LOCALIZATION ANDCONTEXTUALIZATION

17 MAY 2014

Objectives:

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In this learning session, the participants should be able to:

1. gain functional and operational understanding of localization and contextualization in the BEP;

2. identify ways on how the curriculum and/or subject could be localized/contextualized;

3. express appreciation of the need to adapt to the learners’ diversity through contextualization.

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SING a PART of a song POPULARin your PLACE.

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1. How did you find the activity?

2. What helped you appreciate the songs?

3. How did you react to the presentation of the group?

4. What difficulties would you find if you were asked to sing the song with them?

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5. How would you treat those difficulties?

6. What is this telling us about the way lessons should be taught?

7. How is this similar to teaching in the classroom?

8. What have you realized in this activity as a teacher ?

Contextualization

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• Developing new skills, knowledge, abilities, and attitudes in students presenting new subject matter in meaningful and relevant context: context of previous experience, real-life and workplace

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Localization

• Freedom for schools or local authorities to adapt the curriculum to local conditions and relating the context of the curriculum and the process of teaching and learning to the local environment...(Taylor 2004)

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• Localization and contextualization can be done in all subject areas

• Localization maximizes materials that are locally available

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• To contextualize, teachers use authentic materials, activities, interests, issues, and needs from learners’ lives

• Should create rooms for students to pose problems and issues and develop strategies together for addressing them

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• The localized or contextualized curriculum is based on local needs and relevance for the learners where there is flexibility and creativity in the lessons.

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• Tailor-fit the lesson• Build on what they already have• Accommodate and respect

cultural, linguistic, and racial diversity

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The Big Picture

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In designing activities in the classroom using authentic materials, it is important to set the purpose first.

• Helpful questionsoHow will students interact with the

material?oWhat will students learn?oWhy will they learn it?

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How? Take a picture of an arch - shaped object in your locality.

What? in order to identify the axis of symmetry

Why? so they can appreciate the role that math played in architecture in their place.

Sample prompts

Focusing on your subject, continue the following sentence prompts:

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How? Students will __________________

What? in order to _____________________

Why? so they can ____________________