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Hello, dear Teacher!

Welcome to this Resource Package.

I am Teacher Rey!

And I am Teacher Dulce!

We are members of your support group in the Department of Education (DepED). Together

Are you ready?

W e begin by letting you know the journey of how we put together this resource
package.

In August of 2017, the Department of Education Secretary Leonor Briones signed

the Philippine Professional Standards for Teachers (PPST) into policy through
DepEd Order No. 42, S. 2017. The policy states, among other things, that the PPST
“shall be used as a basis for all learning and development programs for teachers.”

The Department of Education is committed to supporting your continuing

professional development. This resource package hopes to contribute to this
commitment.

As a teacher, understanding the PPST is crucial in order for you to grow and
flourish in your profession. The PPST identifies what you are expected to know, be
able to do, and value in your profession.

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• provides you with another 12 modules for Proficient Teachers based on
12 indicators aligned with the Results-based Performance Management
System (RPMS); and
• contains illustrative and instructive information that you will find realistic,
sensible and workable, and can help you achieve the target indicators
across the curriculum teaching areas and key stages of learners’ education.

We are happy to say that this resource package has been developed and compiled by
teachers in support of other teachers.

Why do you need this resource package?

You will find the materials here useful if you:

• reflect on your own classroom practices and ensure that your teaching
practices are aligned with the next 12 indicators for Proficient
Teachers;
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Learning Action Cell (LAC) sessions in order to (i) learn more about the
PPST, and (ii) innovate with practices using the samples in the resource
package material as guide; and
• want to develop or expand the current work by (i) providing more examples
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You will discover that each module discusses a specific indicator on becoming a Proficient Te

The modules explore the following indicators.

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1.3.2 Ensure the positive use of ICT to
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1.6.2. Display proficient use of Mother
5.3.2 Use strategies for providing timely,
tongue, Filipino and English to
accurate and constructive feedback to
facilitate teaching and learning
improve learner performance

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2.1.2 Establish safe and secure learning 5.5.2 Utilize assessment data to inform
environment to enhance learning through the modification of teaching and learning
the consistent implementation of practices and programs
policies, guidelines and procedures

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2.4.2. Maintain supportive learning 6.2.2. Build relationships with parents/
environments that nurture and inspire guradian and the wider school community
learners to participate, cooperate and to facilitate involvement in the educative
collaborate in continued learning process

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3.2.2. Establish a learner-centered culture 7.3.2 Participate in professional networks
by using teaching strategies that respond to share knowledge and enhance practice
to learners’ linguistic, cultural, socio-
economic and religious backgrounds
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7.4.2 Develop personal professional
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4.2.2. Set achievable and appropriate one’s practice and ongoing professional
learning outcomes that aligned with learning
learning competencies

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4.3.2 Adapt and Implement learning
programs that ensure relevance and
responsiveness to the needs of all learners

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OVERVIEW introduces you to ILLUSTRATIONS OF PRACTICE

the indicator
career stage for
andthe
whyProficient
you need walks you through sample
illustrations of specific teaching
to achieve it; practices that show how the
SELF-REFLECTION allows you standards are put into action;
to reflect on your knowledge, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
skills and attitude related to PLAN helps you identify your
the indicator; strengths, development needs
KEY CONCEPTS defines and plans for specific action for
operationally the concepts used professional development;
pertinent to the indicator; RESOURCE LIBRARY provides
SUPPORT GROUP allows you to resources with annotations that
consult and collaborate with your can help you further understand
teacher-friends who will provide the indicator.
suggestions on how to improve
your current practice;
Each module takes you through a journey of exploration and discovery, while you learn
more about the indicator and apply it to your teaching context.

We encourage you to actively engage with the texts as you read through the module.

We hope that you find the information, materials and resources in this package helpful as
you use the Philippine Professional Standards for Teachers as your guide towards
professional development.
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ESTABLISH A LEARNER-
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TEACHING STRATEGIES THAT
RESPOND TO LEARNERS’
LINGUISTIC, CULTURAL, SOCIO-
ECONOMIC AND RELIGIOUS
BACKGROUNDS
CONTENTS

ii INTRODUCTION

2 OVERVIEW

3 KEY CONCEPTS

4 SELF-REFLECTION

5 SUPPORT GROUP
- Probing
- Suggestions for Improvement

9 ILLUSTRATIONS OF PRACTICE
- Illustration of Practice No. 1: Understanding Learners’
Profile
- Illustration of Practice No. 2: Teaching strategy
responsive to learners’ linguistic background
- Illustration of Practice No. 3: Teaching strategies
responsive to cultural background
- Illustration of Practice No. 4: Teaching strategies
responsive to socio-economic background
- Illustration of Practice No. 5: Teaching strategies
responsive to religious background
- Illustration of Practice No. 5: Teaching strategy
responsive to learners’ diverse backgrounds
- Other Illustrations of Pratice

