Finnish Education Solutions

Play and game based pedagogy in early years language learning

We have field tested the solution in Rural Malaysian schools with almost 2,000 children in 3 years pilot programs. A case study and impact study available.

Participating children self expression, collaboration and especially english language skills has shown to improved a lot compared to control group.

Program is combination on mobile game and ready lesson plans supported by teacher training program to introduce play based pedagogy in pre- and primary schools. 

Main learning theories utilised in program:
●Communicative language teaching
○Focus on communicating by using the language
●Lev Vygotsky
○'zone of proximal development’, scaffolding
○learning as a social process 

●John Dewey: learning by doing

●Stephen Krashen: affective filter 
●Hermann Ebbinghaus's memory research
○Spaced learning is based on Ebbinghaus’s research

Pedagogical approach:

●Flipped learning
●Spaced learning
●Student centered
●Play based
●Immersion
●Digital tools & gamification
●Scaffolding and modeling

Communication skills, especially in English language, enable the rapid upward social mobility. Mastering English language also enables engaging more contents  from Internet and developes critical thinking skills

We are aiming to rural folks who lack of 21st century skills and English language proficiency making it very difficult to uplift their livelihood out from poverty.

We are introducing new modern way to make children active learners and enjoy the learning process.

Founder and CEO, Petri Karjalainen

It combines gamified learning with ready lesson plans - individual learning with learning in groups.

Yes. With several thousand beneficiaries

Dynamic mobile game connected to backend. Game content downloaded from backed for further progression and learning data recorded for analysis.

Even this is a game based solutions is designed to be used in elarning institution  as core part of 

The whole program has been designed so any teacher can provide language learning. They don't need to be proficient in the English language themselves.This why this can scale fast and large.

We are engaging third party institutions to de the impact study when the budget allows

We aim to engage 10,000 children in Malaysia and 1,000 in Thailand, only depending of available funding.

So far our programs in Malaysia and Thailand has been funded by foreign sponsors, local foundations and philanthropists.  We are trying to build up a more sustainable funding model for long term.

Finnish Education Solutions Sdn Bhd was established by encouragement of local Malaysian education officers in order to bring in the best practices and methods from Finland to Malaysia.

In Malaysia 2 full time and in Finland 5

We are well connected to education stakeholders in Malaysia and they would be willing to expand the initiative provided there is funding available.

Long track record in startups from zero to exit.

Larut Matang Dan Selama Education Disctrict Office inPerak, Malaysia. Co-organising the program in 31 if their schools.

Penang Math Platfrom: organising the program to local low income families sponsored by individual sponsors.

International Islamic University of Malaysia: organising the program as part of their post graduate student's "play based pedagogy" course and community service project to teach local poor children and "learning by doing" for the Uni students