Design, development and implementation of contextualized learning materials in
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DESIGN DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF
I. INTRODUCTION
Learning materials are important tools in the teaching and learning process. They serve as useful guides in the delivery of instruction (Abolade, 2009) and can enhance students’ per- formance and interest in the lesson (Adebule & Ayoola, 2009). Such materials like worktexts, workbooks and modules are deemed necessary to support students’ learning with different backgrounds, abilities and styles (Agorilla, 2015). With the implementation of the K to 12 curriculum in the Philippines, teachers in all subject areas are expected to adjust their pedagogies based on their respective social and ed- ucational contexts. This is in response to the implementing rules of RA 10533 mandating the contextualization of the curriculum which is “flexible enough to enable and allow schools to localize, indigenize, and enhance the same” (Rule II, section 10.2h). To contextualize curricu- lum, Utech (2008) suggested that classroom teachers must use genuine materials, activities, interests, issues and needs from the lives of their students to help them learn, practice and evaluate specific skills and competencies. Contextualized learning materials (CLMs) would allow students process new concepts in such a way that it makes sense to them in their own frames of reference. Studies have shown that students favored the use of CLMs due to the presence of their mother-tongue lan- guage (Morales, 2014), representation of their culture and values (Acorda & Furigay, 2015), and improvement in their achievement scores (Iji, Ogbole, & Uka, 2014). Shore, Shore and Boggs (2004) reported that students who received contextualized instruction performed bet- ter in mathematics compared to those who are in a conventional course. As an instructional approach, Perin (2011) argued that contextualization has its methodological limitations but “has the potential to promote short-term academic achievement” (p. 287). The studies she reviewed suggest that teachers have to work and learn together across disciplines to implement contextualization. Further, Olumorin et al. (2010) recommended that teachers should attempt to produce improvised materials for their teaching from local resources. Since the country has a very varied culture across its sixteen regions, the available text- books provided to the students may not cater to their local needs. The materials contained from these books may be irrelevant to the learners’ needs (Tomlinson, 2003). This is par- ticularly the case in mathematics where the lesson exercises are not suited to the context of students’ lived experiences. Hence, there is a need for CLMs to be constructed. This study aimed to construct and implement CLMs for grade 7 mathematics. It has the following objectives: 1) to determine the activities and materials available in the community Academia Letters, July 2021 Download 58.19 Kb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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