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26 RESOURCE LIBRARY
- Bibliography

28 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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Hello, I am teacher Dulce and with me is Teacher Rey. As members of the support group, we will hel
Before we proceed, take a look at the photos below. If you were to handle this class, how would you

It can be a great challenge for teachers to consistently make an effort in

understanding the learners’ differences. However, embracing their diversity
can create unity in making meaningful, authentic and interdependent learning
experiences together. This is the essence of learner-centered culture – being
knowledgeable in meeting the learners where they are and utilizing appropriate
teaching practices responsive to their diverse backgrounds.

That is why, in this module, we will show you illustrations of practice that will help
you in profiling your learners in terms of their linguistic, cultural, socio-economic
and religious background, and in using teaching strategies that are responsive to the
learners’ differences.

In this module, we will focus on:

STRAND: Learners’ linguistic, cultural, socio-economic and religious backgrounds

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KEY CONCEPTS

“ This module focuses on establishing a learner-centered culture by using teaching st

To better appreciate the indicator, let us learn the following key concepts in the co

LEARNER-CENTERED CULTURE. This refers to a set of attitudes, conventions and pract

TEACHING STRATEGIES. This refers to pedagogical methods carried out through learning

LINGUISTIC BACKGROUND. This refers to the language and communication system unde

CULTURAL BACKGROUND. This refers to the learners’ existing values and prior experie

SOCIO-ECONOMIC BACKGROUND. This concerns the learners’ combined social and econ

RELIGIOUS BACKGROUND. This refers to the learner’s orientation, beliefs, feelings and

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SELF-REFLECTION

Before we go further, let us first reflect on our current practice. As Proficient Teachers,

By looking at the indicator, I have written down my own reflections on this. How about y

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS ATTITUDES

As a Proficient Teacher, As a Proficient Teacher, As a Proficient Teacher,
I know… I do… I feel…
…that putting my learners
…use
at the
different
center teaching
of my teaching
strategies
means andalways
modalities
considering
to respond
theirtodiv
le
…that I am more
class.
determined to get to
know about the diverse
backgrounds
of my learners so I could
plan for meaningful learning
experiences for them.

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Wow! That was a really nice reflection, Dulce! Now,
dear Teachers, it’s your turn to write your insights on
the knowledge, skills and attitudes in relation to the
indicator. You may write them in the boxes below.

KNOWLEDGE
As a Proficient Teacher,
SKILLS As a Proficient Teacher,
ATTITUDES
As a Proficient Teacher, I do… I feel…
I know…

________________________ ________________________ ________________________

________________________ ________________________ ________________________

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SUPPORT GROUP

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Welcome to our support group! As your teacher-friends, it is
our pleasure to help Proficient Teachers like you in continuously
improving your current practice.

Let us examine how Teacher Josh tries to get his Grade 11 learners’ background by
using the Human Bingo game in the first day of his Personal Development class.

Classroom-Based Activity Plan: The Human Bingo Game

1. Learn more about your classmate by interviewing each other.
2. Guided by the bingo card, go around the class and look for classmates who
can be described by any of the items in the card.
3. If you cannot instantly identify a classmate for a particular description, roam
around and ask your classmates to check off any item that fits them.
4. Then, ask your classmates to affix their name or signature on
the corresponding box.
5. The learner/s with a fully signed card will win the game.
6. Winners will share to the class their experience in doing the activity.

This is how the game card given to each learner looks.

Teacher Josh prepared the personalized

5x5 square grid card. Written in each box
is a description or characteristic of his
learners. He used his learners’ previous
records as a basis for developing the
statements in the game card.

As you may notice, included in the first

column are possible cultural expressions,
in the second column are religious
information, in the third and fifth are
socio-economic depicters, and in the

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fourth are linguistic backgrounds.

Now that you have read the activity, can you help Teacher
Josh in improving his current practice on establishing
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Probing
Before we provide feedback for the teaching practice, please answer the following

1 What background information did Teacher Josh attempt to solicit from his new learners?

2 How does the activity help him know his learners better?

3 Is it a learner-centered activity? Why?

4 If you were to use the information that Teacher Josh could get from the game, how
would you design your succeeding learning activities?

