REPORT Artmile International Collaborative Learning 2019
Country/Region [ Latvia ]School [ Talsi State Gymnasium ] Teacher [ Ieva Sebre ] Grade ( 11 ) Members ( 17 )JP school [ Okayama Ichinomiya Senior High School ] Teacher [ Hiroko Mesaki ]# Subjects, Activities and Hours of the lessons
Subject
Conception of the lesson
Sustainable development, sustainable living, sustainable production, sustainable
Social Studies
consumption, Zero waste

Hours
6Geography

Geographical characteristics of Japan

4

Culturology

Japanese culture and traditions

4

ArtHow to draw better and drawing

8# Theme and Message of the muralTheme
Message
United thoughts toshare with the world

12 theme: Sustainable consumption and production
We want to live sustainably!

# Effects and Problems
Effects your students have gained
Points for further improvement
An opportunity to engage with young people from In our opinion, the process was well organizedsuch a distant land and from such a different culture.

# How has your impression toward your partner’s country/region and the world changed?
Changes in the students
Changes in the teachers
The students acquired new information about Japan For teachers that was new knowledge obtaining andand sustainable lifestyle.
co-operation experience.

# Flow of the Activity
ContentMonthMEET
Selfintroduction

SHARE
Research on
the theme

UNITE
Message ofunited thoughts

CREATE
Mural painting

APPRECIATE
Reflection/
Appreciation

May,
August,September

September
October

October,November,
DecemberJanuary,
February

February,
March

What you did
Your students attitude/reflection
The discussion on
The students are very interested in theparticipation in the
new collaboration and activelyproject.
participate.
Getting to knowteachers, students andgetting to know thespecifics of schools.
School members are
introduced to theproject.
Share the researchwith the partners.
Think about the theme
connecting with theworld and with thefuture.
Deepen thecollaborative learning.
Make the problems
clear and discuss what
to do to solve them.

The research about Japan is being
made.
Discussing the topic of the project.
The students are happy to participate
in the project.

Unite both thoughts
derived through thediscussion.
Make a message toconvey to the world.

The students' attitude is serious, they
are aware of environmental problems.
They are becoming more responsible
every day.

The mural is being
drawn by the Latvianside.

All the students actively participate in
the painting process.

Displaying andappreciating the work.
Reflect the wholecollaborative learning.
Evaluate how mucheach one has grown.

The students are proud of their workand the opportunity to communicate
with the students from so distantcountry.

Subject

# 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

Understanding yourown cultures

5

Understanding yourpartner's cultures

5Information 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)

5555

The students from Japan had been done research on Latvia, our culture
and traditions. The students from Latvia were proud about their country,
culture, were delighted about how Japanese students were interested inthese matters.
At the beginning of our work, we made research about Japan getting toknow so much interesting!
Searching information about Japan, different sources were explored.
Ability to communicate with the students from Japan.
During the time of choosing the theme of the project and discussing
about the sketch of the drawing.
Participating in such projects is a realistic educational process.

5

It was possible to make a painting due to excellent co-operation with ourinternational partners and among our classmates.

5

During the discussions about the topic of sustainability and making thedrawing.

Appreciation ability(the mural, the wholecollaborative learning)

Scenes / points teachers felt the effects

Proudly made interviews with TV and newspapers journalists.
5