The document outlines a course focusing on applying social sciences to understand and address contemporary community challenges, emphasizing community engagement and action. It stresses the importance of studying community dynamics for personal and collective future benefits, and integrates these principles into student initiatives. Key themes include human rights, social justice, empowerment, and collaborative decision-making, highlighting activities that enhance community resilience and capacity.

1. Renante A. Rogador
09264178636/conan.rogador@gmail.com
Senior High School (SHS) Faculty Member
Social Sciences Department

2. This course focuses on the application of ideas and methods of the social
sciences to understand, investigate, and examine challenges of contemporary
community life. It focuses on community-action initiatives such as community
engagement, solidarity, and citizenship as guided by the core values of human
rights, social justice, empowerment and advocacy, gender equality, and
participatory development. It aims at enhancing students’ sense of shared
identity and willingness to contribute to the pursuit of the common good of the
community. It enables students to integrate applied social sciences into
community-action initiatives.

5. Explain the importance of
studying community
dynamics and community
action in relation to applied
social sciences and the
learner’s future career options.
• Why is it important to study
the community and its
dynamics?
• How important is the study
of community to our future
as an individual and as a
collective?
• How can critical knowledge
about the community affects
us and others?

6. ● was derived form the Latin word “communis”
which means common or shared. Thus the
general understanding of the word
community is that it is a social unit compose
of people who have something in common.

7. Geographical
– the members of the community share
the same geographical vicinity, such as
a village, province, our neighbourhood.
Non-Geographical
- these communities are formed based on
needs, ideas, interest, identity, practices
and rules and social institutions such as
at home, at work and government,
society or the community at large.
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8. Micro level
– a group is formed based on
personal social ties. This may
include groups formed for
pursuing common interest or
goals, like forming a small
organization to hold a
fundraising activity such as
concert.
Macro level
– large groups affiliations are
formed such as national,
international and virtual
communities. Companies and
corporations may develop various
programs that would include the
different members across the
country. They will work on meeting
certain objectives and expand on
the aspect of the community
involvement.

9. -Community consultation
-Joint planning
-Joint design
-Joint delivery
-Implementation of
community led activities
Members of the community
consult one another to be able to
implement their plans and
collaborate with one another to
achieve them.

10. – the process of
transferring ownership or
leasehold of a property
- use of physical resources
. – the community may decide
on their priorities, designs and
services to be conducted based
on their goals.
– making contacts
through face to face
interaction
Community Engagement
in Decision Making
Community Networks

11. Physical Infrastructure Social Info-Structure
- wires, computers and technologies
required to establish internet connectivity.
- consist of on-going process of engaging
people in purposeful applications of the
physical connectivity.

13. - is any activity that aims to increase the
understanding, engagement and
empowerment of communities for the intention
of giving services to people. It is also
described as as a social action or community
engagement. Activities are aligned with the
objectives based on the roles that the
community plays. In community action, local
citizens engage in planning, design and
delivery of local services.

14. Prevention
Building community and
social capacity
Community
resiliency
Maintaining and
creating wealth

15. "The greatness of a community is most
accurately measured by the compassionate
actions of its members." – Coretta Scott King