LOCALIZATION AND

CONTEXTUALIZATION
SESSION 5
 OBJECTIVES

• Gain functional and operational

understanding of localization and
contextualization in the BEP;

• Identify ways on how the curriculum and/or

subject could be localized/contextualized;

• Express appreciation of the need to adapt

to the learners’ diversity through
contextualization.
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 ACTIVITY

• Divide the group into four, identify a flagship

festival (popular) in your place and present
it to the class.

• Each group should be given 10 mins. to plan

and practice, a two-minute presentation.
 ANALYSIS

• How did you find the activity?

• What helped you appreciate the festival?
• How did you react to the presentation of the
group?
• What difficulties would you find if you were
asked to perform the festival?
 ANALYSIS

• How would you treat those difficulties?

• What is this telling us about the way lessons
should be taught?
• How is this similar to teaching in the
classroom?
• What have you realized in this activity as a
teacher?
 WHAT IS LOCALIZATION AND
CONTEXTUALIZATION?

• Localization -localized, identified,

indigenized and established by
activating prior knowledge to make
learning interesting.
• Adopting the curriculum to local
realities relating to the
contextualization of the curriculum
and the process of teaching and
learning in the local environment
 WHAT IS LOCALIZATION AND
CONTEXTUALIZATION?

• Localization and contextualization

can be done in all subject areas
• Localization maximizes materials
that are locally available
 WHAT IS LOCALIZATION AND
CONTEXTUALIZATION?

• To contextualize, teachers use

authentic materials, activities,
interests, issues, and needs from
learners’ lives
• We should create rooms for
students to pose problems and
issues and develop strategies
together to address them
 WHAT IS LOCALIZATION AND
CONTEXTUALIZATION

• Contextualization – in another
term is making the learning
process, relevant, important and
meaningful to the learner/child.
 WHAT IS LOCALIZATION AND
CONTEXTUALIZATION?

• 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
 AUTHENTIC MATERIALS

• are materials such as facts, data,

procedures that are readily available in
the community/city/municipality or
province

• Examples:
• Police Reports or Data as to number of crimes
• Hospital Data
• Tourism Data
• Local Procedures on how to make local products or
delicacies.
 APPLICATION

Continue the following sentence prompts:

In designing activities in the classroom using authentic
materials:
Students will ____________________________
(How will students interact with the material?)
In order to ______________________________
(What will the students learn?)
So they can ______________________________
(Why will they learn it?)
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what we can do best
we serve our people and
we serve God.
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