Dimensions of Development
Dimensions of Development
Dimensions of Development
DEVELOPMENT
NSTP-CWTS
NSTP-CWTS DIMENSIONS OF
DEVELOPMENT
An acronym was coined for the NSTP (National Service Training Program)-CWTS (Civil Welfare
Training Program) dimensions of development, SERVICE. This stands for:
c. Relief Team – responsible for preparing foodstuffs, emergency clothes for victims of
calamities or other emergencies.
d. Evacuation Team – responsible for the evacuation of people and properties.
e. First-aid Team – responsible for administering first aid to victims or members of the
responding Emergency Management Team.
g. Transport Team - primarily composed of the faculty, non-teaching staff & students who
usually bring their cars to school.
h. Rescue Team – primarily responsible for the conduct of rescue operations in case there are
those who may be trapped or hurt during disasters.
EDUCATION Out-of-School Children and Youth in the Philippines
RECREATION
RECREATIONAL METHODOLOGIES
A. Workshop – a method by which a group of people with a common interest or problem, be it professional
or sectoral, work together to improve their individual efficiency, ability or understanding either by study
or by discussion.
- Members discuss among themselves an idea or a problem, and think, work and cooperate
in arriving at decisions, suggestions and recommendations, with the help of a chosen leader or facilitator.
Conducting a Workshop
STEP 1: Explain the objectives, expected output/s and instructions.
STEP 2: Form small groups from the whole population of participants.
STEP 3: Supervise the actual workshop and assign at least one facilitator per group.
STEP 4: Process.
B. Demonstration – a method of explaining ideas, concepts, skills, processes or techniques by showing and
demonstrating these to the participants. It emphasizes visual more than verbal qualities.
VALUES FORMATION AND
MORAL RECOVERY
METHODOLOGIES:
A. Role Play – a method wherein the trainer and participants stimulate reality by enacting various roles to
enable them to practice different ways of behaving in a given situation.
Processing is a key activity in this method for participants to get a clearer idea of what was portrayed in the play
and then relate this to lessons in a given topic.
Types of Role Play
1. Structured Role Playing – The actors select a situation from the options prepared by the trainer. They then
plan to enact the roles specified by the situation and by what issue their conversation should focus. Planning
before the role play is critical.
2. Spontaneous Role Playing – Without a plan structure or a script, participants will improvise a problem
situation. They will agree on what to portray and assist each other in developing the roles and the situation as
the exercise progresses. It is spontaneous because ―surprise‖ characters are secretly asked by the trainers to
enter the scene without forewarning, thus triggering various reactions from the players. This is useful for
testing the participants‘ reaction to real-life and unanticipated events.
3. Multiple Role Play – The trainer divides the group into small teams that will simultaneously
perform role plays. In this way, everyone has a chance to participate.
4. Role Rotation – Volunteers take turns playing the same role. After enacting the situation, the
players switch roles and demonstrate their own approach to the situation.
Conducting a Role Play
STEP 1: Give the instructions.
STEP 2: Give enough time for practice and preparations.
STEP 3: Convene the whole group.
STEP 4: Instruct the participants to observe and point out critical behavior, statements and
results.
STEP 5: Manage the time and the participants.
STEP 6: Process.
B. Structured Learning Exercise (SLE) – this method helps the participants to look back to any
experience, reflect on its impact or meaning, gather insights from it and allow these insights to
lead into action. This implies that participants are asked to undergo meaningful exercises so
they could draw lessons from their experiences. SLE is often used because it encourages more
participation and more realistic responses from the participants.
Conducting SLEs
STEP 1: Create an exercise that is designed to draw out the lessons or ideas inherent in a topic
or concept you wish to point out. This exercise should approximate real situations.
STEP 2: Determine the number of participants needed for the exercise.
STEP 3: Prepare the materials needed.
STEP 4: Form groups or ask for volunteer players. Give out the instructions clearly.
STEP 5: Observe the processes (e.g., behavior, reactions) that the participants undergo while
they are doing the exercise.
STEP 6: Process and relate the exercise results to the topic or concept being discussed.
INDUSTRY AND
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES (CSR) IN THE PHILIPPINES
- Since then, companies have adopted a more strategic approach to their involvement and
have turned to helping communities help themselves. They believed that through their
joint effort, more Filipinos would be rescued from the firm grip of poverty.
“CSR is about giving back to the communities that we serve, sharing with the less
fortunate and being able to help our fellow countrymen. CSR of the past was more of just
philanthropy. But over the years, it has taken on a different meaning – all good citizens
should be involved in social responsibility. It is not something that you do to enhance you
corporate image, it goes deeper than that.”
- Manuel M. Lopez Chairman, Meralco
“CSR is doing your business responsibly. It is going beyond compliance to the law, by
becoming the supplier or service provider of choice (provision of quality goods and services),
employer of choice (fair to employees, compliance with labor laws) and neighbor of choice
(going beyond business to serve their communities through corporate citizenship).”
-Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala Chairman, Ayala Corporation
“CSR is not a destination but an ongoing journey. By consuming our products, our customers
invite us into their lives, and we take this very, very seriously.”
-Kandy Anand President, Coca-Cola Far East Ltd.
“Corporate responsibility is the belief that corporations have a responsibility to use some of
their profits to improve the communities and society in which they do business, and where
their employees and families live.”
- Emmett D. Carson, Ph.D. President and CEO, The Minneapolis Foundation
CARE FOR HEALTH
Roots
“High poverty incidences reduce accessibility to nutrition,” said Dr. Yvonnette Duque, Child wellbeing
programming manager of World Vision.
Overweight
Ironically, the prevalence of overweight Filipino children aged 0-5 increased from 3.3% in 2008 to 5% in
2013. The number of overweight teenagers also increased. 60
It is important to take note that malnutrition refers to both under nutrition and being overweight.
Eating a lot does not equate to eating right, however. What matters is the kind of nutrition you are getting.
Obesity is linked to “a rise in cancer, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes,” the World Health Organization
warned.
WHO added that overweight women may experience more pregnancy complications, while those born to
overweight mothers may be at higher risk of childhood obesity
ENVIRONMENT
Most Filipinos do not realize that the Philippines is actually a haven for gardeners. We are
fortunate to have a nice warm climate where gardening can be done practically all year round.
In every Filipino household, there is at least one gardener, be it the grandparent, parent, or the
household help.
In recent years, an increasing number of Filipinos in urban areas have taken an interest in
gardening, and this is evident in their online searches. If we check out the term “Urban
Gardening”, the Philippines ranks among the top 3 countries with the most number of searches
on Google for this topic, the other two being Austria and Switzerland.
Filipinos have taken up gardening as a hobby because it gives them an outlet to relieve
stress, whether caused by work, home, or school, or simply by the worsening daily traffic
situation in these urban cities.
A lot of them have also chosen to adopt a healthier lifestyle, opting to go for organically
grown foods. Growing their own herbs and vegetables seems like a more cost effective
alternative, instead of buying them from other growers.
On the positive note, however, I believe that this increasing trend in urban gardening will
continue for many years, as more communities get urbanized in the Philippines, or
anywhere else around the world.
This opens up a lot of opportunities for more enterprising people to develop innovative
solutions to address the specialized needs of this rapidly growing niche market.
Take for example the need for more efficient pots and soil mixtures, energy-saving lighting
system to replace sunlight, as well as hybrid plants that produce more fruits with less inputs.
With these innovations, more people are likely to be encouraged to engage in urban
gardening and grow their own food in a more efficient and sustainable way.