REPORT Artmile International Collaborative Learning 2019
Country/Region [ Mozambique ]School[ Escola Secundaria de Nkobe ] Teacher [ Art ] Grade ( age10-16 ) Members ( Art club )JP school [ Shotoku Gakuen Junior & Senior High School ] Teacher [ Kouhei ishida ]# Subjects, Activities and Hours of the lessons
Subject
Conception of the lesson

Hours

Art class

Exchange and Cross-cultural exchange and understanding

3

Art club activities

Understanding SDGs and initiatives for solving problems

4

Mural production design concept and production

10# Theme and Message of the muralTheme

Achieve our goals with a partnership

Message

Even if our problems are different, the future will always go in a good direction throughworking together to solve the problems.

United thoughts toshare with the world.

# Effects and Problems
Effects your students have gained

Points for further improvement

Connecting students from other countries was a truly

I am very sorry that school curriculum problems andvaluable experience for Mozambique students, and it wasinternet environment were very bad, and I couldn’t

very impressive to see that they were happy shining every

manage it well as expected.

day through the project.

# How has your impression toward your partner’s country/region and the world changed?
Changes in the students
Changes in the teachers
Before they worked on it, they knew nothing about their

Through this activity, I am very happy with the changes ofpartner country, but while I was working for the project , I

the students. The problems they have were different, butfelt that the students' attitudes changed. Even after thethey cooperated with each other towards the same

production, they were very interested in the other country

goal. I am satisfied that I noticed that.

and They were looking forward to seeing the completedmural as they drew first.

# Flow of the Activity
ContentMonthMEET
Selfintroduction

SHAREResearch onthe theme

UNITE
Message ofAprMay

Jun

united thoughts

CREATE
Mural painting

JunJulWhat you did

Your students attitude/reflection

・Description of Art Mile (MuralThe students listened very carefully toPainting)my explanation of the art mile・ After they made self-introduction

production. When they introduced(self-introduction

themselves, they made a clipboard ofcardsandclipboards), I sent them to the partner

their introduction until they werecountry.

satisfied.

・They did the Cultural Introduction

In the introduction of culture, they(Mozambique and Japan Intercultural

talked about how to tell the partner

Understanding)on the forum.

about their culture of their country until

・Theme learningthey were satisfied.

・(Fusion) Forming their thoughts

They were very enthusiastic about the(Creating a message for the world)

message they sent to the world and・(Creation) Mural production.

the design concept of the mural.

・Production (Share the production

It was very impressive to see theprocess with their partner at any time)gigantic canvas and paints that theySubject

Art clubsaw for the first time in the production,

Art clubArt clubArt clubwith their eyes shining.
APPRECIATE
Reflection/Appreciation

AugSep・Production (Share the production

The students felt achievement whenprocess at any time)they knew the mural was completed

Art clubwas conveyed.

# Effect and evaluation gained through the collaborative learning
Evaluation: Rank 5 to 1 (5: very effective / 4: effective / 3: so- so / 2: not so effective / 1: not effective at all)

Expected effect
Understanding yourown cultures
Understanding yourpartner's cultures
Information literacy(research, share)

Communication ability(interactive exchange)

Critical thinking(objective, logical views)

Active learningand action
Collaboration(in the class, with partners)

Expression ability(in words, in pictures)

Evalua
tion

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3
3
3
3
4
3

Appreciation ability(the mural, the wholecollaborative learning)

Scenes / points teachers felt the effects
They thought and understood the problems they had in their country.
They were trying to get to know each other's country.
They were looking into collecting information until they were satisfied.
The language was sometimes Portuguese,,and was translated into Japanese.
I sometimes found their ability to think about things objectively and logicallyhighten by the scene.
Everyone decided to share their roles, and they all helped each other.

They were working on the production, thinking about their partners country.

They made the design associated with the message until we were satisfied.

I think that they could look back on the whole activities they had been doing

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during their reflection.