SCHOOL HEADS’ DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM |

FOUNDATIONAL COURSE | MODULE 1

Curriculum
Contextualization
Module 1: The School Head as Instructional Leader
 Objectives
At the end of the session, the teachers will be able to:
- Explain the rationale and bases for contextualization as a
national thrust of the Kto12 reform
- Differentiate between localization and indigenization as
degrees of doing contextualization
- Explain how localization and indigenization are interrelated
processes in contextualizing the curriculum
- Explain the general process involved in contextualizing the
curriculum and its implications for the teaching learning
process
 Key Concepts
CONTEXTUALIZATION

LOCALIZATION

INDIGENIZATION

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 Contextualization

particular area of
situation application
setting

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 Key Concepts
The degree of contextualization may be
described and distinguished into the following:

• Localization refers to the process of relating

learning content specified in the curriculum
to local information and materials in the
learners’ community.

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 Examples of Localization
• Examples used in lessons start with those in the
locality
• Names, situations, setting needed to give context
to test questions or problem-solving exercises are
those of the immediate community
• Local materials are used as often as possible in
making instructional materials
• Local stories are used in the language learning areas

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 Key Concepts
The degree of contextualization may be described
and distinguished into the following:

1. Localization refers to the process of

relating learning content specified in the
curriculum to local information and materials in
the learners’ community.

DEPARTMENT OF
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
EDUCATION
 Key Concepts
2.Indigenization - refers to the process of
enhancing curriculum competencies, education
resources, and teaching-learning processes in relation
to the bio-geographical, historical, and socio-cultural
context of the learners’ community.

Indigenization may also involve the enhancement of

the curriculum framework, curriculum design, and
learning standards of subject areas, guided by the
standards and principles adhered to by the national
curriculum.
DEPARTMENT OF
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
EDUCATION
CATEGORIES OF CONTEXT
 WORKSHOP PROPER
Things needed:
- Curriculum Guide
- Laptop
- Learning Materials or any available reference
OURPUT PRESENTATION
- VOLUNTEER
- 10 MINUTES PRESENTATION
- FEEDBACKING AND ASSESSING
 THANK YOU!!

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