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5 How could it be a more fitting proof to address Indicator 3.2.2?

After completing the probing questions, you may compare your answers with Rey’s feedback for Teacher

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Using the CRELS activity, Teacher Josh shows a good attempt to make a survey of his learners’ l

The information that can be taken from this activity is also an excellent basis for profiling lear
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Suggestions for Improvement

Here are our suggestions to improve this current practice:

• Summarize the information gathered from this activity to get a bigger picture of
how diverse your learners are in terms of linguistic, cultural, socio-economic and
religious backgrounds.
• Consider your learners’ profile in planning and implementing strategies and
activities in your class.
• Aside from getting-to-know activities, it is highly recommended that you
embed learning activities in your lessons. In doing so, be guided by the
following reminders:
o Capitalize on your learners’ background without compromising individual
orientation.
o Foster collaborative learning in your classes.
o Provide multiple and diverse examples in your lectures or discussions.
o Establish personal connections with your learners.
o Use differentiated instruction.
o Show respect in communicating with learners.
o Look for culturally relevant resources in teaching the content.
o Use the community and your learners’ prior experiences in terms of
language use, cultural expression, socio-economic status and
religious orientations as additional source of learning.

We hope we were able to help you! You can incorporate our suggestions in designing your class activities and tea

This time, we will show you different practices that will serve as guide on how you can fully satisfy the target in

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ILLUSTRATIONS OF PRACTICE

In this segment, Rey and I will walk you through some

illustrations of practice that could help you know the
diverse experiences of your learners, and use teaching
strategies that are responsive to their linguistic,
cultural, socio-economic, and religious backgrounds.

Before that, please read some significant points about learner-centered pedagogy.

The responsibility of creating meaningful learning experiences lies in the collaboration

between the learners and their teacher. Establishing learner-centered culture can be
framed by teachers who value the great role of learners during the instructional process;
promote shared commitment to learning; and see learners’ diverse identity as an
advantage in developing a positive, inclusive and collaborative classroom climate through
doing any of the following recommendations (Yale Center for Teaching and Learning,
2018):
• Structure classroom conversations to encourage respectful and
equitable participation.
• Use small groups to encourage non-competitive ways of learning and
encourage cross-cultural communication.
• Anticipate sensitive issues and acknowledge racial, class or cultural
differences in the classroom when appropriate.
• Model inclusive language.
• Use multiple and diverse examples.
• Personally connect with learners.
• Provide alternative means for participation.
• Respectfully communicate with learners.
• Address offensive, discriminatory and insensitive comments.
• Perform a self-assessment or take teaching inventories

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Being responsive to learners’ diverse identity also calls for inclusive teaching strategies that will
ensure a higher level of engagement and a wider scope of accessibility in the learning process.
In doing so, you may also consider the following recommendations (Yale Center for Teaching
and Learning, 2018):
• Offer support by extending commitment to all students’ learning.
• Consider racial and socio-economic classes, give equal access for all learners, and
supplement classroom discussion by carefully using learner diversity.
• Make classes relatable to learners and let them imagine themselves in the scenario
by using different types of readings, slides, pictures and other materials that can be
localized or contextualized.
• Value learners’ differences and make them feel comfortable in the class.
• Get learners’ feedback on the learning process and resources used.
• Enrich your knowledge of learner-centered pedagogies by reading relevant literature
and participating in professional learning communities

Now that you are reminded of the concepts of learner- centered culture and how you can bring such a culture ins

ILLUSTRATION OF PRACTICE NO. 1

Understanding Learners’ Profile

Prior to selecting any teaching strategy that will best fit the learners, it is important that we
familiarize ourselves with basic information about them.

The succeeding practices are put in place to profile the learners using the linguistic,
cultural, socio-economic and religious backgrounds.

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1.1 Accomplishing the School Register

In the beginning of school year, Teacher Shiela, like all other class advisers in her school,
completed the School Register, more commonly known as School Form 1(SF1). It is a
DepEd official document that records basic data about the learners. Completing the school
register familiarizes her with her new learners’ identity.

In the sample below, the school register inputs the learners’ sex, age, religious affiliation, address, parents

SF1 also denotes important

remarks for learners who
transferred in from a different
school, who are recipient of
financial support from the
government, and who are Balik-Aral
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1.2. Conducting survey with learners and parents

Another way to get learners’ profile is by giving them teacher-made personal data answer
sheets or survey questionnaires. Using this document, Teacher May conducted a survey
with her learners and their parents. Since parents come at different time of the school
year, the survey was made in any of the following instances: during enrolment, Parent-
Teacher
Association (PTA) conferences, honors’ assembly, when parents are specially called to school
to report their children’s achievement and/or other concerns, or during home visitations.

