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Community Engagement, Solidarity and Citizenship
Community Engagement, Solidarity and Citizenship
Community Engagement,
Solidarity and Citizenship
Module 1 – Quarter 1
The Importance of Studying Community Dynamics
and Community Action
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Cover page i
Copyright page ii
Table of Contents iv
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WHAT I NEED TO KNOW
THINGS TO REMEMBER TO
GET THROUGH
To learn the benefits from this module, follow the steps below:
1. Read the module title and the module introduction to get an idea of what the
module covers. Specifically, read the first two sections of this module
carefully. The first section tells you what this module is all about while the
second section tells you of what you are expected to learn.
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2. Never move on to the next page unless you have done what you are expected
to do in the previous page. Before you start each lesson, read first the
INSTRUCTIONS.
3. Work on the activities. Take note of the skills that each activity is helping you
to develop.
4. Take the Post-Test after you are done with all the lessons and activities in the
module.
5. Meet with your teacher. Ask him/her about any difficulty or confusion you have
encountered in this module.
6. Finally, prepare and gather all your outputs and submit them to your teacher.
7. Please write all your answers of the tests, activities, exercises, and others in
your separate activity notebook.
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Competency 1A: Explain the importance of studying community dynamics and
community action in relation to applied social sciences and the learners’ future
career options, HUMSS_CSC12-IIIa-c-1 (2 hours)
WHAT I KNOW
Instructions: Complete the statement below and answer the questions that follows:
(10 minutes)
V WHAT IS IT
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What is community?
Types of Community
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A formal group is formed when people come together to accomplish specific goals
an objectives.
An informal group is formed when two or more people come together to accomplish
a specific task which is mainly socially geared.
A rural area is an open swath of land that has few homes or other buildings, and not
very many people. A rural area’s population density is very low.
A global community are the people or nations of the world, considered as being
closely connected by modern telecommunications and as being economically,
socially, and politically interdependent.
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Particularly, these data sets could have a role to play in projects and initiatives
looking to work in a more asset-based way.
The role the community includes community consultation, joint planning, joint
design, joint delivery and community-led activities.
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What can I do with my degree in Social Sciences?
Social Science Careers
Civil Service Career- The Civil Service delivers public services according to
government policies. There are a large number of different departments and so a
huge variety of different roles.
Charity Officer- here are a variety of different roles within charities including project
management, volunteer co-ordination and fund raising.
Equality and Diversity Officer- Equality Officers promote diversity and work to
ensure that people are treated fairly and not discriminated against for characteristics
including race, gender, age or disability.
Family Support Worker- Working with families facing a variety of difficulties and
helping them to solve problems and move forward.
Housing Officer- Housing Officers work for local authorities or housing associations
to manage rented accommodation including solving problems raised by tenants,
organizing maintenance, allocating properties and dealing with payment issues.
Housing Policy Officers develop policies for local authorities or housing associations.
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and selection, training and development, grievance and discipline and provide advice
on employment law.
Immigration, Customs and Border Roles- There are a variety of roles involving
monitoring people, banned substances and other goods leaving and entering the
country to ensure safety and security and to maintain the law.
Intelligence Analyst- Analyzing and assessing intelligence data largely for the
purposes of security and crime prevention.
Mediator- Working with people to help them solve conflicts and disagreements.
Police Officer- Police Officers work to make communities safer by maintaining the
law and preventing crime.
Prison Officer- Prison Officers are responsible for maintaining security in prisons
and supporting the rehabilitation of prisoners.
Probation Officer- Probation Officers work with offenders and aim to reduce rates of
re-offending and protect the public.
Psychologist- There are a range of different psychologist roles but broadly they
help clients to improve their psychological well being.
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topics including crime, transport and education. Social Researchers manage
research projects including collecting and analyzing data and presenting the results.
Social Worker- Social Workers work with people in the community who need
support, for example, the elderly, children who are at risk, people with disabilities or
mental health difficulties.
Victim Care Officer- Providing help to people who have been victims of crime,
including supporting them during court proceedings.
Youth Offending Officer- Working with young offenders with the aim of reducing
rates of re-offending and supporting young people to achieve positive outcomes.
Youth Worker- Working with young people to provide support, raise aspirations and
break down barriers to achieving. This is done in a variety of ways including through
recreational activities, organizing projects, mentoring and liaising with other
agencies.
WHAT’S IN
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INSTRUCTIONS:
Thank you.
WHAT’S MORE
ACTIVITY 1
1.) Make a non-sequential blocks in your notebook focusing in the Social Science
Careers listed above, select the top five (5) priority career you want in the
future.
