2018 IIME REPORTCountry/Region [ Sri Lanka ]School [ Vincent Girls’ High School ] Teacher [ S.J. Lerociyan ]Coordinator ［ Satomi Wada JOCV Batticaloa Municipal Council ］ Grade (11) Member (15)JP school [ Ena High School ] Teacher [ Kayoko Natsume ]# Subjects, Activities and Hours of the lessons
Subject
Conception of the lesson

Hours

MEET

Getting to know each other and culture

10

SHARE

Learning SDGs and choosing a topic they have the most interesting.

13

CREATE

Exchanging ideas of each design and appreciation our outcomes

15# Theme and Message of the muralTheme

Borderless Ocean

Message

We are all connected through the ocean, so we must work together to protect andpreserve that connection.

United thoughts to share withthe world# Effects and Problems
Effects your students have gained
Points for further improvement
Interests toward Japan and Japanese Solid Waste Interest towards their own Solid Waste Management
Management System.
System in Batticlaoa, Sri Lanka.

# How has your impression toward your partner’s country/region and the world changed?
Changes in the students
Changes in the teachers
They have never known Japan before this project, They have interests of Japan from the beginning, but
however, at the end of the project, they have more by seeing students presentation and remarkableinterests toward Japan, Japanese language, culture changing of their passion toward environmental
and solid waste management systems.
concerns, they appreciated involving this project.

# Flow of the Activity
ContentMonth
MEET
Selfintroduction

SHARE
Research onthe theme

UNITE
United message/

What you did

Your students attitude/reflection

MaytoSep.

Record self-introduction VTR
Making original intro-VTR
Arrangement of SKYPE

Sep.
toNov.

Arrangement of Presentation
regarding Sri Lankan Culture,Arrangement of Workshops
regarding SDGs.

They expressed interests toward Japan,
became more excited to see students inJapan through SKYPE, Their interests ofJapan gained more and more.
They tried to explain their own culture,
hometown, and school research in English
also enjoyed exchanging opinions withJapanese students through FORUM.

Dec.

Arrangement of Workshops
regarding
SDG
14andstudents’ discussion regarding
SDG 14, Mural design.

They learned current situations below theocean in the world and shared opinions ofenvironmental issues with other students.

Jan.
Feb.

Arrangement of 1st encounterof Gifu Ena High School
teacher in Sri Lanka on Jan.,2019.

After the visiting of Japanese teacher,their interests of protection of sea
animals and motivation toward painting
their own mural gained more and more.

CREATE

Feb.
Mar.

Arrangement of Final Report at
Municipal Council at Batticaloa.
Appreciation Ceremony atVincent Girls’ High SchoolStudents output their own learning
through this project and sent anenvironmental messages not only toschool students, but Batticaloa citizens.

CREATE

Mural design

CREATE
Mural painting

APPRECIATE
Reflection/Appreciation

SubjectMEETMEETSHARE# 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

Scenes / points teachers felt the effects
They prepared for what they wanted to explain regarding Sri Lankan
cultures, Batticaloa, also schools from the beginning of this session.

Understanding yourpartner's cultures

5

They quickly learned Japanese basic greeting and gained interests
toward Japan itself. They memorized Japanese all students’ name.

5

They researched Sri Lankan cultures and their hometown, Batticaloa andtheir own schools also their topics deeply by using pictures and slides.

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)

5

They are very talented in English. Their ability of English expression wasno problem at all. They were friendly, no hesitate to meet new people.
Regarding SDGs, their passion toward Environment was very high fromthe beginning. They learned what happened in the world deeply.

5Using SKYPE or FORUM, students enjoyed exchanging each opinion withJapanese students every time. They became good friends in the end.

5

5

5

Appreciation ability(the mural, the wholecollaborative learning)

5Japanese partner teacher visited Vincent Girls’ High School on Jan.,2019. Students got a chance to learn Japan and environmental problems
and real situation regarding SDG14 directly from Japanese teacher.
Students discussed their own thoughts and ideas to solve environmental
issues in the world several times and united them into the mural.
Participated students presented what they learned through this projectin front of Municipal Council head officers and also all students at theirmorning assembly. Local Media published this event to all citizens there.