This denotes
the learner’s
religious
background.

Identifying
These are language/s
some items spoken at
that can home, ethnicity
identify the and possible
learners’ exposure and
cultural access of
background. the learners
to different
learning
materials
The family
is also
background,
contributory
including
in identifying
parents or
linguistic
guardian’s
background.
occupation,
education and
income is a
determiner
Knowing the
of socio-
distance,
economic
directions and
status.
references of
Along with
the learner’s
this is the
home to school
declaration of
also helps in
working and
determining
dependent
the cultural
family
and socio-
members
economic
and their
background.
membership
in community
organizations.
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Other than using this Learner’s Profile sheet, Teacher May also took up the personal
meeting with parents as an opportunity to learn about other characteristics of the learners.
Since
the parents are knowledgeable about their children, an exchange of insights with them is an
excellent time to get to know more about the learners.

1.3 Using Class Bulletin Board

Teacher Alex reserves a bulletin board to feature a learner every week in his classroom. Each
learner is assigned a particular week in the school year where his/her identity will be showcased.

The succeeding example is just one of the many illustrations of this featured practice. Grade 7
learner, Ria, personalized the bulletin board. In her personal masterpiece, she included her
profile picture, full name, nick name, grade and section, and other items that give her identity.

Determinants of her cultural background are her love for eating, talking and
reading. Including mangga at bagoong, banana cue and kwek-kwek as her
favorite food denotes her appreciation of local foods. Like many Filipinos,
she is fond of music but eating rice is more important in her life. The
learner’s favorite color is also very obvious in her design. All of these items
definitely help Teacher Alex in determining his learners’ cultural background.

The output itself, includin

determining linguistic back

Putting a life verse taken from the Holy Bible, and including a picture of her rosary signify the learner’s religious ori

The learners’ statement about selling puto (rice business gives Teacher Alex an idea about the
cake) in the classroom and in promoting this family’s socio-economic background.
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Based on Teacher Alex’s learners’ and parents’ feedback, each learner

experiences a dose of excitement, happiness and pride during the time when
he/she is featured and considered as the star of the week. This practice delivers a
sense of pride and belongingness.

1.4 Consolidating Class Profile

Profiling learners in terms of their background can happen in many different ways. It may be
formal or informal. It may be planned or unplanned. Knowing our learners doesn’t happen in a
day. Recognizing their identity is a continuous process from the first day of classes when we got
to know their names and continues even after we send them off to their next grade level or key
stage. It is good for teachers to know their learners. It is better if teachers use their knowledge
about the learners to inform teaching practices. But, it is best for them to create a learner-
centered culture by implementing various strategies that are responsive to learners’ linguistic,
cultural, socio-economic and religious backgrounds.

Learners’ diverse
background is graphed
for easy viewing and
analysis. The information
above helps teacher in
crafting differentiated
and inclusive teaching
strategies that are fitted
for linguistically, culturally,
socio-economically,
and religiously diverse
learners.

Using the consolidated learners’ information from the School Register and the survey
questionnaire accomplished by the learners and their parents, Teacher Sharon drafted her class
profile using graphs and charts. She also posted them on a bulletin board in her classroom for
other subject teachers to refer.

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HOW TO DO IT

Understanding learners’ background is instrumental in choosing and using strategies that

are responsive to their commonalities or diversities.

In doing so, you may consider the following:

1. Complete the school register in the beginning of school year or semester.

2. Conduct a survey with learners and parents using teacher-made instruments
to solicit target responses on learners’ background.
3. Feature your learners in the classroom by assigning them a week or a couple of
days to share their characteristics, beliefs, and other cultural identities.
4. Consolidate data from school forms, survey questionnaires, anecdotal records,
observation guides, interview transcripts and the like to get a better picture of
the similarities and differences among your learners.
5. Determine how you can create meaningful learning experience in your classes
by talking to your learners, observing them, examining their previous school
records, involving them in extra and co-curricular activities, and facilitating
meaningful games.
6. Modify your class activities to allow you to discover more about your leaners’
background by:

a.Using supplementary materials that are relatable to learners. These can

be in the form of story books, canned music and chants, photos and videos

b.Determining and dismiss stereotypes through journal writing and

subjective explanation of sensitive topics.

c.Using varied types of product and performance assessment (like role

playing, essay writing, portfolio preparation, simulation, etc.) that will
reveal learners’ profile.