(Note: Limit 5 careers only and you can have your own graphical design)
To the teacher:
You can vary the instructions such as:
1. Vary the number of timeline-events, genres and their
structures.
2. Give your own graphical design or ask the students to have their
own.
3. Opt to have another activity as long as it has something to do with
tracing the literary evolution of the Philippines.
ASSESSMENT
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Instructions: Match each statement in Column A with what it describes
in Column B. Write the letter of the answer in your notebook.
Column A Column B
1 A human settlement with a high population
density. a. Social Science
2. Areas have a low population density and b. Rural community
small settlements. c. Community action
3. Known as the change and development d. Community dynamics
involved in a community that includes all forms e. Social space
of living organisms. f. Community
4. A physical or virtual space such as a social g. Urban community
center, online social media, or other gathering h. Sociology
place where people gather and interact.
5. A situation putting communities as the center
of the services development and services
delivery.
6. A group of people who share something in
common.
Learning Competency 1B: Define using various perspectives, e.g., social sciences,
institutions, civil society, and local/grassroots level HUMSS_CSC12-IIa-c-2
(2 hours).
WHAT I KNOW
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Instruction: Write T if the statement is true and F if it is false. Write your
answer in your notebook.
1.Family is responsible for reproduction to replace members, provides protection,
socialize the young.
2.Politics produce and distribute goods and services.
3.Education is a way to pass on culture, knowledge, and values.
4.Religion helps people find purpose in their live, develops spiritual side of people,
provides guidelines for personal behavior and social interaction.
5.Social science is the branch of science devoted to the study of societies and
the relationships among individuals within those societies.
6.Sociology is the study of what makes us human.
7.Anthropology is the study of human social life.
8.Economic is the art or science of government.
9.Anthropological perspective focuses on the study of the full scope of human
diversity and the application of that knowledge to help people of different
backgrounds.
10. Institution is a society or organization founded for a religious, educational, social,
or similar purpose.
WHAT’S NEW
I. SOCIAL SCIENCE
Social science is the branch of science devoted to the study of societies and
the relationships among individuals within those societies. The term was formerly
used to refer to the field of sociology, the original "science of society", established in
the 19th century. In addition to sociology, it is now encompasses a wide array
of academic disciplines, including anthropology, archaeology, economics, human
geography, linguistics, management science, media studies, musicology, political
science, psychology, welfare and nursing studies[1] and social history.
Sociology is the study of human social life. Sociology is a branch of the social
sciences that uses systematic methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis
to develop and refine a body of knowledge about human social structure.
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identifying patterns of social behaviour. It also attempts to provide explanations for
such patterns.
The Social Science Perspective is viewing life through the tinted spectacles of
the speculations passed off as “science” by bullying academics. In sad truth, they
cannot predict wars, social changes, elections, or anything else. And certainly they
are incapable of creating or manipulating anything significant.
They call themselves “scientists” because they explain the world in complex
language and invented words that they pretend to understand. In reality, they have
no science because science means to be able to predict without error and to
manipulate or create phenomena.
A lens maker can create a lens for a specific function because he knows the
materials, the math, and the laws of optics. An astronomer can predict eclipses and
the path of planets. A chemist can synthesize new chemicals, and predict reactions
and the energies involved. Always, without error.
However a social scientist can only generate large volumes of garbled prose,
too thick to be called a lie and without the work ability required of the truth.
ompare
it to the beliefs and practices
of other societies, past, and
present (Dudgeon). The
holistic,
cross-cultural and comparative
approach can help us think
more deeply about other
people and
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cultures, and live more
consciously in our global
world. It also changes your
way of thinking
about the world with a wider
appreciation of the human
experience. It allows us to
understand
how the evolutionary package
inherited from our ancestors
work in today’s environment.
Sources:
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Dudgeon, Roy C. “The
Anthropological Perspective:
What Makes it Unique.”
“Why is Anthropology
Important.”
https://
classroom.synonym.com/why-
is-anthropology-important-
12080725.html.
ompare
it to the beliefs and practices
of other societies, past, and
present (Dudgeon). The
holistic,
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cross-cultural and comparative
approach can help us think
more deeply about other
people and
cultures, and live more
consciously in our global
world. It also changes your
way of thinking
about the world with a wider
appreciation of the human
experience. It allows us to
understand
how the evolutionary package
inherited from our ancestors
work in today’s environment.
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Sources:
Dudgeon, Roy C. “The
Anthropological Perspective:
What Makes it Unique.”
