REPORT Artmile International Collaborative Learning 2020
Country/Region [ France ]School[ Groupe Scolaire Carlepont ] Teacher [ Jean-Marie Lelong ] Grade ( 5 )JP School [ Souri Elementary School ]Teacher [ Ryosuke Takesako ]# Subjects, Activities and Hours of the lessons
Subject
Conception of the lesson
ART

Member ( 22 )Hours

painting techniques, colors, shapes, perspective, shadows, ...

15

SOCIAL &ENGLISH

culture, traditions, way of life, customs, institutions, ...

15

COMPUTER

research, reading documents on Japan, on painting.

10# Theme and Message of the mural
ThemeMessage

WHAT KIND OF FUTURE DO WE WANT AFTER THIS PANDEMIC?
WE WANT A NEW START TO BE DECIDED.

United thoughts toshare with the world# Effects and Problems

Effects your students have gained
Points for further improvement
Our students appreciate the values, beliefs and We would like more contact between students,
traditions from Japan. We wanted them to especially with videoconferencing.
communicate through language, art and video using
different techniques. The planned actions have also
given students access to rights and duties as well as
responsibilities, to achieve global citizenship.
Our actions are based on key skills: communication in
the mother language, communication in a foreign
language
Mathematical
literacy
andbasiccompetences in science and Covid !, Digital Culture,learning to learn, Interpersonal, intercultural and socialand civic competences, entrepreneurship, culturalexpression. The actions put in place to discover Japan(geography, history, symbols, traditions, language,customs, daily life, fairy tales, famous characters, ...).
# How has your impression toward your partner’s country/region and the world changed?
Changes in the students
Changes in the teachers
new skills and knowledge were acquired by students, the motivation for such exchanges and theespecially in the use of English, knowledge of a new multidisciplinary aspect to develop in order to makecountryJapan(culture,lifestyle,history,geography, ...); the pleasure of working in a team and the most of the objectives of this program.
participating in a collaborative project, and of course
about the Covid-19 and our special way of life since
one year.

# Flow of the Activity
ContentMonthMEET
Selfintroduction

SHAREResearch onthe theme

UNITE
Message ofSeptNov

Dec

united thoughts

CREATE
Mural painting

APPRECIATE
Reflection/
Appreciation

JanFebMarch

What you did
Presentation of the programand Japon; way of life,
culture,history,…

Your students’ attitude/reflection
Students studied Japan; they preparedpresentation illustrated cards withphotos. Publication of articles, videos
and photos on our website.

Work on cutting the mural:
how to divide into two equalparts, find an original way.
Studies about Covid-19.

Publication of articles, videos andphotos on our website about the Covid19.

ScienceStudents
exploredtheJapaneseenvironment
painted on the mural. they
study fauna and flora andthe risks of pollution.
In 5 groups, students paintthe mural after choosing
colors.

They chose that they want to draw.
Publication of articles, videos andphotos on our website.

ArtPreparation of the muralpresentation ceremony atschool.

The first drawings are done in pencil on
the mural. The size of each is studied
accordingtotheirimportance.
Publication of articles, videos andphotos on our website.
making a video in class to present thefresco and explain the different
illustrations it contains.

Subject

EnglishHistory
EnglishArt

French# 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 effectCross-cultural
understanding

Critical thinking(objective, logical views)

Evaluation

4

4

Active learningand action

4

Collaborating withdifferent people

5

Expressing in words,
in shape

4

Scenes and reasons that teachers felt the effects
The work done in class on French culture and Japon culture allowed
students to better understand their country and its history, andtherefore to better understand another cultural identity.
The many choices that have been made in this program have shownstudents how listening to the other in front of their own thinking allows
them to progress. Criticism and self-criticism were the basis ofreflection and cooperative work.
This collaborative and cooperative program conducted in the classroom
is fully in line with the active pedagogy that we are carrying out, inparticular in pedagogy by project. The acquisition of skills andknowledge takes place in a calm and motivating school climate.
The creation of the Franco-Japanese fresco is the subject ofcooperative work at two levels: with the Japanese partners and also
between our students who must achieve real teamwork. It is at the very
heart of the program that contributions appear when our young artists
discover the need to collaborate, share, exchange, to create!
The multidisciplinary aspect of the program allowed students toprogress in French, civics, Art, English, ... Progress was also noted inscience about the Covid-19.