. It increases creativity and resilience – all these being skills considered to be key players in the future of work.
The UAE is the perfect launchpad for EdTech solutions
Digital learning and communication environments are an essential part of today’s education.
It’s All About the How
I am so used to educators in the Gulf region coming to talk to me at events saying how they admire the Finnish education system.