dynamics of community

1. Community Engagement, Solidarity, and Citizenship
General Academic Strand | Humanities and Social Sciences
Lesson 1.3
Community Dynamics and
Actions

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3. Have you been
observing changes in
your own community?
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4. In our modern world
today, do you think the
lives of everyone have
improved?
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5. Do you think it is
possible that every
member will progress?
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6. As a community, we need to
know if all the needs of
members are met.
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7. Studying community
dynamics will help us in
knowing how to improve
our communities.
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8. Learning
Competency
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Explain the importance of studying community
dynamics and community action in relation to
applied social sciences and the learners’ future
career options (HUMSS_CSC 12-IIIa-c-1).

9. Learning
Objectives
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● Understand the definition of community
dynamics, its forms, purposes, and
approaches.
● Understand the definition of community
action, its forms, purposes, and
approaches.
● Recognize the interplay between
community dynamics and community
action.

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Activity Title
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11. Let’s
Connect You will be divided into
five groups. Each group
will be given a photo of a
professional in the field
of applied social sciences.
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Professionals in Action

12. Let’s
Connect
1. Use the following questions as guide in your
discussion:
a. What do you think is the profession of
the person in your photo?
b. What made you say he or she belongs
in that profession?
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Professionals in Action

13. Let’s
Connect
c. What do you think is he or she doing in
the photo?
d. In what ways do you think his or her
profession helps the community?
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Professionals in Action

14. Let’s
Connect
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1. What do you think is the importance of
having professionals working for the
community?

15. Let’s
Connect
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2. In your opinion, what skills and knowledge
are necessary in becoming any of these
professionals?

16. Let’s
Connect
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3. Would you like to work in the community
as a professional as well? Explain your
answer briefly.

17. Essential
Question
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What is the importance of studying
community dynamics and actions?

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Community Dynamics
The term dynamics refer to a
pattern or process of change, or
growth, or activity.
Community Dynamics

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Community Dynamics
Involves understanding:
● Needs of the community
● Involvement of members
in decision-making
● Social networks
● Services and policies
Community Dynamics

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Community Dynamics
The critical approaches in
exploring community dynamics
and its processes focus on:
● Community power
relations
● Leadership
● Social change
Community Dynamics

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Community Power Relations
This is the community’s
capacity to have control of
their own activities and
resources, and their ability to
exercise decision-making.
Community Power Relations

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Leadership
In a community, its leaders
must be able to lead the
members in carrying out
their shared objectives.
Leadership

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Social Change
This can be characterized by
alterations of cultural
attitudes, values, behavior, or
social organization.
Social Change

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Community Actions
These are collective
activities done by
members of a
community that aim
to address the needs
of its members.

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Community Actions
This is the process of
working collaboratively
with a community through
volunteering and civic
involvement.
Community Engagement

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Community Actions
The sense of responsibility
and accountability to one’s
community
Solidarity

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Community Actions
Membership and
fulfillment of duties to
one’s own community
Citizenship

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Community Dynamics and Actions
Studying community dynamics will assist in devising
community action initiatives that provide solutions to their
problems.

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Your
Progress
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Summarize the importance of studying
community dynamics and community
actions.

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Career Options in Applied Social Sciences
Applied Social Sciences
They aim to address different
social issues in a progressive
way that fits the present-day
society.

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Career Options in Applied Social Sciences
By applying psychological
principles and
communication skills, they
encourage and strengthen
individuals to overcome
challenges and reach their
fullest potential.
Guidance Counselors

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Career Options in Applied Social Sciences
They organize communities and
promote empowerment and
liberation of people, especially
those who are oppressed or
marginalized.
Social workers

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Career Options in Applied Social Sciences
They provide access to accurate,
reliable, fair, and relevant
information that benefit all
communities. They also protect
and practice freedom of
expression.
Communicators, Journalists,
and Media Personnel

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Identification. Identify the term described in each
statement.
These are disciplines that aim to address
different social issues in a progressive way
that fits the present-day society.

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These are professionals who encourage and
strengthen individuals to overcome
challenges and reach their fullest potential.
Identification. Identify the term described in each
statement.

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In community action, it is an individual’s
membership and fulfillment of duties to one’s
own community.
Identification. Identify the term described in each
statement.

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This is the process of working collaboratively
with a community through volunteering and
civic involvement.
Identification. Identify the term described in each
statement.

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This term refers to a deed, a behavior, or an
initiative. It also means movement or change.
Identification. Identify the term described in each
statement.

39. Wrap-Up ● Community dynamics is the movement and
change that occur in a community that involves
all its members.
● The critical approaches in exploring community
dynamics and its processes focus on
community power relations, community
leadership, and social change.
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40. Wrap-Up
● Community action activities are often
campaigns, advocacies or programs, and
other services participated by the community
that encourages connections and promotes a
sense of involvement among community
members to contribute to the common good.
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41. Wrap-Up ● Community actions can be achieved through
community engagement, solidarity, and
citizenship in communities.
● Supported by the principles of human rights,
social justice, inclusion, and empowerment,
professions in applied social sciences work
toward the improvement of community
members’ quality of life and well-being.
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Challenge
Yourself
Assess your own community leaders.
Discuss whether they possess the
characteristics of a good leader discussed in
this lesson.

43. Bibliography
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