HOLY CROSS ACADEMY, INC.

Gallarde Street, Digos City, 8002 Davao del Sur

Senior High School Department
S.Y. 2021-2022

Community
Engagement, Solidarity,
& Citizenship

Week 1-2
SELF LEARNING MODULE
 Importance of Studying Community Dynamics and
Community action in Relation to Applied Social
Sciences for Learners’ Future Career Options
Learning Targets:
 I can define what are community dynamics and community action;
 I can exemplify the value of service by identifying the role and importance of every
individual to the society; and
 I can explain the importance of studying community dynamics and community
action in
COPA

I. Preliminaries

Motivation:
Directions: Tell how a community is depicted in the picture.

Review
Directions: Answer the questions.

1. In three sentences, describe an ideal community?

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ACTIVATING PRIOR KNOWLEDGE

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DirectionS: Answer the questions by writing the letter of your choice on the space
provided each item.

1. It is a social group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality, share
government, and often have a common cultural and historical heritage.
A. government C. home
B. community D. citizen
2. Which of the following is NOT included in the roles the people within a
community?
A. community consultation C. joint planning
B. joint design D. addressing legal issues
3. Helping the community to share knowledge, skills and ideas would also
mean_____________.
A. Building community and social capacity
B. maintaining and creating wealth
C. community resilience
D. creating advancement of goods

II. Lesson Development

A. Presentation of Concept

Community is a social group of any size whose members reside in a specific

locality, share government, and often have a common cultural and historical
heritage.
 Community is all the people living in an area or a group or groups of
people who share common interests.
 Community is a locality inhabited by such a group.
 Community is a social, religious, occupational, or other group sharing
common characteristics or interests and perceived or perceiving itself as
distinct in some respect from the larger society within which it exists.
 Community is a group of people living in the same place or having
particular characteristics in common.
 Community action is any activity that increases the understanding,
engagement, and empowerment of communities in the design and
delivery of local services.
 Community action includes a broad range of activities and is sometimes
described as ‘social action' or ‘community engagement.

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?

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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:

1. Building community and social capacity – helping the community to share

knowledge, skills and ideas.
2. Community resilience – helping the community to support itself.
3. Prevention – a focus on early access to services or support, engagement in
design, cross-sector collaboration and partnerships.
4. Maintaining and creating wealth – for example helping people into employment
or developing community enterprises.
 Role of the Community
The role of the community includes the following: community consultation,
joint planning, joint design, joint delivery, and community-led activities.

Community dynamics applies to any changes taking place within a

group. Such improvements can be made by collective action.

Community shifts arise when decision makers or members take action.

 Such activities relate to the creation or advancement of goods, services and
policies that specifically support a particular community. Factors such as the
needs of the society, the interests of the citizens and the availability of resources
have been addressed in the process. Community dynamics and collective
intervention fall under the umbrella of economics because they are highly
dependent on human resources [the labor force]. Those are mentioned, but it is
fair to suggest that economics plays a critical role in the understanding of
community dynamics through collective action.

Defining Community with its

Various Perspectives
Learning Targets:
 I can define the word community;
 I can exemplify the value of service by composing a letter suggesting ways on how
to improve our/your community by applying different perspective.

Community in Different Perspective

1. Systems Perspective

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From a systems perspective, a community is similar to a living creature,
comprising different parts that represent specialized functions, activities, or interests,
each operating within specific boundaries to meet community needs. For example,
schools focus on education, the transportation sector focuses on moving people and
products, economic entities focus on enterprise and employment, faith organizations
focus on the spiritual and physical well-being of people, and health care agencies
focus on the prevention and treatment of diseases and injuries (Henry, 2011). For the
community to function well, each part has to effectively carry out its role in relation
to the whole organism. From a systems perspective, then, collaboration is logical
approach to health improvement.

2. Social Perspective

A community can also be defined by describing the social and political networks that
link individuals, community organizations, and leaders. Understanding these
networks is critical to planning efforts in engagement. For example, tracing social
ties among individuals may help engagement leaders to identify a community’s
leadership, understand its behavioural patterns, identify its high-risk groups, and
strengthen its networks (Minkler et al., 1997).

3. Virtual Perspective

Some communities map onto geographically defined areas, but today, individuals
rely more and more on computer-mediated communications to access information,
meet people, and make decisions that affect their lives (Kozinets, 2002). Examples
of computer mediated forms of communication include email, instant or text
messaging, e-chat rooms, and social networking sites such as Facebook, YouTube,
and Twitter (Flavian et al., 2005). Social groups or groups with a common interest
that interact in an organized fashion on the Internet are considered “virtual
communities” (Rheingold, 2000; Ridings et al., 2002). Without question, these
virtual communities are potential partners for community-engaged health promotion
and research.

4. Individual Perspective

Individuals have their own sense of community membership that is beyond the
definitions of community applied by researchers and engagement leaders. Moreover,
they may have a sense of belonging to more than one community. In addition, their
sense of membership can change over time and may affect their participation in
community activities (Minkler et al., 2004). The philosopher and psychologist
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 William James shed light on this issue in his writings. James thought it important to
consider two perspectives on identity: the “I,” or how a person thinks about himself
or herself, and the “me,” or how others see and think about that person. Sometimes
these two views agree and result in a shared sense of an identity, but other times they
do not. People should not make assumptions about identity based on appearance,
language, or cultural origin; nor should they make assumptions about an individual’s
perspective based on his or her identity (James,1890).

Today, the multiple communities that might be relevant for any individual —
including families, workplace, and social, religious, and political associations —
suggest that individuals are thinking about themselves in more complex ways than
was the norm in years past.

B. Broadening of Concepts
In our lesson today, we view community as a social organization, and
realize, therefore, that social sciences, institutions, civil society, and local grassroots
levels are explicitly a network of interrelationships that makes a community.
We cannot say that we are a self-made person. The feeling that your only
self is the one helping you for the people around you whether they help directly or
indirectly have become your circle and your personal community

What are the different situations that you have help your community in any way
possible?
Do you think without the help of your external community you can still advance in
life?

C.FOUR -PRONGED INTEGRATION

1. Ignacian Core and Related Values
What Marian Ignacian value did you exemplify when you make yourself
available for the other members of the community offering ways to solve the
different problems situated therefrom?

2. Social Orientation
What would likely happen if person from a community follows
individualism principle wherein they go on their own?

Compare a community a subdivision to a community from a rural area or

semi-urban. What can you tell about the relationship between the neighbors?

3. Lesson Across Discipline (LAD)

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 TLE -Computer
What do you think will happen if one or more hardware from a portable
computer is not functioning? What will happen to the other part of the
computer?

4. Biblical Passage

“That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also
may be one in us” (John 17:21).

References:
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Prepared by Checked by Approved by

JOHN PHILIP ABALLE, LPT CHARMAINE R. RECANA, LPT MARK LEXTER T. FERNANDEZ,
Teacher SHS Focal Person MAEd
School Principal

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