CONCEPTS AND

PERSPECTIVES OF
COMMUNITY
SOCIOLOGY-
Community as a group that follow a social
structure within a society ( culture, norms, values,
status,)
they may work together to organize social life
within a particular place or they may be bound by
a sense of belonging sustained across time and
space
 PSYCHOLOGY
Community psychology is a field with
a unique new perspective for
understanding the individuals within
their environment which include the
larger social systems that affect their
lives
 ANTHROPOLOGY
Community is to be characterized in
terms of :
1.Common interests between people
2.A common ecology and locality
3.A common social system or structure.
 GEOGRAPHY
A community of place or place-
based community is a community of
people who are bound together
because of where they reside, work,
visit or otherwise spend a continuous
portion of their time
 ECONOMICS
Economics for community holds
that the non-market goods and
services have intrinsic, non-monetary
values that can not be replaces by
financial assets
COMMUNITY MAPPING
“ MY COMMUNITY”
Make illustrated map that describes your local
community. Include in your map the photos and
images that represent the people in your community.
Draw arrows, lines, and symbols to show the
relationship between the people in your community.
 RUBRIC
The intended message to be
Content 50% communicated through the poster is
clearly identifiable.
The poster uses color, visual images
Creativity 30% and words to clearly communicate
the poster’s intended message.
Neatness 20% The poster is neat and cleanly
presented.
 UNDERSTANDING THE
DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES
ON COMMUNITY
◙ Community as a concept is not solid. A
community has different parts and is therefore
seen from various viewpoints.
◙ The varying viewpoints come as a result of
the distinct perspectives of the different
academic disciplines:
THE DIFFERENT
PERSPECTIVES
 1. SOCIAL SCIENCE PERSPECTIVE
◙ A community is a congregation of people unified by at least one
common characteristic
◙ People can be unified by geography, shared interests, values,
experiences, or traditions.
◙ There is a common pattern of behavior
◙ The course of embracing the behavior patterns of the community
in referred to as socialization
 2. ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
community is a congregation of
species that occurs together in time
and space and has a high probability
of interaction. Social ecology, as
exemplified by Bronfenbrenner (1979?
 CIVIL SOCIETY PERSPECTIVE
CIVIL SOCIETY (CS) is generally defined as a
wide array of non-governmental organizations
and volunteer groups that are fighting for
solutions to social issues that continue to
worsen the condition of the disadvantaged
sector of society, especially the poor
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