Learning Output: Write-Up/HandOut

Name/s: Sandrine E. Danay Date: March 04,2023

Program – Major: CPE 1A

U2.3&2.4 The School as a Community and The School as a Learning Community

School - An educational institution design to provide learning spaces and environments for
learners
Community - A group of people living together in one place sharing of common characteristics
which link them all irrespective of locality, interest, passion, needs occupation etc.
School Culture - Refers to the beliefs, perceptions, relationships, attitudes, written and
unwritten rules that shape and influence every aspect of how school functions.
Example:
 Practice (rites, rituals, and ceremonies)
 Communication (stories, legends, symbols, and slogans)
 Common language (phrases or jargon common to the school)
School-Community Relationship - Members of the school will be members of their local
community reflecting its beliefs and values conveyed through the action, behavior, and attitudes
of pupils, teaching and non-teaching staff, parents and schools.
Example:
 Home Visiting
 Brigada Eskwela
 Work Experience Program
 Youth Development Programs
3 Possible patterns of connection between the School and the Community
 Closed Door Pattern - It will waste energy without the right guidance from the parents
and the community, the school will be unaware of changes occurring in these systems
 Open Door Pattern - The school and parents operate as an open system that designed
to process inputs of its external environments, only to return the processed product to
the environment for its use and benefit
 Balanced Pattern - The school and parents set the degree of closeness or distance
between them in order to achieve their educational and social goals to the optimal extent

The School as a Learning Community

What is Learning Community?
Learning Community
 a group of people who share a common interest and sense-making approaches for
building collaborative knowledge and valued activities.
 In learning organization, members work together, mutually understanding each other
and respecting the diversity of one another

Characteristics of a Learning Community

 Belonging - Members need to feel that they belong in the community
 Interdependence - The members of the community need each other and feel needed by
others
 Trust - A major characteristics because it is instrumental to the emotional strength of the
learning group
 Shared Faith - Part of belonging to a community is believing in the community as a
whole, that the community should exist and will be sufficient to meet the members
individual needs.
 Learning Output: 15-Item Multiple Choice Quiz with Answer
Key
Name/s: Sandrine E. Danay Date: March 04,2023
Program – Major: CPE 1A

Exercise.
Choose the letter of the correct answer.
1. The school and parents set the degree of closeness or distance between them in order to
achieve their educational and social goals to the optimal extent
a. Closed Door Pattern
b. Open Door Pattern
c. Balanced Pattern
d. School Culture
2. An educational institution design to provide learning spaces and environments for learners
a. Community
b. School
c. School-Community Relationship
d. Learning Community
3. Part of belonging to a community is believing in the community as a whole, that the
community should exist and will be sufficient to meet the members individual needs.
a. Shared Faith
b. Belonging
c. Trust
d. Interdependence
4. Refers to the beliefs, perceptions, relationships, attitudes, written and unwritten rules that
shape and influence every aspect of how school functions.
a. Closed Door Pattern
b. Belonging
c. School Culture
d. Community
5. The school and parents operate as an open system that designed to process inputs of its
external environments, only to return the processed product to the environment for its use and
benefit.
a. Closed Door Pattern
b. Open Door Pattern
c. Balanced Pattern
d. School Culture

6. Members need to feel that they belong in the community.

a. Shared Faith
b. Interdependence
c. Trust
d. Belonging
7. Three Possible patterns of connection between the School and the Community, EXCEPT:
a. Closed Door Pattern
b. Open Door Pattern
c. Balanced Pattern
 d. Unbalanced Pattern
8. A group of people living together in one place sharing of common characteristics which link
them all irrespective of locality, interest, passion, needs occupation etc.
a. Learning Community
b. School
c. School-Community Relationship
d. Community
9. It will waste energy without the right guidance from the parents and the community, the
school will be unaware of changes occurring in these systems
a. Closed Door Pattern
b. Open Door Pattern
c. Balanced Pattern
d. School Culture
10. The members of the community need each other and feel needed by others.
a. Shared Faith
b. Belonging
c. Trust
d. Interdependence
 Answer Key
1. c
2. b
3. a
4. c
5. b
6. d
7. d
8. d
9. a
10. d