“Why is Anthropology
Important.”
https://
classroom.synonym.com/why-
is-anthropology-important-
12080725.html.
ompare
it to the beliefs and practices
of other societies, past, and
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present (Dudgeon). The
holistic,
cross-cultural and comparative
approach can help us think
more deeply about other
people and
cultures, and live more
consciously in our global
world. It also changes your
way of thinking
about the world with a wider
appreciation of the human
experience. It allows us to
understand
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how the evolutionary package
inherited from our ancestors
work in today’s environment.
Sources:
Dudgeon, Roy C. “The
Anthropological Perspective:
What Makes it Unique.”
“Why is Anthropology
Important.”
https://
classroom.synonym.com/why-
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is-anthropology-important-
12080725.html.
ompare
it to the beliefs and practices
of other societies, past, and
present (Dudgeon). The
holistic,
cross-cultural and comparative
approach can help us think
more deeply about other
people and
cultures, and live more
consciously in our global
world. It also changes your
way of thinking
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about the world with a wider
appreciation of the human
experience. It allows us to
understand
how the evolutionary package
inherited from our ancestors
work in today’s environment.
Sources:
Dudgeon, Roy C. “The
Anthropological Perspective:
What Makes it Unique.”
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“Why is Anthropology
Important.”
https://
classroom.synonym.com/why-
is-anthropology-important-
12080725.html.
What is the anthropological
perspective? Why is it
important?
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Other than culture concept,
Anthropology has
different distinctive ways of
thinking about the world,
human cultures, societies, and
people.
Anthropological Perspective
focuses on the study of the full
scope of human diversity and
the
application of that knowledge
to help people of different
backgrounds. Some of the
aspects of the
Anthropological Perspective
are culture, cultural relativism,
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fieldwork, human diversity,
holism,
biocultural focus. The four
main perspectives of
Anthropology are the cross-
cultural or
comparative emphasis, its
evolutionary/historical
emphasis, its ecological
emphasis, and its
holistic emphasis (Dudgeon).
From an anthropological
perspective, these concepts are
related to
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each other and they are also
seen as integrated with one
another.
In order to understand the
origin and the history of
human beings, and to
acknowledge
global cultured and
communities, people should be
able to consider
anthropological perspectives
in their both social and
academic lives.
Anthropological perspective is
very important because it
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looks at shared aspects of
humanity like language,
cultural connections,
economics, and curiosity
to find the common thread.
What makes the
Anthropological Perspective
unique is that unlike
other social scientists,
anthropologists look beyond
the confines of our own
society and compare
it to the beliefs and practices
of other societies, past, and
present (Dudgeon). The
holistic,
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cross-cultural and comparative
approach can help us think
more deeply about other
people and
cultures, and live more
consciously in our global
world. It also changes your
way of thinking
about the world with a wider
appreciation of the human
experience. It allows us to
understand
how the evolutionary package
inherited from our ancestors
work in today’s environment
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What is the anthropological
perspective? Why is it
important?
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Anthropological Perspective
focuses on the study of the full
scope of human diversity and
the
application of that knowledge
to help people of different
backgrounds. Some of the
aspects of the
Anthropological Perspective
are culture, cultural relativism,
fieldwork, human diversity,
holism,
biocultural focus. The four
main perspectives of
Anthropology are the cross-
cultural or
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comparative emphasis, its
evolutionary/historical
emphasis, its ecological
emphasis, and its
holistic emphasis (Dudgeon).
From an anthropological
perspective, these concepts are
related to
each other and they are also
seen as integrated with one
another.
In order to understand the
origin and the history of
human beings, and to
acknowledge
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global cultured and
communities, people should be
able to consider
anthropological perspectives
in their both social and
academic lives.
Anthropological perspective is
very important because it
looks at shared aspects of
humanity like language,
cultural connections,
economics, and curiosity
to find the common thread.
What makes the
Anthropological Perspective
unique is that unlike
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other social scientists,
anthropologists look beyond
the confines of our own
society and compare
it to the beliefs and practices
of other societies, past, and
present (Dudgeon). The
holistic,
cross-cultural and comparative
approach can help us think
more deeply about other
people and
cultures, and live more
consciously in our global
world. It also changes your
way of thinking
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about the world with a wider
appreciation of the human
experience. It allows us to
understand
how the evolutionary package
inherited from our ancestors
work in today’s environment
What is Anthropology?
1. ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
-focuses on the study of the full scope of human diversity and the application of
that knowledge to help people of different backgrounds. These are culture, cultural
relativism, fieldwork, human diversity, holism, bio-cultural focus.
2. SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
-involves the investigation of the problem on micro and macro levels. At micro
level, sociology studies how individuals behave in social situations—at work, at play,
at home, or in school, or in small and large groups. It deals with people’s everyday
interactions (social interactionist, ethno methodological and phenomenological
approaches of study).