ILLUSTRATION OF PRACTICE NO. 2

Teaching strategy responsive to learners’ linguistic
background
In her Grade 3 class, Teacher Len examined the learners’ profile, including their level of
knowledge about distinct local vocabularies. She also considered their length of residency in
the municipality, which might affect the learners’ linguistic background (Cacho & Cacho,
2015, p. 78).

In the local vocabulary test, the learners achieved satisfactory performance and found
content words – adjectives, nouns and verbs – the most difficult (Cacho & Cacho, 2015,
pp. 81-82). She realized that there is a need to reinforce her classroom practices. Using
the localization strategy, she allowed her class to immerse in the community through
huntahan (conversational activities). They later developed and utilized Diksyunaryo
Lopezeño in their classes as localized material for the learning competency: F3EP-Id-6.1
Nakagagamit ng diksyunaryo.

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This material aids in

providing authentic
and localized language
remediation and
enrichment activities.

Furthermore, Teacher Len also used this localized intervention in giving

linguistically sensitive activities. In her Filipino class, she asked her learners to write
a poem in adherence to the subject’s Pamantayan sa Pagganap (Content
Standard): Napahahalagahan ang wika at panitikan sa pamamagitan ng pagsali sa
usapan at talakayan, paghiram sa aklatan, pagkukuwento, pagsulat ng tula at
kuwento.

The following prompts were used in the task:

1. Pag-usapan ang isang pangkaraniwang araw ninyo bilang mag-aaral.

2. Gamitin ang sipi ng lokal na diksyunaryo na matatanggap ng bawat

pangkat upang magsilbing gabay sa paghanap ng kahulugan at pagpili
ng angkop na salita para sa bubuuing tula.

3. Sumulat ng isang akda gamit ang natutunan sa nakaraang araling tula

tungkol sa inyong “buhay estudyante”.

4. Maaring sumangguni sa mas nakatatanda sa inyong tahanan hinggil

sa tamang gamit ng mga salitang lokal.

5. Salangguhitan ang mga salitang lokal at isulat sa ibaba ng pahina ang

kahulugan ng mga ito.

6. Pagkatapos ng sulatin, gawin ang tampok na palakpak ng inyong

grupo at ihanda ang mga sarili sa sabayang pagbasa ng inyong mga
tula.

Such activity may help the learners develop their vocabulary while fostering
appreciation of their own local language and developing the value of cooperation among
members of the team.

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economic and religious backgrounds

1. Determine your learners’ linguistic background.

2. Involve your learners in discourses, sharing or brainstorming activities on topics
that are relatable to them.
3. Promote cooperative learning strategies in giving authentic and purposeful
activities.
4. Maximize learners’ “talking time” in the class.
5. Collaborate with the learners’ parents or family, and community to enrich
learning activities.
6. Adjust teaching strategies to meet your learners’ background.

ILLUSTRATION OF PRACTICE NO. 3

Teaching strategies responsive to cultural background

Teacher Jane, a Grade 7 English Teacher just finished a short story that is set in a
culture- rich province. Before asking her learners to compose a travelogue (EN7WC-III-f-
2.2.14), she designs an activity plan which asks the learners to assert one’s unique identity
and to better understand other people (EN7LT-III-f-5).

The steps that she followed are cited in a lesson plan excerpt below:

Discussing New Concepts and Practicing New Skills #1 and #2

1. Profile the learners according to their birthplace, hometown or

barangay (as identified in the school forms).
2. Form small teams by grouping the learners heterogeneously in terms
of their birthplace, hometown or barangay.
3. Following the format of a travelogue, ask the learners to write a
memorable day visit in their place (or, if possible, have an actual visit in
their hometown or barangay).
4. Remind the learners to consider the significant landmarks to see, food
to try, activities to do or people to visit in their place.
5. In their small groups, each learner will share his/her travelogue.
6. After small group sharing, they will share the consolidated insights
that they learned by using any of the following:
a.Role playing,
b.Community singing,
c.Creative dancing,
d.Poster presentation,
e.Picture slideshows,
f. Video presentation.

Through this interactive-collaborative strategy, the learners’ diverse cultural backgrounds

are valued, highlighted and shared. Since the teacher prepared the heterogeneous grouping,
an equal chance is given for each learner to identify himself/herself and his/her cultural
identity as a significant part of a big class.

