LOCALIZATION
AND
CONTEXTUALIZATION
ACTIVITY
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LOCALIZATION AND CONTEXTUALIZATION
LEGAL BASIS
RA 10533
Enhanced Basic
Education Act of 2013
Localization and Contextualization
Sec. 10.2 (d) and (h) – Implementing Rules and
Regulations for RA 10533
“The curriculum shall be CONTEXTUALIZED
and global;”
“The curriculum shall be flexible enough to
enable and allow schools to LOCALIZE,
INDIGENIZE, and enhance [the curriculum]
based on their respective educational and
social contexts.”
Localization and Contextualization
DepEd Mission
To protect and promote the right of every Filipino to
CULTURE-BASED
quality, equitable,
culture-based, and complete basic
education where:
- Students learn in a child-friendly, gender-sensitive,
safe, and motivating environment
- Teachers facilitate learning and constantly nurture
every learner
- Administrators and staff, as stewards of the
institution, ensure an enabling and supportive
environment for effective learning to happen
- Family, community, and other stakeholders are
actively engaged and share responsibility for
developing life-long learners
EDUCATION
Localization and Contextualization
Why do we need to localize and contextualize the
curriculum and the use of learning materials?
GEOGRAPHY
CULTURAL
DIVERSITY
PEOPLE
Localization
Freedom for schools or local
authorities to adapt the curriculum
to local conditions and relating the
content of the curriculum and the
process of teaching and learning to
the local environment...(Taylor 2004)
Contextualization
Developing new skills, knowledge,
abilities, and attitudes in students
presenting new subject matter in
meaningful and relevant context:
context of previous experience, reallife and workplace
Contextualization
• process involving procedures which aim
to establish connections between
disciplinary contents and the real life
situations experienced by students,
their characteristics as individuals and
the culture and habits of a particular
social context
• aims to promote students’ success and
knowledge and acquisition of skills
Localization and Contextualization
The curriculum is alive, it changes depending who
is implementing it, where and when it is
implemented.
In order for you to localize and contextualize the
curriculum, “you have to think of where you are so
that you can make the curriculum relevant to
you.” – Usec. Dina Ocampo
when we localize [the curriculum], we agree to it
This means that different areas in the country will
use different materials, they will use different
instruments so that they can deliver the standards
of the curriculum.
LOCALIZATION
AND
CONTEXTUALIZATION
HOW?
• Localization and
contextualization can be
done in all subject areas
• Localization maximizes
materials that are locally
available
• To contextualize, teachers use
authentic materials, activities,
interests, issues, and needs from
learners’ lives
• Should create rooms for students to
pose problems and issues and
develop strategies together for
addressing them
• The localized or
contextualized curriculum is
based on local needs and
relevance for the learners
where there is flexibility and
creativity in the lessons.
• Tailor-fit the lesson
• Build on what they already
have
• Accommodate and respect
cultural, linguistic, and racial
diversity
In designing activities in the classroom using authentic
materials, it is important to set the purpose first.
• Helpful questions
o How will students interact with the material?
o What will students learn?
o Why will they learn it?
Sample prompts
How?
Students will __________________
What? in order to _____________________
Why?
so they can ____________________
Sample prompts
How? Analyze the scenery (local spots) in a
photograph
What? in order to identify the elements
Why? so they can appreciate local work of art,
artist….preserve and promote the beauty of the
environment
Sample prompts
How?
Students will __________________
What? in order to _____________________
Why?
so they can ____________________
The Big Picture
Standards for PL Learning in 21st Century