Contextualization and

Localization of
Instructional Materials
and Devices
Kaycee D. Cortez
Nicole Mae T. Rafael
1. What are your bases in deciding
whether a statement is localized or
contextualized?

2. What is your impression about

localization and contextualization?
Localization and Contextualization
LEGAL BASES
Article XIV, Section 14 of the 1987
Philippine Constitution which states that :
“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” .
Article XIV, Section 5. (1),which states
that “The State shall take into account
regional and sectoral needs and
conditions and shall encourage local
planning in the development of
educational policies and programs.”
 Localization and Contextualization

RA 10533
Enhanced Basic
Education Act of 2013
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.”
 DepEd Mission
To protect and promote the right of every Filipino to
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
 Contextualization

It refers to the educational process of

relating the curriculum to a particular setting,
situation or area of application to make the
competencies relevant, meaningful and useful
to the learners.
* Examples of Contextualization

Nakapagmumungkahi ng mga
paraan upang magkaroon ng
mabuting kalusugang
pangkaisipan?

et ency
co m p
* Examples of Contextualization

Ano ang gagawin mo kung

ikaw ay tinutukso o binubully
ng iyong kaklase?

ning
es ti o
Art of Q u
* Examples of Contextualization

Suriin ang bawat aytem sa una at ikalawang kolum. Bilugan

kung ano ang pipiliin mo sa Option A at B. Isulat sa ikatlong
kolum ang iyong dahilan.

Kolum A Kolum B Dahilan

Maging palakaibigan Mag isa at umupo na
sa mga kamag aral. lamang sa isang tabi.
Tinatanggap ang mga Matatampuhin at
payo ng nakatatanda. minamasama ang
payo ng iba
Walang pakialam sa Dinadamayan ang
kapwa. iba sa oras ng
pangangailangan.
* Example of Contextualization

K TO 12

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 Localization
As one of the degrees of contextualization,
localization is defined as:

the process of relating learning content

specified in the curriculum to local information
and materials from the learner’s community
* Examples of Localization

Naisasagawa ang mga laro na

sikat sa pamayanan nang
masigla at may kagalakan.

cy
o m p eten
c
* Examples of Localization

Anong mga karamdaman ang maaring kumalat

sa inyong barangay kung patuloy kayong
magtatapon ng basura sa ilog?

s t i o ning
e
Art of Q u
* Examples of Localization

it y
Activ
* Examples of Localization

Mother Tongue

c ul u m
Curri
Why do we need to localize and contextualize the
curriculum and the use of learning materials?
GEOGRAPHY

CULTURAL
INDIVIDUAL
DIVERSITY
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
This means that different areas in the
country will also use different materials, they will
use different instruments so that they can deliver
the standards of the curriculum.
Localization and
Contextualization

HOW?
The REACT Strategy
Curricula and instruction based on contextual learning
strategies should be structured to encourage five
essential forms of learning:
 Learning in the context of life
experience, or relating, is the kind of
contextual learning that typically occurs
with very young children. With adult
learners, however, providing this
meaningful context for learning becomes
more difficult. The curriculum that
attempts to place learning in the context
of life experiences must, first, call the
student’s attention to everyday sights,
events, and conditions. It must then
relate those everyday situations to new
information to be absorbed or a problem
to be solved.
.
Halimbawa
 Experiencing—learning in the
context of exploration, discovery, and
invention—is the heart of contextual
learning. However motivated or tuned-in
students may become as a result of
other instructional strategies such as
video, narrative, or text-based activities,
these remain relatively passive forms of
learning. And learning appears to "take"
far more quickly when students are able
to manipulate equipment and materials
and to do other forms of active
research.
Halimbawa
 Applying concepts and
information in a useful context often
projects students into an imagined future
(a possible career) or into an unfamiliar
location (a workplace). This happens
most commonly through text, video, labs,
and activities, and these contextual
learning experiences are often followed
up with firsthand experiences such as
plant tours, mentoring arrangements, and
internships.
HALIMBAWA:
 Cooperating—learning in the
context of sharing, responding, and
communicating with other learners—is a
primary instructional strategy in contextual
teaching. The experience of cooperating
not only helps the majority of students learn
the material, it also is consistent with the
real-world focus of contextual teaching.
HALIMBAWA:
 Learning in the context of
existing knowledge, or transferring, uses
and builds upon what the student has
already learned. Such an approach is
similar to relating, Students develop
confidence in their problem-solving
abilities if we make a point of building
new learning experiences on what they
already know.
HALIMBAWA: