Arkki’s Practical Genius

The Arkki curriculum has made its way to Thailand. TFCC’s interns witnessed first-hand the innovative way Arkki uses with its students.

 

As interns at the Thai-Finnish Chamber of Commerce (TFCC), we had an opportunity to learn about the Finnish educational system, which is now available to Thai students to help them reach their full potential. 

This innovative education system from Finland has slight differences compared to the original Thai education system, which seems to emphasize academic subjects like mathematics, the sciences, and standardized testing. 

Arkki does not work this way. Its educational method, rather than relying on lectures, emphasizes practical work and hands-on experience to help students reach their full potential. 

Ms. Kaewkwan Hongsakul, the administrator of Thailand’s Arkki Academy, believes that the most valuable time to bring out a student’s potential is when the student is still a child. She also said that, for example, NASA prefers to work with children under the age of ten because, at that age, they have a great deal of creativity, and their potential has not been limited yet.

 

Focus on Learning, not Grades

The fashion studio as well as the creative crafts, digital design, and fabrication workshops are the four areas covered by Arkki’s creative education program imported from Finland. 

The names of classrooms indicate the activities and are not particularly related to the academic field. The classes are full of creativity and solving practical issues. 

The Arkki educational system places a premium on how its students think about and deal with problems. They don’t worry too much about grades and instead focus on the method. They do not use a grading system, prioritizing the process of learning instead of judging the students by their grades.

 

Class Sizes Capped at Sixteen

Arkki cares about the students since they have to deal with young children. In one classroom, one instructor is responsible for the education of only eight children, and the number of students allowed in a classroom is capped at sixteen. This demonstrates that they are more concerned with the quality of education than the number of students. 

Arkki also collaborates and works together with other major businesses such as Toyota, Ideo (condominium), and the Wildlife Foundation. This helps students to organize the tasks that they receive from the companies. 

Major companies are willing to use and develop those ideas from students in Arkki school. 

Having students of varying ages learn together in the same classroom will instill collaboration. Students who are older will teach and demonstrate their points of view to students who are younger in the classroom. In return, older students will have the opportunity to develop their abilities as leaders. 

Authors:

Siriluk Sirichaisukcharoen and Krittayot Kradangnga

 

 

Biokia Stands for Quality and Sustainability

The clean forests of northern Finland are ideal for growing berries: clean and bright, untouched, and free of pesticides. Nordic berries are an authentic superfood rich in nutrients and flavor.

In berries, all vitamins, flavonoids, trace elements, and dietary fiber are in natural form. Berries are an easy and delicious way to eat healthily and boost your wellbeing.

Biokia’s berries are handpicked to ensure the highest quality and sustainability of the forests. In addition to local berry pickers, hundreds of foreign berry pickers, including Thais, are also invited to come and pick berries during the season every year.

We take responsibility for paying a reasonable salary for our berry pickers. All our operations comply with the ISO 26000 Guidance on Social Responsibility.

Biokia’s products are now available also in Thailand.  Please find more information about the products and their distribution HERE.

Tutor e Institute Brings Digital Training to Asia

Tutor e Institute from Finland develops high-class e-learning in practice-oriented training and further training. Our mission is to make the world a better, safer, and cleaner place to live. Tutor e Institute digital training gives all the people skills and competence to succeed in life and know how to act.

Our target markets are in Asia and Africa, where experience and know-how are the keys to future success and our expanding digital course portfolio offers training for a diversified audience of professionals and aspirants.

We value practical skills, lifelong learning, quality of training, and high educational standards. We are a reliable partner for industries and educational institutions worldwide. With our digital e-Learning concepts, we offer solutions at the vocational level accompanying people during their lifelong learning process. Schools, colleges, universities, small and medium-sized companies as well as corporations are the users of our digital courses.

In developing our digital courses, we work closely with well-known international partners from industry and academia. In order to create innovative digital courses, we combine our didactic knowledge with the technical expertise of our industrial partners. The goal is to bring trainees, young or adult, learning experiences online with the latest technology and quality content in an entertaining way, thus giving them the best possible education.

Tutor e Institute’s digital portfolio includes a Career Awareness course with behavioral analyses, versatile courses in food safety and personal prosperity as well as courses in sustainability and circular economy.

Tutor e Institute is a member of Education Finland’s governmental education export program, which is governed by the Finnish National Agency for Education.

For more information please visit our website: https://tutoreinstitute.com/

 

Outi Suojanen

CEO, Tutor e Institute

HEI Way Finds Bangkok

HEI Schools is an award-winning international kindergarten from Finland that has consistently been ranked at the top of the World’s Best Education Charts.

The University of Helsinki, the school’s co-founder, is a part of HEI’s daily working team, constantly striving to research, plan, and innovate for a successful implementation of the Finnish early education system.

 

 

HEI Schools has been recognized through the Vuoden Huiput Grand Prix, Best Service & Product Award (2018), the Fast Company World Changing Ideas Award (2019), and the Hundred Innovation Awards (2019 and 2020).

