CONTEXTUALIZATION

Joseph M. Alfelor
SHS Teacher I
Republic Act No. 9155
SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. – It shall be the goal
of basic education to provide them with the
skills, knowledge and values they need to
become caring, self- reliant, productive and
patriotic citizens.
THE 1987 CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

• Article XIV Section 14. 

“The State shall foster the preservation,

enrichment, and dynamic evolution of a
Filipino national culture based on the
principle of unity in diversity in a climate of free
artistic and intellectual expression.”
[REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10533]

AN ACT ENHANCING THE PHILIPPINE BASIC EDUCATION SYSTEM

BY STRENGTHENING ITS CURRICULUM AND INCREASING THE
NUMBER OF YEARS FOR BASIC EDUCATION, APPROPRIATING
FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

SEC. 5. Curriculum Development. — The

DepED shall formulate the design and details of
the enhanced basic education curriculum.
The DepED shall adhere to the following standards and principles in

developing the enhanced basic education curriculum :

(d) The curriculum shall be contextualized and global;

(h) The curriculum shall be flexible enough to enable and

allow schools to localize, indigenize and enhance the
same based on their respective educational and social
contexts. The production and development of locally
produced teaching materials shall be encouraged and
approval of these materials shall devolve to the regional
and division education units.
DEPED ORDER No. 35, s.2016
THE LEARNING ACTION CELL (LAC) AS A K TO 12
BASIC EDUCATION PROGRAM SCHOOL-BASED
CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
STRATEGY FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF TEACHING
AND LEARNING
• 15.5 Curriculum Contextualization, Localization, and
Indigenization Curriculum contextualization is the process of
matching the curriculum content and instructional strategies
relevant to learners. Student diversity requires that teachers
always consider individual differences in lesson planning and
implementation. Teachers identify and respond to opportunities
to link teaching and learning in the classroom to the experiences,
interests, and aspirations of the wider school community and
other key stakeholders.
Contextualization

• The educational process of relating the

curriculum and/or learning resources to a
particular setting, situation or area of
application to make the competencies
relevant, meaningful and useful to the
learners.
Concepts
• Teaching Design
• Modification
• Situation
• Ability
• Experience
• Background
• Meaningful
• Useful
• Relevant
• Realistic
• Gender sensitive
localization
• Refers to the process of relating learning content
specified in the curriculum to local information,
conditions, environment and materials in the
learners’ community.
localization

local information
Learning Content
local materials
Why do we need to localize and contextualize the
curriculum and the use of learning materials?

GEOGRAPHY

CULTURAL DIVERSITY

PEOPLE
Indigenization
The process by which Indigenous ways of
knowing, being, doing and relating are
incorporated into educational, organizational,
cultural and social structures.
Designed and discussed primarily from the
worldview, philosophy and spirituality of the
community itself.
(DO 32, s 2015)
Indigenization
Bio-geographical

Historical

Socio-cultural
How will students interact with the
material?
In designing activities in the classroom using
authentic materials, it is important to set the
purpose first.
Helpful questions
How will students interact with the material?
What will students learn?
Why will they learn it?
In what level should
localizing and
indigenizing the
curriculum be done?
“ The concept of
contextualization falls on the
idea that learners learned best
when experiences in the
classroom have meanings and
relevance in their lives.”
Thank you!!!