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HOW TO DO IT

Implementing culturally-responsive teaching strategies involves establishing connections

between the lesson’s content and the learners’ cultural identity. It may happen from
grouping the learners, preparing instructional materials, delivering the content, or
conducting assessment.

The following steps suggested by Guido (2017) can be taken to successfully carry
out culturally responsive pedagogies:

• Establish inclusion by highlighting how the topic relates to the learners.

• Develop positive attitudes by allowing the learners to choose between activities

and assessments that let them showcase their values, strengths and experiences.

• Enhance meaning by drawing connections with real-world issues, asking

learners to use opinions and existing knowledge to address them.

• Foster confidence by offering different assessment modalities to

demonstrate skills and understanding.

ILLUSTRATION OF PRACTICE NO. 4

Teaching strategies responsive to socio-economic
background
Teacher Zi uses guided interaction strategy in teaching Grade 4 Araling Panlipunan: Naiuugnay ang
epekto ng pagkakaroon ng hanapbuhay sa pagtugon ng pangangailangan ng komunidad at ng
sariling pamilya (AP2PSKIIId-4).

Prior to this lesson, learners are assigned to set an interview with their parent/s or guardian/s to ask
them about how they make a living for the family.

Let’s look at the excerpt from her lesson plan:

Presenting Examples/Instances of the Lesson

Small Group Activity:

1. Each member of the group will portray or act out their parent/s’ or guardian/s’ job.
2. While one member acts out, the other members guess the job being portrayed.
3. The job shall be named by the other members or (in case, no one answers correctly) by
the “actor” or the member portraying the job.
4. Then, the “actor” will briefly explain or share the story of his/her parent/s’ or guardian/s’ job.
5. The same will be done by all members of the small group.

Discussing New Concepts and Practicing New Skills #1

Big Group Sharing:
The following essential questions will be answered by the class:
1. What jobs have been identified in your small group?
2. Why are these jobs significant in the society?
3. How do these jobs relate to/support one another?

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Allowing the learners to portray, share and reflect on the jobs of their parent/s or
guardian/s, the teacher provides (1) an opportunity for the learners to become more sensitive
to their own socio-economic position, (2) a chance to learn more about the learners’
background, and
(3) a venue for inclusive teaching to happen.

The big-group sharing makes the learners value different professions or occupations. It
creates a learner-centered atmosphere by sharing with the learners the responsibility of
providing information, insights, and experiences inside the classroom.

However, the teacher shall be very cautious to dispel stereotypical beliefs by closely
supervising the sharing activities and by providing thorough and systematic explanations on
how significant and interrelated the different jobs are.

This also led to the attainment of the lesson’s performance standard: Ang mag-aaral ay
nakapagpapahayag ng pagpapahalaga sa pagsulong ng mabuting paglilingkod ng mga
namumuno sa komunidad tungo sa pagtugon sa pangangailangan ng mga kasapi ng
sariling komunidad.

ILLUSTRATION OF PRACTICE NO. 5

Teaching strategies responsive to religious background

Teacher Yen, a Grade 7 Edukasyon sa Pagpapakatao teacher asked her learners to solicit
authentic responses from newlywed couples in a lesson on adolescent developmental tasks,
EsP7PS-Ib-1.3 Naipaliliwanag na ang paglinang ng mga angkop na inaasahang kakayahan
at kilos (developmental tasks) sa panahon ng pagdadalaga / pagbibinata ay nakatutulong
sa... paghahanda sa pag-aasawa / pagpapamilya...

Let us look at her activity plan:

Finding Practical Applications of Concepts and Skills in Daily Living

1. Have a short interview with your parents on how they prepared for their
marriage and family life. Also ask them some problems that they have encounter in
their married life and their solutions when challenges in their relationship occur.
You may use the following guide questions:
a.What are your preparations before marriage?
b.Does any religious orientation influence your plan for married life?
c.What do you consider to be morally right or wrong growing up and in
preparation to married life?
d.How do you use your beliefs/principles/practices to guide your family life?
2. Synthesize the consolidated responses from the interview in a creative chant, jingle
or palit-awit (song remake).
3. Be ready to present your creative output to the class.

