Session 3: CURICULUM CONTEXTUALIZATION

Duration of Session 1 hour

Key Understanding to be Contextualization refers to the educational process of relating the curriculum to a
developed particular setting, situation or area of application to make the competencies relevant,
meaningful, and useful to all learners.

Learning Objectives At the end of the session, the participants should be able to:
1. Gain functional and operational understanding of localization and
contextualization;
2. Identify ways on how the curriculum and/or subject could be
localized/contextualized;
3. Appreciate the importance of contextualization in the learning process.

Expected Output
Outline of a contextualized competency

Resources Materials:
laptop, LCD projector, manila paper, marker pens

Powerpoint presentation:
Powerpoint presentation slide 1- Curriculum Contextualization

References:

Introductory Activity The participants will make a reflection on the picture below.
4 minutes

Activity The participants will answer a pretest individually in any sheet of paper.

5 minutes Tell whether the following statements or situations illustrate Localization or

Contextualization or both.
1. Gamit ang mga lokal na produkto ng inyong komunidad, gumawa ng
advertisement kung paano ito maitatampok o maipapakilala.
2. Ano ba ang pakiramdam kapag brownout o kapag nawalan ng suplay ng tubig?
3. Bumuo ng isang mini-business plan gamit ang natutunan sa TLE para sa
binabalak na negosyo ng grupo.
4. Magsagawa ng “price survey” ng mga sangkap sa pagluluto ng pinangat.
5. Matapos ninyong matutunan ang aralin tungkol sa produksyon, ang bawat
pangkat ay inaasahang magsadula ng “economic activity” sa inyong lugar.

The facilitator will ask the following questions.

Analysis
1. What are your bases in deciding whether a statement is localized or
5 minutes contextualized?
2. What is your impression about localization and contextualization?
 The facilitator will ask:
Abstraction/Generalization What is then contextualization and how it differs from localization and
indigenization?
30 minutes
The facilitator will discuss the following:
a. Legal bases of curriculum contextualization
b. Reason why we need to contextualize the curriculum implementation
c. Goals of Contextualization
d. Process in contextualization
Application A. Using the following details in the curriculum guide, make an outline on how to
10 minutes contextualized the learning competency given below
Content Standard
The learners demonstrate an understanding of politics and political
science, governance, political ideologies, power, states, nations, and
globalization
Performance Standard
The learners shall be able to clearly identify a specific political
phenomenon and how it can be studied
Learning Competency
The learners define power
B. Create your own #Hugot pa more! that tells or manifest the importance of
localization and contextualization in teaching Humanities and Social Sciences.

Concluding Activity “Knowing how, when and why to say what to whom”
1 minute

Prepared by:

Ramil A. Escaso

Pedro S. Budiongan High School