2014 IIME REPORTCountry [ Taiwan ]School [Jia-Nan Elementary School ] Teacher [ 謝旭明 ] grade (6th)JP School [ Hanazono elementary school ] Teacher [ Kentaro Nakaguchi ]# Subjects, Activities and Times of the lessons
Subject
Conception of the lesson

student number (9)TimesIntroduce

Introduce students/school, local area, cultures…etc.

2

Discuss

Discuss the mural painting plan on the5

Draw

Draw the mural

3

Appreciation and reflection of the whole work

2

Appreciate# Theme and Message of the mural
Local culture, tradional food, building-we introduce the local history and culture to each
Themeother.
We did a research in Taiwan and Japanese culture and festival.
We learned a lot and knew more about them.
Message
We appreciate each other’s culture.

# Effects and the Problems
Effects your students have gained
1.Know the Japanese culture.
2.Learn the teamwork skill.
3.Well-know our tranditional culture.
4.Learn the mural painting skill.

Points for further improvement
Our students all like to paint the large mural, thankyou!

# How has your impression toward your partner country and/or the world changed?
Change in student’s impression
Change in teacher’s impression
They learn something new form the mural our Our students have learned Japanese. They know aJapanese partner paint.
lot of Japanese culture.

# Flow of the Activity
ContentMonthIntroduction

SepResearch

Oct

Composition

Nov&Dec

Painting

Appreciation
Reflection

JanFebWhat you did
Wemadea
schoolintroduction film and wrote
introduction cards to ourpartner.
We search our culture wewant to paint in group.

Your students attitude/reflection
They like to introduce themselves byfilm.

There decide the topic fromthe material they search.

It’s a little difficult to decide what topaint and how to draw, but they try theirbest.

All students did a great teamwork..They all tried their
best.

The mural is so large that they have anew try.

We share the works with ourfamily and .school brothersand sisters.

They had the sense of achievement.

They search the internet and decide
what to paint.

Subject
Computer

Computer & ArtArtArtArt# 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

AimResult

Understanding our owncultures

A

4

Understanding theother’s cultures

B

4

B

3

C

3

A

4

They developed good friendship with their partners through theletters and film.

A

4

They did a good teamwork in class. They can solve the problems
together.

Attitude in learning

A

4

Expression ability

B

4

Appreciation ability

B

4Communication ability
in the class/with partners

IT skills
Creating friendshipin the class/with partners

Collaborationin the class/with partners

How your students have reached it
They can search our own cultures, and think how to paint them.
They search and know our partners’ culture on the forum.
They need more time to practice.
The need more practice.

They like this project.
They have learn Japanese before, so they can try someJapanese.
They all like the mural they paint.