Using this authentic learning strategy, Teacher Yen gave her learners authentic
learning through conducting personal interview with concerned couples from different
religions. This learner-centered strategy also allowed her learners to express their

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HOW TO DO IT

You may consider any of the following suggested strategies and resources that foster
religious diversity (Whittaker, Salend & Elhoweris, 2016):

a.Incorporating content about religion into the curriculum;

b.Studying holidays and displaying religious/seasonal symbols;
c.Using children’s literature;
d.Employing technology-based resources;
e.Inviting guest speakers who represent a range of religious groups;
f. Involving families by collaborating and communicating with them;
g.Addressing issues that may affect school performance;
h.Dealing with insensitive and intolerant acts; and
i.Engaging in variety of professional development activities.

ILLUSTRATION OF PRACTICE NO. 6

Teaching strategy responsive to learners’ diverse
backgrounds
In her Grade 11 Oral Communication class, Teacher Ysa tries to integrate her learners’ diverse
backgrounds by contextualizing some teaching-learning procedures.

The teacher uses prior

knowledge activation
strategy by asking the
learners to create dialogue
for the given pictures.
Hence, this is a timely
opportunity for the learners
to express themselves in the
language familiar to them.
Thus, a good venue for the
teacher to identify
learners’ background
based on how they

interpret the pictures.

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Another way to integrate learners’ background is role playing and scenery analysis-based teaching.

In the given tasks, the teacher specifies the situations that allow learners to express themselves. The learner
illustrate the focus topic or concept.

On the other hand, Teacher Sabel gives the same lesson but uses a different style of
integration. Instead of providing opportunities for learners to integrate their background to
the current lesson, she uses one specific material to connect the entire lesson with.

Let us look at how she uses the three-level integrated teaching strategy following the fact-
concept-value sequence in her lesson procedure.

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Fact level. The teacher asks

the learners to describe a
familiar local practice.

Concept Level. The learners

are asked to identify scenes
from the material (the
facts) and organize them
according to the concept
being discussed.

Value Level. The learners

consolidate their concepts,
relate them to real-life
and create meaning from
the tasks.

HOW TO DO IT

Providing inclusive teaching can be done in many ways. You can consider any of the following strat-
egies to help you achieve the target indicator:

1. Integrated Teaching Strategy

a.Provide learning opportunities where the learner can incorporate their individ ual identi
ties or background (linguistic, cultural, socio-economic, or religious), as in the form of
learning tasks, activities or teaching procedures.
b.Use any of the learners’ background (linguistic, cultural, socio-economic, or religious)
as part of the lesson and have it integrated using the three-level strategy:
i. fact level for specific information or basic skills;
ii. concept level for exploring the facts and making generalization; and
iii. value level for establishing connection between the lesson and the learners’ lives.
c.Grab incidental teaching opportunities to incorporate any of your learners’ background in
the subject matter.

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2.Contextualized Teaching and Learning

a.Bring the lesson content in the context of your learners’ backgrounds by linking the lesson
to concrete application in real world.
b.Develop activities that involve learners in authentic situations.
c.Embed teaching concepts to scenarios that are linguistically, culturally, socio-economical
and religion sensitive.
d.Use authentic assessments.

3.Localization Strategy
a.Accommodate and respect learner diversity by adapting to learners’ local conditions and
environment.
b.Maximize locally available materials.
c.Use local songs, tribal dance, native cuisine, town history, legends and stories, etc. in
les son planning and execution.

4.Cooperative Learning Strategy

a.To promote cooperation and collaboration, assign learners into groups and give each
member a specific task. Make sure that both groupings and tasks are relatable to learners.
b.Use “jigsaw tasks”, which cannot be completed unless everyone helps or unless each par
ticipant learns one piece of the job and teaches the others (Saravia-Shore, 2019).

5.Instructional Conversation Strategy

Highlighting communicative competence is another significant block in the teaching and
learning process. Aside from mastering grammar rules, learners should also learn how to
apply social and cultural rules in their conversation. This can be done through instruction-
al conversation, which is “an extended dialogue that is educational and relevant to
students’ lives” (Saravia-Shore, 2019):
a.Tell stories (e.g. folklore, legends, myths that reflect culture and religion).
b.Let learners watch drama (e.g. local films and video clips that portray social
conditions, cultural and religious practices, etc.).
c.Read books (e.g. history of a tribe or specific ethnicity)
d.Write and act out plays (e.g. using dialogs or conversations featuring local language or
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6.Journal Teaching Strategy

Journal writing is a self-expression that promotes reflective learning while practicing com-
munication skills. To use this strategy for learners of diverse backgrounds, the following are
suggested by Cox (n.d.):
a.Use journals as a class start-up activity.
b.Summarize opinions before or after instruction to provide the learners a venue to
express their ideas, experiences and prior knowledge on the lesson and to let them
reflect on what they learned.
c.Create a personal journal to allow freedom of expressing learners’ feelings,
opin ions, and emotions.
d.Create a dialogue or interactive journal, where the learners can express more of
themselves while the teacher can learn more about them.
e.Use double entry (or two-column) journal, where phrases or sentences are written
on the left side and the learners’ reactions on the right side.

