REPORT Artmile International Collaborative Learning 2019
Country/Region [Mauritania]
School[SOS URGENCE] Teacher [Amadou Anne ] Grade (4-5-6 ) Members ( 25 )JP school [Osaka Seikei Girl’s High School ] Teacher [Mizuho Uesaka, Kazuki Okumura ]# Subjects, Activities and Hours of the lessons
Subject
Conception of the lesson

Hours

MEET

Get to know

10SHARE

Sharing photos of our students with placards containing messages.

11CREATE

Design of the mural and appreciation of our results.

15# Theme and Message of the mural
ThemePeople and different cultures in the Mauritanian landscapeMessageIn our work, we wanted to share with the world the different populations and theircustoms in Mauritanian territory. Because Mauritania is little known in the world and its
history is not taught in other countries of the world.

United thoughts toshare with the world# Effects and Problems
Effects your students have gained
Through photos and videos of our partner ourstudents were able to discover and understand that
there are other methods of working andcommunicating with the world through writing andpainting.. Our students tried to understand themessage contained in the mural made by our partners
and it was a discovery for them.

Points for further improvement
What we need to improve from our work andreinforce communication and be reactive inmessages by email and be more present in theforum.
Internally, set up permanent teachers only for theproject.
improve our internet connection.

# How has your impression toward your partner’s country/region and the world changed?
Changes in the students
Changes in the teachers
A significant change was noted at the level of the At the level of the teachers, the change was notstudents with the discovery of this remote working significant because we had to change teachers duringmethod with other partner schools even with the the project.
reluctance of the parents the students want to Cheick Keita was replaced by Amadou Anne who incontinue working with other countries in the context his program could not follow the stages of the projectof exchanges and sharing of knowledge and cultures. correctly.
These helped to strengthen their general culture withall the difficulties we encountered.

# Flow of the Activity
ContentMonthMEET
Selfintroduction

JulySHAREAugOctResearch onthe theme

UNITE
Message ofunited thoughtsCREATE
Mural painting

APPRECIATE
Reflection/Appreciation

Nov
Déc

JavFev

Fev
Mar

What you did
Preparation of video
messages for thepresentation of thestudents. These videos wereuploaded to the forum.
Answering questions posed
by Japanese students to ourstudents about Mauritanianculture and other traditions
and customs
Organization of workshops
on the SDGs that we havechosen and discussion of thestudents for the design ofthe mural.
Reception of the mural withhalf painted by our partnerfrom Japan and we havepainted our part and send
the mural back to Japan.

Presentation of the mural at
the town hall of El Mina for
appreciation and correction.

Your students attitude/reflection
Our students think this is a good
approach for the start of the project
because getting to know each other isthe first thing in any productive thing..

Subject
MEET

Ourstudents
appreciatedtheseexchanges and were able to see otherstudents and communicate with them inorder to share the different cultures.

MEET

They learned the composition of thedifferent peoples and their culture andalso understood the concept of living
together in a multicultural society.

SHARE

After a discussion between the students
and their teachers, the painting of thedifferent cultures, landscapes andMauritanian
population
caughteveryone's attention. From where ourpupils could discover the Japaneseculture.
The students produce their own painting
in collaboration with local authorities topromote Mauritanian culture and its
landscape.

CREATE

CREATE# 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

Evaluation

5

Scenes / points teachers felt the effects
The students learned about the themes they should work on and they did
research to gain the maximum knowledge about their culture,environment and population.

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)

5

Through the sharing of information between the students on their names
and the presentations, our students were able to retain some names of
the Japanese students and they were able to make comparisons
between the different cultures.
The students did research on their own culture with their parents andother teachers from other schools where they capitalized the maximumof knowledge to participate in the realization of mural.
Our students are not bad in oral English but in writing there areortographic gaps because Mauritania is a French-speaking country andthe majority language and French.
Regarding the SDGs, they wanted to understand everything, but we wereunable to go through the whole program, lack of time and otherrestrictive situations.
by using the forum the pupils have appreciated the exchanges throughthe presentations, the questions and the answers.

5The students were able to learn some teaching on Japan even if theinteraction between the students was not frequent.

55

5

5

5

Appreciation ability(the mural, the wholecollaborative learning)5

Our students have a lot to discuss about the Mauritanian cultures, thelandscape and the people of Mauritania before transmitting it in themural.
The participating students presented what they learned through thisproject to their relatives and friends and the teachers published them insocial networks for a wide presentation of their work to citizens.