Curriculum: Contextualization, Localization & Indigenization

• Curriculum contextualization, localization, and indigenization

Legal Basis

• Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013 provides the legal basis for curriculum contextualization, localization, and indigenization.

• (RA 10533) Sec. 5 states that the DepEd shall adhere to standards and principles, ensuring the enhanced basic education curriculum.

• Curriculum should be CONTEXTUALIZED and global, allowing schools to LOCALIZE and INDIGENIZE based on educational and social contexts.

• DO 21, S. 2019 outlines the Policy Guidelines of K to 12 BEC

• K to 12 Curriculum is learner-centered, inclusive, research-based, competence-based, seamless, decongested, culture-responsive, culture-sensitive, integrative, contextualized, relevant, responsive, flexible, ICT-based, and global.

• Degree of contextualization can be described and distinguished into Localization and Indigenization.

Localization

• Localization involves relating learning content to local information and materials in the learners’ community.

Indigenization

• Indigenization enhances curriculum competencies, education resources, and teaching-learning processes.
• Relates to the bio-geographical, historical, and socio-cultural context of the learners’ community.
• May enhance the curriculum framework, curriculum design, and learning standards of subject areas, guided by national curriculum standards.
• Indigenous refers to being deeply rooted to a place.

REACT Strategy

• When contextualizing, the REACT strategy is employed, structuring curricula and instruction to encourage five essential forms of learning.
• RELATING links the concept to be learned with something the learners already know.
• EXPERIENCING involves hands-on activities and teacher explanations to allow learners to discover new knowledge.
• APPLYING involves learners applying their knowledge to real-world situations.
• COOPERATING involves learners solving problems as a team to reinforce and develop collaborative skills.
• TRANSFERRING involves learners taking what they have learned and applying it to new situations and contexts.

21st Century Education

• Focuses on providing students with the skills needed to succeed in the modern world, fostering confidence to practice these skills.

21st Century Skills

• Set of abilities, knowledge, and character traits essential for success in today’s world.

Three Categories of 21st Century Skills

• Learning Skills (the four C's) teaches students about the mental processes required to adapt and improve upon a modern work environment.
• Creativity is important as a means of adaptation, empowering students to see concepts in a different light and leading to innovation.
• Collaboration means students working together, achieving compromises, and getting the best possible results from problem-solving.
• Critical thinking is an important quality to have, especially in health sciences.
• Communication brings all educational qualities together.

Literacy Skills

• Literacy Skills are sometimes called IMT skills, which are concerned with different elements in digital comprehension.
• Information literacy is the foundational skill, helping students understand facts, especially data points, encountered online.
• Media literacy involves identifying publishing methods, outlets, and sources while distinguishing between credible and non-credible ones.

Technology Literacy

• Technology literacy teaches students about the machines involved in the Information Age.
• LIFE SKILLS (FLIPS) apply to someone's personal life and bleed into professional settings.
• Flexibility is the expression of someone's ability to adapt to changing circumstances.
• Leadership involves setting goals, guiding a team through steps, and achieving those goals collaboratively.
• Initiatives involve requiring students to be self-starters.
• Productivity involves a student's ability to complete work in an appropriate amount of time.
• Social skills are crucial for the ongoing success of a professional.