2015 IIME REPORTCountry [ France ]School[ LEGT Le Likès ] Teacher [ Catherine Montfort ] grade ( 11) student number ( 30 )JP School [ Kobe University Secondary School ] Teacher [ Rika Iwami / Yuko Masai ]# Subjects, Activities and Times of the lessons
Subject
Conception of the lesson
Art

hours

The symbolic representation of water in Paintings

12

EnglishPresent yourself, your school, your region…Explain the purpose of the mural

12

Marketing

The different techniques of communication

12# Theme and Message of the mural
ThemeMessage

Water management
How could we “protect”nature and more precisely manage water in our planet?
Both Japanese and French culture must cope with a tackling problem: water is being rare
and polluted…What could we do to prevent it?

# Effects and the Problems
Effects your students have gained
Points for further improvement
Our pupils took conscious of water management. The lack of time was a major problem. We should
They tried to know more about it….They invited have anticipated the project earlier
experts and environmentalists to talk about it
The skype meeting with our Japanese partner was
moving since the French pupils wanted to share theirpain after the terrorist attacks in Paris# How has your impression toward your partner country and/or the world changed?
Change in student’s impression
Change in teacher’s impression
They gained confidence in English. After the first The staff tried to give them the keys toskype meeting, some of them made friends thanks to communicate. They realized that Japaneseother social network such as Facebook . A real teenagers were as dynamic as French teenagers!
friendship was born…

# Flow of the Activity
ContentMonthIntroduction

SeptOctResearch

Nov

Composition

JanPaintingAppreciation
Reflection

FebMarch

What you did
They invited a photographer.
He gave them good advice
on how to take good picturesof their city
They did some research on
the internet on “watermanagement”.
Some
environmentalists came toexpress themselves on thetopic.
They “visited “the forum
many times taking into
account
theothers‘activities. They discovered
the Japanese mural …it
inspired them to draw theirown part
They studied the different
techniques of drawing on awaterproof canvas
There was an exhibition of
the mural during the school
open day.
The local press wrote
articles about the projectYour students attitude/reflection
They appreciated the advice and werevery concentrated

Marketing

They wereboth interested andimpressed by the guests speakers‘speeches

Marketing

They were impressed by the high qualityof the Japanese drawings.
They began drawing the first sketches…

Some of them were volunteers to paint.
Theysharedtheirideas.
Thecommunication between them wasexcellent.
They were proud of showing andexplaining their work

SubjectArtArtArt# Aim of the Lessons and Result
Aim: Rank A to C in order you put emphasis on (A: very much/ B: much / C: not so much)
Result: Rank 5 to 1 (5: very effective / 4: effective / 3: so- so / 2: not so effective / 1: not effective at all)

Expected Effect

Aim

ResultUnderstanding our own
cultures

B

5

They learnt a lot about Japanese culture on the forum

an experimental
phase with UNESCO

How your students have reached it
Thanks to the guest speakers, our students understood thestake of water management

B4

A

2

C4

A5A

3

ASPnet Schools
Communication abilityin the class/with partners

IT skills
Creating friendshipin the class/with partners

Collaborationin the class/with partners

The time difference made it difficult to organize many skype
meetings
Oral communication skills improved. Writing communication skills
in marketing too.
They went on communicating outside school via Facebook!
A real friendship was born for some of them
The organization of the school year made it difficult tocollaborate (the exams, the training periods, the holidays…)

Attitude in learning

A

3

They liked the project and seemed motivated but the classsize made it difficult to motivate the whole group ( 30 pupils)

Expression abilityB

4

Some pupils with a low level in English gained confidence.

Appreciation abilityB

4

There was an exhibition of the mural during the school open day.
The local press wrote articles about the UNESCO project