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Community, Engagement,
Solidarity and Citizenship
Quarter 3 – Week 1
Weekly Learning Activity Sheet
Importance of Studying Community Dynamics and
Community Action

Name of Writer: RHENA AMOR P. DINERMAN

School: Senior High School in Carmen
District: Carmen 1
Email Address: rhenaamor.dinerman@deped.gov.p h
 Development Team

Writer: Rhena Amor P. Dinerman

Validators: Rhena Amor P. Dinerman, Carmencita P. Dinerman

Reviewers: Rosell P. Abellana, Avelina C. Duquesa,

Bernie R. Pamplona, Junel M. Anino

Illustrator: Neil J. Arado

Management Team: SDS Romeo O. Aprovechar, CESO V

ASDS Love Emma B. Sudario
CID Chief Rayfrocina T. Abao

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 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Caraga Administrative Region
DIVISION OF AGUSAN DEL NORTE

WEEKLY LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET

Name of Learner: __________________________________ Section:

______________
School: ___________________________________________

Learning Area: Community, Engagement, Solidarity

and Citizenship
Grade Level: Grade 12
Quarter: Third Quarter
Most Essential Learning Explain the importance of studying
Competency (MELC): community dynamics and
community action in relation to
applied social sciences and the
learners’ future career options.
Code: HUMSS_ CSC12-IIIa-c-1
Month: March, 2021
Week Covered (specify the
dates): March 22 – 26, 2021
Title of the Activity: Activity 1: You Belong with Me!
Activity 2: Knowledge Checker
Activity3: Experience Makes Me
Wiser!
Materials (preferably localized Paper
and available at home): Pencil
Pen
Objective(s): 1. Explain the meaning of
community;
2.Demonstrate an understanding of
the integration of social science
perspective and community action
initiatives; and
3.Synthesize the integrative
experience of implementing
community-action initiatives by
applying social sciences’ ideas and
methods.
Lesson

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What is community?

The word "community" derives from the Old French comuneté

(currently "Communauté"), which comes from the Latin communitas
"community", "public spirit" (from Latin communis, "common").

According to David M. Chavis & Kien Lee, the idea behind

“community” connects with each other as it describes an experience
among human. In the social sector, we often add it to the names of social
innovations as a symbol of good intentions (for example, community
mental health, community policing, community-based philanthropy,
community economic development).

Many of the scholars viewed community as a group of people who

share something in common. Among sociologist community manifest
shared attributes of the people in it and/or by the strength of the
connections among them. You need a bunch of people who are alike in
some way, who feel some sense of belonging or interpersonal connection.
A community is a social unit (a group of living things) with commonality
such as norms, religion, values, customs, or identity (Moody, 2020).
Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given geographical
area (e.g. a country, village, or town) or in virtual space through
communication platforms. Durable relations that extend beyond
immediate genealogical ties also define a sense of community, important
to their identity, practice, and roles in social institutions such as family,
home, work, government, society, or humanity at large. Although
communities are usually small relative to personal social ties,
"community" may also refer to large group affiliations such as national
communities, international communities, and virtual communities.

Role of the Community

The role the community includes community consultation, joint
planning, joint design, joint delivery and community-led activities.

Applied Social Sciences. These are social science disciplines, professions

and occupations which seek to use basic social science research and
theory to improve the daily life of communities, organizations and
persons.

The following occupations listed below are a selection of those

which may interest Social Sciences students and graduates from the
School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research.

Social Science Careers:

Advice Worker- provide information, advice and guidance on a range of
topics depending on the role. These topics may include housing,
employment, welfare, education, finance and law.

Civil Service Career- delivers public services according to government

policies. There are a large number of different departments and so a huge
variety of different roles.

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Community Development Worker- Working in communities and liaising
with different agencies to bring about change and improvements. Some
work may be targeted towards certain groups of people e.g. the
unemployed or the homeless.

Equality and Diversity Officer- promote diversity and work to ensure that
people are treated fairly and not discriminated against for characteristics
including race, gender, age or disability.

Housing Officer- 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.

Human Resources Officer- Human Resources Officers aim to ensure that

organizations have a skilled and efficient workforce. They are involved in
recruitment and selection, training and development, grievance and
discipline and provide advice on employment law.

Legal Careers- Providing legal services to clients.

Local Government Careers- Developing policies and delivering local

services. There are a huge variety of roles within local government
including roles in social care, housing and education to name just a few.

Mediator- Working with people to help them solve conflicts and

disagreements.

Police Officer- work to make communities safer by maintaining the law

and preventing crime.

Probation Officer- 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.

Psychotherapy, Counselling and mental Roles- Supporting people to

overcome a range of psychological or emotional difficulties.

Social Researcher- could work for universities or research/market

research organizations. Social research covers a wide range of topics
including crime, transport and education. Social Researchers manage
research projects including collecting and analyzing data and presenting
the results.

Social Worker- works with people in the community who need support,
for example, the elderly, children who are at risk, people with disabilities
or mental health difficulties.

Teacher/Lecturer/Education Roles- There are a variety of opportunities

within education from primary schools to universities.

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Victim Care Officer- Providing help to people who have been victims of
crime, including supporting them during court proceedings.

Volunteer Coordinator- Managing the recruitment, training, placement

and retention of volunteers.