Now, the HEI Schools concept has found its way also to central Bangkok, where a brand new campus opened in November 2021.

 

 

Contact:

HEI Schools Bangkok

Sukhumvit 36, Klongton Nua, Wattana, Bangkok

+6682-002-5555

 

KIS Celebrates Strong Results

The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme is respected around the world as one of the most rigorous high school diploma programs. Students select six IB courses at the end of 10th grade and work tirelessly for two years to sit the exams.

KIS International School’s graduating class of 2022 was challenged to handle this trying curriculum entirely during the pandemic. They began their IBDP courses in August 2020 and spent most of the following two years online or in a hybrid model of instruction.

As a result, forty percent of the graduating class undertook the additional challenge of a bilingual diploma, and forty percent also achieved a score of 35 or higher.

 

 

KIS’s IBDP average score of 33 continues to be above the worldwide average of 32, with an overall pass rate of nearly 90%. They leave KIS with the lifelong skills that the IB curriculum instills: principled, caring, and knowledgeable risk-takers ready to improve the world.

 

 

The students have been expertly guided by our faculty to develop skills in such areas as thinking critically and creatively, problem-solving, reflecting, communicating, social skills, collaboration, self-management, self-motivation, resilience, emotional management, time management, research, and information literacy. These skills allow the students to continue learning throughout their lives and to have what it takes to be the innovators of the future.

Thanks to the outstanding results, the students have been accepted at top universities around the world.

 

About KIS International School

KIS International School is known for its dynamic curriculum and passionate educators that guides students toward thinking for themselves and taking control of their learning. Students develop skills to help them become global leaders that can transform the world into one that is more compassionate, sustainable, and prosperous.

As the only school in Bangkok now offering all four IB programs, KIS is proud of its holistic educational approach to learning.

Information: [email protected] & www.kis.ac.th

Lappset Expands in Chiang Mai and Phuket

Lappset’s Castle Opening Soon at Ohkajhu in Chiang Mai

 
Ohkajhu is an organic food restaurant chain in Thailand who came to us with a fascinating new project of creating an outdoor play area for their original branch in Sansai, Chiang Mai. We were honored to be a part of this project to celebrate Ohkajhu’s success story, as they have expanded all over the country and brought healthy food to a new level in Thailand, and to introduce a new Lappset playground from Finland to Chiang Mai. 
 
We worked closely with the client and decided on a castle theme with neutral tone which complemented the greenery of the area. 
 
The playground is expected to be open in June 2022 at Ohkajhu Sansai Branch, Chiang Mai  (410 Moo 2 Chiang Mai Outer Ring Rd, Nong Chom, San Sai District, Chiang Mai 50210).
 
 

Thailand’s First Halo Cubic Now Open at Hyatt Regency Phuket

 
Halo Cubic by Lappset Finland is a modern treehouse that is both unique and playful. It is a perfect fit for Hyatt Regency Phuket Resort ’s new kids club area. The tall structure has been modified to perfectly fit the outdoor extension of the newly renovated kid’s club at the hotel. With various play functions in the three cubes and two massive slides, children and adults experience fun and excitement through exploring this 8-m high tower.  
 
Visit Thailand’s first Halo Cubic at the newly renovated Hyatt Regency Phuket Resort in Kamala Beach, Phuket (16/12 Moo 6 Kamala, Amphur Kathu, Phuket 83150). 

“Mien Made” Empowers Those in Need

Bangkok Patana School’s “Mien Made – Equity Partnership Programme” is a student-led project that helps preserve the Mien culture, providing the residents of rural Phayao a more sustainable future.
 
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MEMBER INTRO: LAPPSET

Park & Garden is a playground and recreational product specialist based in Bangkok, Thailand. For the past 27 years, Park & Garden has been representing Lappset Group (Finland) in the Thai market.
Lappset Group provides play and sport experiences for people of all ages. The company was founded in Rovaniemi, Finland, in 1970. It is made up of the parent company in Finland and subsidiaries in eight countries. Lappset’s network of partners, including Park & Garden, covers approximately 60 different countries all over the world.
To get more information or customize a play and sport project with Park & Garden, get in touch via the channels below:
Facebook: Park & Garden
Instagram: @parkandgarden_thailand
Phone: 02 936 6109

MEMBER NEWS: Bangkok Patana Starts Trialing with ATK Test Kits

Bangkok Patana School has started a trial program with ATK test kits for staff coming onto the school campus. The goal is to provide a safe, staggered, and controlled return to school for all staff and students.

The trial will help the school to set proper processes in place for the hopeful return of students to the campus in limited groups. Strict COVID-19 measures remain in place including social distancing with a reduction of all unnecessary contact across classes and teams, regular deep cleaning, and protective health and wellbeing measures.

Vaccination rates and ATK testing will also be factored into the reopening approval and planning. Currently 85% of the staff on campus are fully vaccinated and 99% of the staff have at least one vaccine.

Should the application be granted, Bangkok Patana hopes to bring back students over a period of weeks in small groups and with ATK testing kits to be sent home with students for testing at home.