At macro level, sociology focuses on patterns of behaviour and forms of
organisation that characterise entire societies (classical and grand theorist’s
approaches). At this level, sociology deals with large-scale structures (such as
bureaucracy), broad social categories, institutions, social systems, and social
problems such as war, unemployment, poverty, corruption, and solutions to these
problems are sought at the structural or organisational level. In their studies,
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sociologists utilise both approaches of study, i.e., qualitative (introspective-
participant method) and quantitative (statistical, interview and survey techniques).
3. POLITICAL PERSPECTIVE
Politics (from Greek: Πολιτικά, politiká, 'affairs of the cities') is the set of activities
that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power
relations between individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status. The
academic study of politics is referred to as Political Science.
Perspectives on politics seeks to provide a space for broad and synthetic
discussion within the political science profession and between the profession and the
broader scholarly and reading publics. Such discussion necessarily draws on and
contributes to the scholarship published in the more specialized journals that
dominate our discipline. At the same time, Perspectives seeks to promote a
complementary form of broad public discussion and synergistic understanding within
the profession that is essential to advancing research and promoting scholarly
community. Perspectives seeks to nurture a political science public sphere,
publicizing important scholarly topics, ideas, and innovations, linking scholarly
authors and readers, and promoting broad reflexive discussion among political
scientists about the work that we do and why this work matters.
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NOTE: CONSIDER PROVIDING SOURCE OF THE
PICTURE USED.
The five major social institutions and their functions are fairly universal, but
could vary depending one’s culture or geographic location. However, it is likely that
there be some common or overlapping social institutions, each with its relevant set of
functions, which vary somewhat depending on social values, moral standards, and
level of civilization.
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NOTE: CONSIDER PROVIDING SOURCE OF THE
PICTURE USED.
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NOTE: CONSIDER PROVIDING SOURCE OF THE
PICTURE USED.
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NOTE: CONSIDER PROVIDING SOURCE OF THE
PICTURE USED.
Civil society refers to the space for collective action around shared interests,
purposes and values, generally distinct from government and commercial for profit
actors. Civil society includes charities, development NGO’s, community groups,
women organizations, faith-based organizations, professional associations, trade
unions, social movements, coalitions and advocacy groups. However, civil society is
not homogeneous and the boundaries between civil society and government or civil
society and commercial actors can be blurred. There is certainly no one 'civil society'
view, and civil society actors need to contend with similar issues of
representativeness and legitimacy as those of other representatives and advocates.
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The role of civil society in good governance is to apprise people of their
fundamental rights and responsibilities. In addition, civil society is instrumental in
making people aware about the role of the government and state institutions, as well
as the responsibilities of state functionaries. Without that knowledge, most people
are unaware of governance, public issues and the administrative structures and
functions.
3. NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS
Some NGOs rely primarily on volunteers, while others support a paid staff.
membership dues
private donations
the sale of goods and services
grants
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Despite their independence from government, some NGOs rely significantly on
government funding. Large NGOs may have budgets in the millions or billions of
dollars.
4. SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
5. INTEREST GROUPS
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where formal interest groups are restricted or not as well developed, interest is often
used to designate broader groupings such as government elites and tribal leaders.
The common goals and sources of interest groups obscure, however, the fact
that they vary widely in their form and lobbying strategies both within and across
political systems. This article provides a broad overview that explains these
differences and the role that interest groups play in society.
Local International
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Organizations
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local level, but grassroots politics as Cornel West contends are necessary in shaping
progressive politics as they bring public attention to regional political concerns.
The idea of grassroots is often conflated with participatory democracy. The Port
Huron Statement, a manifesto seeking a more democratic society, says that to
create a more equitable society, "the grass roots of American Society" need to be
the basis of civil rights and economic reform movements. [6] The terms can be
distinguished in that grassroots often refers to a specific movement or organization,
whereas participatory democracy refers to the larger system of governance.
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Community action is about putting communities at the heart of their own local
services. Involving communities in the design and delivery of services can help to
achieve a number of objectives, including:
ASSESSMENT
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Instructions: Choose a word in the box that corresponds to each of the
following statements below. Write the letter of your choice in your notebook.
a. Civil society
g. grassroots movement
b. Sociology
h. Community action
c. Politics i. local government
d. social movement
j. Local organization
e. non-governmental organization (NGO)
f. anthropology k. Organization
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ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
1. Take five (5) minutes to think about your community and write down all the needs
and wants of your community in the first box.
2. After listing the needs and wants, list down on the second box list the actors in
the different institutions in your community and how these institution intervene or
help out in making your community a better place to live in.
Needs Wants
Family
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