REPORT Artmile International Collaborative Learning 2021
Country/Region [ Belgium ]School [ GO! Busleyden Atheneum Campus Pitzemburg ]Teacher [ Eef Haezebrouck / Katrien Petit / Steven Van der Taelen ] Grade ( 5 )JP School [ Nagano Nishi High school ]Teacher [ Hideo Saito ]# Subjects, Activities and Hours of the lessons
Subject
Conception of the lesson

Member ( 20 )Hours

Thinking

Class discussion

12

Studying

Research (in our neighbourhood and abroad)9

Creating

Drawing and painting

12# Theme and Message of the mural
Theme

Message
United thoughts toshare with the world

Let’s grow our future with good food and quality education.
"Let’s grow our future with good food and quality education.
We want a world where all people can eat a full meal, study, and live happily and safely. To
realize that end, don’t pretend to understand, but know what’s actually going on. Then takeaction in small ways. What we can do is close at hand. Let’s donate to organizations thatprovide food aid. Let’s give a helping hand to those who are in need. Let’s be grateful forour daily lives and focus on the world and the SDGs. Let’s learn about the SDGs in our daily
lives and expand our circle of cooperation to the world."
Let’s be grateful for our daily lives. Let’s be grateful for the chances we get, for the chanceto spread our message of hope and universal values and sustainable cooperation.
What we really need is a big system change and a different way of thinking so all people
across the world can profit.

# Effects and Problems
Effects your students have gained- Deepening their thoughts, exploring theSDG’s-

Points for further improvement
The discussion never ends, there’s stillwork in the future.

# How has your impression toward your partner’s country/region and the world changed?
Changes in the students
Changes in the teachers
They have gained more knowledge of the Japanese We have gained knowledge about different points ofculture. About collectivism. They know a global view, depending on cultural identity.
change is needed.

# Flow of the Activity
ContentMonth
MEET
Sep
Selfintroduction

SHARE
Research on
the theme

UNITE
Message ofSep/octNOV

united thoughts

CREATE
Mural painting
APPRECIATE
Reflection/AppreciationJan/FebFeb

What you did
Your students’ attitude/reflection
Make introduction videos Presenting themselves to ‘strangers’
about ourselves and our city City exploration
Visiting local initiatives
Presenting them

They know now our city does a lot forfighting poverty though education andreducing food loss (food aid). Our
partner’s city has similar initiatives

Uniting both themes andcomparing them to themessage our partner school
made. Adjusting them to one
another.
Sketching in group
Drawing and painting

They added elements, from theircultural point of view, to the message
our partner school composed.

Comparing the final drawing
with the message we wanted
to depict and spread

The creating was slow. Painting createddiscussion. Cooperation wasn’t obvious
and needed adjusting.
They were very proud of the final result.

Subject/

SDG 2and 4

SDG 2and 4

SGD 2and 4
SDG 2and 4# 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 effectEvaluation

Cross-cultural
understanding4

Critical thinking(objective, logical views)

4

Active learningand action

4

Collaborating withdifferent people

5

Expressing in words,in shape

4

Scenes and reasons that teachers felt the effects
We learned a lot about different points of view linked to cultural identity
and state structure. Collectivism versus individualism.
We were really challenged to broaden our point of view. This lead to a
lot of discussion. We tried to change our views about some of thethemes.
We gained more knowledge about the SDG’s and how they can beaccomplished in different ways. We tried to use new ways of classdiscussion.
Our partner school was very active and communicative. We used theforum a lot. It was very nice to receive feedback quick. We are very
grateful that we had the opportunity to work with such a great partner
school.
We liked the symbolic elements both schools added to the drawing.