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CESS Lesson 1 Nov. 5, 2019

Studying community dynamics and action is important for: 1) Understanding how communities are structured and how they change over time in response to events and disturbances. This knowledge can help future careers in community development and services. 2) Engaging communities in the design and delivery of local services to build social capacity and share knowledge. This empowers communities and achieves local objectives. 3) Recognizing how community changes can impact career choices and understanding one's role in community development for their future profession. Knowledge of community issues is relevant for many social science careers.

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CESS Lesson 1 Nov. 5, 2019

Studying community dynamics and action is important for: 1) Understanding how communities are structured and how they change over time in response to events and disturbances. This knowledge can help future careers in community development and services. 2) Engaging communities in the design and delivery of local services to build social capacity and share knowledge. This empowers communities and achieves local objectives. 3) Recognizing how community changes can impact career choices and understanding one's role in community development for their future profession. Knowledge of community issues is relevant for many social science careers.

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Nov. 6, 2019
Learning Competency:
 Explain the importance of studying
community dynamics and community
action in relation to applied social
sciences and the learners' future career
options.
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Roller Coaster Ride
Each group will make 3 paper pipes
Each group will be given a
pingpong ball
Each group must shoot the
pingpong ball into a paper pipe
without making it fall on the way
(understanding community action and community dynamics)
 What are your observations on the group as they performed
the given task.
 Were there any conflicts that emerged? How was/were the
group able to resolve the conflict/s?

1. How would you react if you fail to transfer


the ping pong ball successfully?
Community Dynamics and Action

Community dynamics and action. – any


activity that increases the
understanding, engagement and
empowerment of communities in the
design and delivery of local services .
Community action includes a broad
range of activities and sometimes
described as social action or community
engagement
Community Dynamics and Action
Community dynamics are the changes in
community structure and composition
over time. Sometimes theses changes
are induced by environmental
disturbances such as volcanoes,
earthquakes, storms, fires, and climate
change. Communities with a stable
structure are said to be at equilibrium.
.
Compare the Changes in Your
Community between 2017 and 2019
2017 2019

1. What are the factors that brought these changes?


Community
 One of sociology’s oldest and most
enduring objects of study and research
 Emile Durkheim and Max Weber defined
and shaped the concept of community from
the scientific point of view
 For most of us, community is
belongingness, togetherness, camaraderie,
and similar state of peaceful social relations.
Community
 Bill Lee – community is simply a group
of people who have something in
common
 Greeks – community means
“fellowship’, that is a group of people
who come together for mutual support
and to fulfil their basic needs
Study of Community based onFour
Traditions
1. The complete community – collectivities based on
village to metropolitan are analyzed holistically. We
observe the functional relations between the parts of
the community and the community as a whole.
2. The community of limited liability – focuses on
neighbourhoods and similar areas of larger
communities. It considers the sentiments and
motivations of people living in the neighbourhood. A
community within a community eg. Bisayan
Community, Filipino Community, etc
Study of Community based onFour
Traditions
3. The community as a society – examines various
groups for whom prestige or moral worth or both are
in some way important. Status communities. Philippine
Societiey of Mechanical Engineers
4. The personal community – attention is directed to
communes and certain organizations which have a
sense of community. The basis here is one of the shared
personal interests in which prestige or moral worth if
it is an issue at all, is a minor importance K of C,
Eagle’s Club
Importance of studying community
dynamics and action?
 To put the communities at the heart of their
own local services , involving them in the
design and delivery of services to hep them
achieve a number of objectives including
building community and social capacity – to
help the community share knowledge, ideas,
skills
What is your personal
career choice?”
“What makes you choose
this career?”
How does a change in
• “

your community affect


your career choice?”
¼ Sheet of Paper
 “What is the importance of
understanding your
community dynamics and
community action for your
future career?”

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