7. Differentiated Instruction
Another highly recommended strategy for teaching diverse classroom is differentiated in-
struction. It is the use of a range of pedagogies to “differentiate” input, process, product
or learning environment to give learners the most fitting opportunity to learn, given their
var- ied learning styles and backgrounds. For more tips in using this strategy, you may
refer to PPST Resource Package/ Module 6, pp.7, 13-15.

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Other Illustrations of Practice economic and religious backgrounds

Having seen how Indicator 3.2.2 can be achieved, we believe that every Proficient Teacher can
create learner-centered culture in his/her classes.

Here are more illustrations of practice that you can consider in aligning your teaching practices
with this Indicator.

KEY CONCEPTS ILLUSTRATIONS OF PRACTICE

Linguistic background A teacher uses semantic webbing in introducing a new topic.

Key word/s are written at the center of the cluster map on the
board while learners are encouraged to write relevant words in
circles around the center circle. The class will then make a web of
relationships among the words and the teacher starts discussion
of the content from there.

A seasoned teacher in MAPEH realizes that he could no longer

relate to some student vocabularies. Thus, he uses peer teaching
to bridge the gap between his lexicon and the younger
generation’s lingo.

After the PTA conference, Teacher Os approaches the guardian

of a distinct learner in her class to find out the previous language
trainings that made the child exceptional in speaking the second
language.
Cultural background A physics teacher constructs word problems regarding speed and
acceleration by using vehicles common in their municipality like
habal-habal (motorcycle), tuktok (tricycle), padyak (pedicab), and
jeepney in his/her examples.

In a lesson on project proposal writing, a teacher asks her learners

from the Home Economics – Cookery class to develop proposals
to promote local dishes in a school-based cooking expo.
After discussing varied legends found in the suggested learner
material (LM) and teaching guides (TG), a teacher asks his/her
learners to make a research about the legend of their favorite fruits
and vegetables.

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KEY CONCEPTS OF PRACTICE

ILLUSTRATIONS
A Health Teacher brings her learners to a known faith healer in
their barrio so they can have raw observations and create their own
reaction about the traditional way of healing diseases in their area.
A teacher uses local issues like the renovation of one of the heritage
houses in their municipality to give way to the opening of a fast food
chain.

A TLE teacher uses documentary films that depict different ways of

caregiving to infants and adults in different parts of the country.

Socio-economic An Araling Panlipunan teacher localizes the discussion on societal

background issues by focusing on the traffic problems they experience every day
that they come to school. Learners were asked to think of possible
solutions to this common problem.

Edukasyon sa Pagpapahalaga (EsP) teacher includes his/her

learners’ names and peer group’s names in presenting scenarios
that promote developmental values.

A Filipino teacher invites a grandmother to share local proverbs and

beliefs in their ethnic group.

A teacher invites a former alumnus to share his inspiring story of

hard-earned success, which has contributed in generating more
successes among other people in the locality.

Religious background A Grade 8 Araling Panlipunan teacher evaluates his/her learners’

knowledge on different religions in Asia by doing a gallery walk,
where learning groups answer specific questions or perform specific
tasks in each station of their gallery walk.

A kindergarten teacher shortly explains to her learners the seasons

when classes are suspended due to religion-related holidays like Eid’l
Fit’r and Eid’l Adha, Christmas and Holy Week, Chinese New Year,
All Saints Day, and other local festivities.

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN

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You have just learned the different key concepts relevant to
establishing learner-centered culture by using teaching strategies
that respond to learners’ linguistic, cultural, socio-economic and
religious backgrounds.

Based on your learning in this module, reflect on how you can further
your professional development.

Fill in the personal action plan

below.
STRENGTHS DEVELOPMENT NEEDS ACTION PLAN TIMELINE RESOURCE NEEDED
What are the skills you are What are the skills you What can you recommend When will you implement What assistance/
good at? need to improve? for your development your plan? resources do you need
intervention? to implement the plan?

Happy planning!

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RESOURCE LIBRARY

This section provides you resources that can help you further understand the indicator.

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