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.

Types of Community

A formal group is formed when people come together to accomplish

specific goals of objectives.

An informal group is formed when two or more people come together to

accomplish a specific task which is mainly socially geared.

An urban area is the region surrounding a city. An area with high density
of population.

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.

There are, broadly speaking, five common features of

communities. You can classify every type of community by the purpose
that brings them together.

1. Interest. Communities of people who share the same interest or

passion.
2. Action. Communities of people trying to bring about change.
3.Place. Communities of people brought together by geographic
boundaries.
4. Practice. Communities of people in the same profession or undertake
the same activities.
5. Circumstance. Communities of people brought together by external
events/situations.

Community Dynamics is the process of change and development in

communities of all living organisms—including plants, microorganisms,
and small and large creatures of every sort. Populations of an organism
will appear in an environment as its requirements for establishment are
met.

What could it be used for?

For commissioners, policy-makers and anybody else involved in
the design and delivery of local services, Community Dynamics data can
be used to bring additional depth into the understanding of your local

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areas.

Particularly, these data sets could have a role to play in projects and
initiatives looking to work in a more asset-based way.

What is community action?

Community action is any activity that increases the
understanding, engagement and empowerment of communities in the
design and delivery of local services. It includes a broad range of activities
and is sometimes described as ‘social action' or ‘community engagement'.
These activities can vary in their objective, the role the community plays,
the types of activities involved, their scale and their integration within the
council. What they have in common is that they all involve greater
engagement of local citizens in the planning, design and delivery of local
services.

Why is community action important?

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:
 Building community and social capacity – helping the community to
share knowledge, skills and ideas.
 Community resilience – helping the community to support itself. 
Prevention – a focus on early access to services or support, engagement in
design, cross-sector collaboration and partnerships.
 Maintaining and creating wealth – for example helping people into
employment or developing community enterprises.

Importance of Understanding Community Dynamics and Community

Action Community Dynamics is the change and development
involved in a community that includes all forms of living organisms.
Community Action is putting communities as the center of the services
development and services delivery. This initiative aims to cater the
primary needs of the communities before implementing it. In such way,
community action will help the community dynamics or the degree of
improvement of the community. It is important to understand these two
because these will propel the success and stability of the communities.
They go hand in hand and are proportionally related.

Procedure / Activities:
Activity 1. You Belong with ME!
A. Direction: Answer the following that best describe your understanding
on the community. Follow the column below.
ACTIVITIES IN
TYPE OF DESCRIPTION OF THE COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTIONS
COMMUNITY COMMUNITY THAT YOU ARE YOU DID TO
ACTIVELY YOUR
ENGAGED COMMUNITY

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B. From the given activities and contributions that you are actively
engaged, write the top (3) three priority career you want in the future.

top1career top2 career top3 career

Activity 2: Knowledge Checker

Direction: Read the statement carefully. Write A if the statement is TRUE
and B if it is FALSE.

________1. Community is a group of people who share something in

common.
________2. Community action as the change and development involved in
a community that includes all forms of living organisms.
________3. Social space is a situation putting communities as the center of
the services development and services delivery.
________4. Community dynamics is an area having a low population
density and small settlements.
________5. Social Science is the study of the state and government.
________6. Urban community is a human settlement with a high
population density.
________7. Social action is any activity that increases the understanding,
engagement and empowerment of communities in the design and delivery
of local services.
________8. A formal group is formed when people come together to
accomplish specific goals of objectives.
________9. Social research covers a wide range of topics including crime,
transport and education.
_______10. Legal Careers are responsible for managing the recruitment,
training, placement and retention of rank and file employees.

Activity 3. Experience Makes Me Wiser!

Direction: Read and understand the following community action and
community resilience demonstrated by gatekeepers in response to
coronavirus (COVID-19). Then, share your experiences in implementing
the community action initiatives.

1. Philippine government in partnership with the Department of Health

implemented the COVID-19 Humanitarian Response with the “new
normal” with increased awareness of hygiene, personal protection
measures, observing physical distancing and the additional strains on
mental health both at the national and local levels.
___________________________________________________________________
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2. The Philippine government brings together all national agencies, local
government counterparts, as well as partners in the private sector and
civil society the national vaccine deployment program. The said
vaccination program ensures to deliver safe, effective and accessible
vaccines for all Filipinos. However, there are still constituents in the
barangay who are hesitant for the vaccine.
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Reflection:
Complete the following sentences.

1. Studying community is essential because ___________________

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2. Community action defines dynamism of the society _________________

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References:
Agcopra, Leterin II G. Community Engagement, Solidarity, and Citizenship,
Self-Learning Module, Quarter 1 – Module 1. DepEd –
Northern Mindanao, Region X, Philippines, 2020.

Moody, Kim G.C. The Importance of Community.

http://www.mondaq.com/
Canada/knowledge/management/96272/the-importance-of-
Community, 2020.

Chavis, David M. & Lee, Kien. What is community anyway? https://ssir.

org/articles/entry/what_is_community_anyway,2015.

https://www.local.gov.uk/our-support/guidance-and
resources/community-action/communityaction-overview/what-
community-action

https://www.feverbee.com/different-types-of-communities/

Answer Key:

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