Date &Time started: May 2, 2024 (6:00 pm) Location: Participant’s

house
Interviewer/s: Uyaan, Yvonne F. Documenter/s: none
Name of Janine F. Sao-ang
interviewee:
SOP Answers: Translation:
“As of now, there hasn't “In other subjects like
1. How is Cordilleran really been any Filipino, AP, ESP the
indigenous culture significant involvement teachers are the once
currently integrated of indigenous culture in who would say to talk
into the Grade 9 our activities in the like this (speak in your
MAPEH activities at subject. However, there native language) of
BCHNS? are in other subjects. I course, we would do
haven't had many it because of our
2. How do students challenges since I have grades … In terms of
negotiate with the experienced some groupings, if we are
use of Cordilleran things. But I still have from different places,
indigenous culture in trials when it comes to it is difficult to teach
Mapeh? things I don't know them because their
about other traditions. practices and ours are
INTERVIEWQUESTIONS And when my different … I only
: companions are not teach things I know if I
indigenous people or don’t then we would
Do you have any have no experience just ask our teacher
personal story on about it…Sa ibang which she claimed she
integrating your subjects like Filipino, have knowledge
indigenous culture in Ap , ESP so sila yung about indigenous
the MAPEH subject? nagsasabi na paggagawin culture”
What challenges niyo to dapat magsalita
did you encounter kayo sa native niyo kaya
along the way? gagawin naming kasi sa
grades….Paggrouping
pag iba yung kasama mo
is taga baba kaya di nila
alam mashado yung mga
practices dito kaya
mahirap kasi ieexplain ko
pa sakanila… yung mga
sinasabi ko lang is yung
alam ko lang tas pag
hindi ko na alam
tinatanong naming sa
teacher which is sabi
niya may knowledge siya
sa indigenous culture”
How does the “for me, I see that it can
integration of culture help me and the other
in the subject MAPEH students to develop a
help in shaping your more vast knowledge on
cultural identity as a their own as well as
student? other cultural
backgrounds, learning to
respect them and how
each culture is unique
and related to each
other”

How do you discuss “I don't talk to my “…but our culture is

or negotiate with teacher anymore since already included in
your teacher to my culture is already the activities given by
include your included in our activities ma'am, like role play,
in mapeh…pero po asking who is from
indigenous culture
naisasama namn na po the mountain
in MAPEH?
yung culture namin sa province here, so I will
mga activities na just raise my hand...
binibigay ni maam like Sometimes I want to
role play tatanungin initiate and
kung sino taga mountain sometimes I don't,
province dito , kaya because the others
magtataas nalang ako ng want to but pretend.
kamay… Minsan want ko They gave a question
den maginitaiate at about the culture and
minsan hindi den kasi then someone will
ewan ko kasi yung iba answer, but they tell
kasi diba yung iba want someone else’s
nila kunware nagbigay ng experience and not
tanong about sa culture their own... But I want
tapos may sasagot pero to incorporate my
iba yung sasabihin niya culture to share and
ibang experience di nila show our culture is
experience … Pero gusto not just this, but has a
ko paren iincorporate deeper meaning"
yung culture ko para
maishare at maipakita
yung culture na hindi
lang ganto mas more
deeper meaning pa ito”
Should school heads “I will say that it would “…It's like it helps us
create a curriculum be helpful if students to learn about
where it covers the were given the chance to different cultures and
integration of culture showcase their cultures you learn to respect it
in the subjects more often and see and that's why you're
MAPEH and how others present theirs’s as like, that's great... and
would it help well, because again, it my other classmates
 students? will help with the learned magilocano
student's understanding because they learned
of the different from us and I I think
indigenous cultures upon learning this at
around them… parang po school, I realized that
kasi nakaka tulong ito sa this is correct because
amin na matutunan na our teacher corrects
ibat ibang kultura at it... and it is important
natutunan mo pa itong because sometimes
irespect and kaya po na here at home it is not
like ah ganto pala yung always said because I
ganto … at naman po am busy, so at my
yung iba ko pong kaklase school I know the
is natutunan ng practices. in our
magilocano kasi culture”
natutunan nila sa amin
and I think po upon
learning this po sa school
narerealize po na ah
ganto pala yung tama
kasi kinocorrect ng
teacher naming … and
mahalaga naman po ito
kasi paminsan po dito sa
bahay di po lagi nasasabi
kasi busy busy kaya po sa
school ko po nalalaman
yung mga practices sa
culture namin”

Reflection:

As we start our interview, I felt nervous but know that in order for this to be successful these
feelings should not overpower me. In interviewing her about her experience it becomes apparent
that while there has been some inclusion but not in MAPEH. She also said that she encountered
challenges teaching her classmates with different traditions than her. Despite this, she still has the
acknowledgement that integrating her culture to recognize their culture’s value that it’s more than
that.

In her experience, she told me that her teachers have a role on integrating their culture although
sometimes they only obliged because it’s for their grade. In our interview, I learned that its very
important to really incorporate our indigenous culture in our education to deepen our
understanding and promote respect. I also learned that it is important for teachers to incorporate
their culture in teaching their students although I realize that maybe majority of them don’t know
their indigenous culture as well. But overall, I’m grateful for the opportunity to experience how to
interview and learn their perspective in our research.