Defining

Civic
Responsibility
Group 6

Leynes, Cassandra Jane Vera, Villaruel

Magno, Kezeah Villaruz, Nadua Angerish
Vargas, Romalene Mae Ybañez, Rosela Adelle
Verano, Cristel Jane Yusup, Faith Angeline
What is Civic Responsibility?
Civic responsibility is not merely a matter of
electing public officials or obeying the law.
Concepts of civic responsibility include
“citizenship for democracy “, and “social
responsibility.

Active citizenship today encourage students to

foster responsibility. It recognizes desired
learning outcomes in three broad areas;
knowledge, skills, and attitudes. Each outcome is
supported by a series of specific abilities.
Knowledge

a. Recognize characteristics and actions of effective citizens

b. Describe the community where they live.
c. Describe local problems and their connection to local and national issues.
d. Explain factors and institutions that influence public policy.
e. Know how individuals can address community problems

Skills
f. Develop and use effective questions.
g. Acquire information from primary and secondary sources.
h. Evaluate information for objectivity, accuracy, and point of view
i. Use information to help solve social problems.
j. Assess personal action.
k. Develop critical thinking skills.
l. Develop communication and persuasion skills.
m. Work cooperatively with other.
 Service Learning
Service Learning (SL) is a structured learning experience that combines community
service with preparation and reflection . Students engaged in SL provide community
service in response to community.

• SL strives to achieve a balance between service

and learning objectives.
• SL places an emphasis on addressing community
concerns and broad determinants on health.
• In SL, there is the integral involvement of
community partners.
• SL emphasis reciprocal learning.
• SL emphasizes reflective practice.
• SL places an emphasis on developing citizenship
skills and achieving social change.
 Elements of Service Learning
Service-learning involves three essential ingredients: involving students in community activities; strengthening
course-related academic learning, and educating for democratic citizenship/civic participation.

1. Involve students in community activities.

2. Prepare and train students for entering communities.
3. Ensure that student activity is co-defined by that community.
4. Focus on assets, not on the deficiencies of the community and its members.
5. Build reciprocal relationships with community partners.
6. When appropriate, sustain efforts over time.
7. Enhance academic learning
● Student involvement in the community.
● The student learning paradigm shifts from private and individualized to public and collective to
strengthen social responsibility outcomes.
● Instructional paradigm shifts from directive to facilitative utilize students community-based
learning and involve them in active learning.
● Purposeful civic.
 Objectives of the NSTP Program
01 For the Students
• The activity allows them to fully internalize their experiences in community service.
• The activity helps them identify the needs of a community and propose implement solutions within their means.
• The direct involvement of the students enhances their civic responsibilities.
• The activity provides the students with the opportunity to apply their knowledge gained from a learning
institution.
• Immersion programs creates opportunities for the students leadership development.

02 For the community

• The activity of the students offers the community valuable information to assist them in future decision-making.
• The activity provides the community with immediate assistance on their ongoing projects.
• The activity fosters a mutually respectful relationship between the community and the academe.
• The wide range of skills and abilities possessed by the students enriches interaction with the members of the
community.
• Service-learning students allow and encourage the community to embark on an enterprise that would uplift their
socio-economic needs.
• Students bring new ideas and enthusiasm to the youth of the adopted community.
 Objectives of the NSTP Program
03 For the Professors
• The service-learning activity provides them with the opportunity to apply textbook situations to cover real-life
examples.
• The involvement of the students in immersion programs gives the faculty the opportunity to be aware of what is
going on in a community.
• Immersion also challenges professors to relate concepts and principles like nutrition, education, business, arts, and
other current community and social issues.

There are many expectations from immersion students, among them

1. To actively participate in all team meetings, team building activities, class lectures , and instruction sessions.
2. To contribute to the planning, design, and development of community projects.
3. To adhere and respect the established group norms.
4. To develop and contribute expertise for the achievement of the project goals.
5. To practice good questioning and reflective techniques.
6. To view the group as a whole that depends on each persons valuable contributions.
 Immersion As a Component of Community
Development
From a broader perspective, community development is defined as a process of developing active and
sustainable communities based on social justice and mutual respect. It is a structured intervention that
provides the community stronger control over some issues and contributions that affect their lives.

A community development program, in general, commits among others:

1. To challenge discrimination and oppressive practices within organizations, institutions, and communities.
2. To develop a practice and policy that protects the environment.
3. To encourage networking and connections between communities and organizations.
4. To ensure access and choice for all groups and individuals within the society.
5. To influence policies and programs from the perspective of communities.
6. To prioritize issues concerning people who experience poverty and social exclusion.
7. To promote social change that is long term and sustainable.
8. To reverse inequality and the imbalance of power relationships in society.
9. To support community-led collective action.
10. To ensure that the role of community workers played by the students and faculty to facilitate the participation of people
in the community is successful.
This is where NSTP and the academic institutions play their objective roles in affecting changes in communities.

Among these solutions are projects related to health, environmental education, information drive,
livelihood/entrepreneurship projects are either social services. The realization of these projects is made possible
through the active participation of NSTP students.

Since this chapter advocates the adoption of immersion as an NSTP community project, there are several justifications
for this suggestion,
Among them are:

1. The immersion program has a longer duration

2. The activities in an immersion program are flexible, students may plan their options in terms of time and
specific projects.
3. The immersion program is more “personal” than usual projects.
4. The chosen specific projects focused more on implementation.
5. The immersion program encourages division of work, initiative, independence, and sharing of skills and
ideas among team members.
6. The immersion program encourages self-reliance among students.
Among the values learned in community development are:

Social Justice
Enables people to claim their rights, meet their needs, and have greater control over the
decision-making process, which affect their live.

Participation
Facilitates the peoples democratic involvement in issues affecting their lives, some of which are
full citizenship, autonomy and shared power, skills, knowledge, and experience.

Equality
Challenges the attitudes of individuals and the practices of institutions and society which
discriminate against marginalized sectors.

Learning
Recognizes the skills, knowledge, and expertise that people contribute and develop by tackling
social, economic, political, and environmental problems.

Cooperation
Works together to identify and implement action based on mutual respect of diverse cultures
and contributions.
 Though community development operates at a
larger social context as it focuses on poverty
alleviation, people empowerment, social and
political participation, and economic sustainability,
the realization of these objectives is gradual and
requires time. But with more determined
participants such as families, rather than working
with larger participants in a community, projects
related to the objectives of community development
are easily carried out and implemented.