Lesson 4 Community Action Modalities and Citizenship

Community Action
Modalities and
Citizenship
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, SOLIDARITY, AND
CITIZENSHIP
Communities Action refers to the
collective efforts of people directed
toward addressing social problems,
(e.g., social inequalities, environmental
degradation, and poverty) in order to
achieve social well-being.
Communities Engagement refers to
the process of developing partnerships
and sustaining relationships with and
through groups of people affiliated by
geographic proximity or common
interests for the purpose of working for
the common good by addressing issues
affecting their well-being.
Most common forms
of community
engagement in the
educational setting:
1. Service Learning
It is a teaching methodology that employs community
service and reflection on service to teach community
engagement, develop greater community and social
responsibility, and strengthen communities. (Donahue,
Fenner, and Mitchelle 2015; Scott and Graham 2015).
Service learning projects are expected to be a
collaborative effort between the community and the
students so that community issues or social problems can
be addressed.
2. Community Outreach
It refers to the voluntary services rendered by students,
school faculty and employees, or alumni in response to the
social, economic, and political needs of communities.
3. Community engaged research (CEnR)
It is a collective process between or among faculty,
students, and partner communities in conducting research.
Here, the communities are considered as co-leaders in the
design and conduct of the different phases of the research
process.
Community engaged research (CEnR)
It is stressed that the foregoing serve as guides in exploring
the different avenues through which school stakeholders
can engage with the communities for social change.
Modalities of
Community:
Transactional
a one-way community project or activity
that comes from service providers for the
community.
This may include volunteer work, free
consultancy services, philanthropic cash
donations, skills transfer, and technical support
extension.
Transitional
a two-way community project brought about by the
process of consultation and collaboration between the
service provider and the community. Here, repeated
engagement between the community and the service
provider takes place as a result of the infusion of
consultation and collaboration mechanisms in the
organization and implementation of community
projects.
Transformational
a two- way community project characterized
by active dialogue and critical reflectivity
brought about by the process of involvement of
the external agent and the community. Here,
there is what is called the involvement of joint
learning and value-generation, and community
leadership in the decision-making process is
prioritized.
It is emphasized that the modalities of
community engagement operate in a
continuum, parallel to the levels of
community engagement. This means
that most community engagements
begin as transactional, which stops at
the information level.
refers to full membership in
a community where one lives,
works, or was born (Atlanta
and Marquis 2010). However,
What is there are three interrelated
citizenship? dimensions of citizenship that
shape its common notion or
understanding.
According to Leydet (2014), the
following are:
• Legal Dimension
A citizen refers to a person who enjoys civil (freedom
of speech and right to own a property), political (right
to vote and hold a public office), and social rights
(right to education, health, and social security). A
citizen, in this context, also has the right to invoke
protection by law.
• Political Dimension
A citizen refers to a person who is a political agent
and is actively participating in society’s political
institution and system. As a political agent, the citizen
is expected to participate in influencing the behavior
of political decision-makers, in crafting laws and
policies, and in encouraging other citizens to promote
the common good (Sundaram et al. 2012).
• Identity Dimension
A citizen is considered a member of a political
community (nation-state) that actively shapes his or
her cultural identity. Here, a citizen is expected to
demonstrate national pride, loyalty, and love for his
country. Thus, citizenship becomes equivocal to the
concept of national identity, which is understood as a
body of people who feel they are a nation (Emerson
1960).
What are the
different national
mandated service-
learning courses?
1. Citizenship Advancement Training
(CAT) in junior high school
Aims to enhance the students’ social responsibility and
commitment to the development of their communities and
develop their ability to uphold law and order as they assume
active participation in community activities and assisting the
members of the community in times of emergency
(Department of Education Order No. 50 series, of 2005). It
has three components, namely: military orientation,
community service, and public safety and law enforcement
service.
2. National Service Training Program
(NSTP) in college
Is a program aimed at enhancing civic consciousness
and defense preparedness in the youth by developing
the ethics of services and patriotism while undergoing
training in any of its three (3) program components.
Its various components are especially designed to
enhance the youth’s active contribution to the general
welfare (R.A No. 9163). Its three components are:
Components
a. Reserved Officers Training Corps (ROTC) – is a
program institutionalized under Section 38 and 39 of
RA No. 7077 designed to Note: Practice Personal
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training to tertiary-level students in order to motivate,
train, organize and mobilize them for national defense
preparedness.
Components
b. Literacy Training Service (LTS) – is a program
designed to train students to become teachers of
literacy and numeracy skills to school children, out of
school youth, and other segments of society in need
of their services.
Components
c. Civil Welfare Training Service (CWTS) – refers to
program or activities contributory to the general
welfare and the betterment of life for the members of
the community or the enhancement of its facilities,
especially those developed to improve health,
education, environment, entrepreneurship, safety,
recreation, and morals of the citizenry.
Activity: Am I Making Sense?
Read and analyse, then answer the following questions:
1. Do you think it is vital to know your relationship towards your community? Why
or why not?
2. As student, why is it necessary for you to be aware of the different community
modalities? Does it help you in any way? How?
3. Do you think it is important to join or participate in any community action? Why
or why not?
4. How will you contribute to undertaking community action in your respective
community now that we are facing Covid 19 pandemic?
5. What do you think is your biggest contribution to your community in terms of
community engagement?

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