2018 IIME REPORTCountry/Region [ Pakistan ]School [ Mansehra Public School & College ] Teacher [ Bushra Rehman ] Grade ( 7-12 ) Member ( 16 )JP school [ Otemon Gakuin Otemae Junior & Senior High School ] Teacher [ Emiko Yoshida ]# Subjects, Activities and Hours of the lessons
Subject
Conception of the lesson

Hours

Social Studies

Knowing Japan, their geography and seasons,

10Culture

Explore the culture of Pakistan and Japan

30

Painting the mural20

Art & Craft# Theme and Message of the mural
ThemeHarmony among the cultures

Message

There are always things among different cultures and communities which are common.
So we always should look for the similarities and appreciate the differences.

United thoughts toshare with the world# Effects and Problems
Effects your students have gained
Points for further improvement
The project helped the students to explore the culture Effort should be made to develop deep connection
and seasons of Pakistan and Japan. It also helped the at students level also besides institutional level.
students to develop communication skills, understandimportance of working collaboratively. The confidence
and research skills of students increased. They learnt
art of appreciation and reflection.
# How has your impression toward your partner’s country/region and the world changed?
Changes in the students
Changes in the teachers
Students came to know that the partner country also There are always some similarities in different
has four seasons. They got to know the friendly and cultures. The world need to be more connected.
loving nature of the partner school students.

# Flow of the Activity
ContentMonthMEET
Selfintroduction

SHARE
Research onthe theme

UNITE
United message/Sept

OctNov

Mural design

CREATE
Mural painting

APPRECIATEReflection/Appreciation

JanFebMar

What you did
Created video and shared
introduction pictures andvideo on Forum PreparedPowerPoint presentation toshow the different culture
aspects of Pakistan.
We did an Introduction Skypesession on 26th September
2018 to get to know eachother.
Invited a guest to talk withstudents.Conducted Skypesession on 24th October 2018
to share research withpartner school. Prepared aPowerPoint presentation ofthe research and shared withpartner school.
Prepared different posters
and discussed about it during
Skype session.
Students discussed different
mural designs and what topaint on the mural. Different
patterns and designs weredrawn and different drawings
on paper were made to get
the idea of presenting theirthoughts.
Students painted the muralafter receiving the mural fromJapan, half of which waspainted by partner school
students

Final mural pictures wereshared with partner school.
Mural was displayed forstudents in the school.
Participating students
reflected on the experienceand learning they got with theactivity

Your students attitude/reflection
Students were very happy to introduce
themselves and also to know about
their partner school students. Students
appreciated the happy students of thepartner school.

Students researched about thedifferent cultural aspects of thecountry.
Students learnt the art of presenting
their ideas through different mediums
like online meetings, posters andpresentations.
Students loved to interact and learn
about the partner country.

Students enjoyed working
collaboratively among themselves. They
reflected on different designs andconsulted different art people to learn
how to present their thoughts.

Students were very happy to receive
the mural from Japan. They firstreviewed, appreciated and reflected
upon the work of the partner school
students. Afterwards they started
painting the mural in which they learnt
how to put their ideas on canvas andhow to mix different colours. Theyexperienced collaboration and respect
to other ideas.
After the activity students learnt toexpress their feelings. They also learnt
art of making presentation. The
confidence of students increased manyfolds. .

Subject

SocialStudies,IT

SocialStudies,
IT, Art &Craft

Art &Craft

Art &Craft

Language

# 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)

Evaluation

54Students researched about the topics, draw different items, preparedposters and power point presentation.
Through Skype session they got to know about the different aspects ofculture of partner school including, food, dresses, architecture andseasons. They researched on internet about the partner country.

4Students researched and discussed among themselves. They transferred
their findings in the form of drawing and power point presentation. They
shared the information with partner school through Skype session.

4

Students had interactive Skype sessions during the projects. They
discussed and share their thoughts and communicated very well witheach other to make this project very successful.

4Students very objectively selected the content to be painted on themural. They critically analyzed each aspect of the content and decided
logically to present their ideas.

5The students were able to experience the learning hands on. They
worked collaboratively and put the ideas on canvas.

4

Students worked together to research, paint and reflect. Students also
worked with partner school students through Skype session and Forum.

5

Students expressed their feelings and thoughts in form of vocal (Skypesession), Art (poster and mural) and written (forum & power points)

Appreciation ability(the mural, the wholecollaborative learning)

Scenes / points teachers felt the effects

4Students were able to share their feeling and give comments andsuggestions about the whole collaborative learning process