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School Year 2021 - 2022 | First Semester | Istructional Packet

Community Engagement, Solidarity, and Citizenship | HUMSS - 11

Concepts and Perspective of Community | Chapter - 1
Individual Dimensions of a Community | Lesson - 3
I. Objectives
At the end of this chapter, the students should be able to:
a. explain the importance of learning about community and community
dynamics and processes;
b. compare and contrast the definations of community using social science,
institutional, civil society, and organic perspectives;
c. compare and contrast the typologies of communities;
d. analyze functions of communities in terms of structures, dynamics, and
processes;
e. develop a sense of shared identity and willingness to contribute to the
attainment of the common good; and
f. recognize diversities in communities.
II. Lesson Preview
In order to further enhance our understanding of communities and how they
operate, it is necessary to know its individual and structural dimensions. In this
section, we will discuss the dynamics and interaction across and between these
dimensions.
III. Content
A. INDIVIDUAL AND THE COMMUNITY
As individuals, we create situations and opportunities that allow us to
interact with one another and form social relationships and groups within a
community. Our relations and human connections are shaped by the places
and meaningful spaces where we exist. The knowledge, interests, identities,
and meanings we share with one another also affect our interactions.
Interrelationships and organizations are mediating elements that connect an
individual with the community.

B. INTERRELATIONSHIPS
Individuals associate with other individuals through their commonalities in
attributes, sentiments, histories, and experiences. These associations are
referred to as interrelationships. Interrelationships can be facilitated
through familial relations, affinities or feelings of kinship, and social
networks.
Families and family networks have figured as a dominant aspect of Filipino
communities. Interrelationships in communities are said to have typically
evolved through networks of blood relations and affinities, or what is known
as the Filipino “extended family”. One prominent social scientist, Alfred
McCoy, conducted a study on the role of the family in the socio-political and
historical development in the Philippines. In his study, “An Anarchy of
Families: State and Families in the Philippines”, McCoy emphasized how
families play an essential role in the development of Philippine society, its
culture, and politics. He articulated that community relations are essentially
defined by the relations between and among families. Families and clans
play an active role in the cultural, economic, and political aspects of Filipino
community life.

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 There are also circumstances when interrelationships and social connections
are formed and deepened because people find themselves in challenging
predicaments such as natural disasters and famine, they come together and
join their capacities and efforts in pursuit of common goals or common
interests. It is this “thinking beyond the self” and the sense of community
that make people come together and address the issues and problems they
commonly confront.

C. ORGANIZATIONS
Interconnected individuals strengthen their bonds and form organizations.
Each individual takes on a set of roles or tasks in organizations in pursuit of
goals and interests. Organizational structures vary in form. Examples of
these are associations, clubs, and local government agencies.
Organizations serve as initiators of community action. They are also
considered instrumental in operationalizing the goals, objectives, and
interests of the community. Since organizations are purposefully created and
structured to perform several functions and tasks, their actions shape the
conditions and lives of community members.
Organizations help and assist community members in various ways such as
in resource pooling and management, representation, and other activities
that are meant to uplift the conditions of communities by giving them a
“voice” in decision-making processes, or through social development and
welfare projects.
Take, for example, socio-civic organizations which conduct periodic medical
missions in order to address local health problems. Organizations such as the
Philippine Red Cross, for instance, provide free medical consultations and
medicines in the communities they visit.
They are also civil society organizations which advocate for greater
presentation, public accountability, and citizen participation to ensure the
effective delivery of social services. An example of which is the Affiliated
Network for Social Accountability (ANSA-EAP). Through the efforts of this CSO
in partnership with the Caloocan City Government, local residents in selected
barangays were introduced to participatory processes in planning and
budgeting local projects. The local projects conceptualized by residents
include street lighting, the declogging of drainage systems, and livelihood
programs.
IV. Lesson Review
A. Nine Dimensions of Healthy Community
 Community Leadership
There are broad-based leadership structures in which many people fill
leadership roles. The same people, or same group of people, do not hold
all the elected offices or chair all the committees. Volunteers are
numerous and reflect the diversity (age, gender, ethnicity, etc.) of the
community. There are opportunities for people to gain or improve the
skills that will help them be more effective in leadership roles.
 Environmental Stewardship
The community supports the environmental quality and management of
natural resources that best provide for a sustainable future. The
community is aware that it must decide between competing long- and
short-term uses of its natural resources.
 Economic Opportunity
All people can earn an income that allows them to live with dignity. This
dimension has a two-fold emphasis: economic opportunities that provide
for adequate incomes, and long-term viability through renewing and
sustaining the human and other resources that create the community’s
economic advantages.
 Life – Long Learning

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 All ages have access to educational opportunities that enable them to
participate in and contribute to the economic, political, social and cultural
life of the community to the fullest extent of their potential.
 Infrastructure and Services
The community has adequate infrastructure and all people have access to
essential services, such as access to necessary services such as sanitary
living conditions, health and social services.
 Recreational and Artistic Opportunities
Everyone has access to a variety of recreational and artistic
opportunities. The variety of opportunities available expresses the
cultural backgrounds, talents and experience of all community members.
 Safety and Security
The community provides appropriate safety and security measures for all
and actively addresses the causes and consequences of violence. The
community actively seeks to aid all those affected by violence and to
change the conditions leading to violence.
 Inclusion
People consistently make the effort required to capitalize on the range of
differences in the community and intentionally seek ways to utilize the
diverse backgrounds, experiences and skills of everyone for the benefit of
the whole community.
 Spirituality and Wellness
A healthy community recognizes that a person does best when they are
sound in body, healthy in mind, and grounded in values that direct their
lives. Because the community respects personal and cultural differences,
there are opportunities to support people’s efforts to live as “whole
persons.”
V. Performance Activty. Please see attached documents (attachments)
Instructions: Picture Talk - In your own perspective as Patrocinian, what is the
picture all about and how it affects your feelings?

PICTURE A PICTURE B

VI. Reference
Taguibao, J. G. & De Guzman, F. R. C. (2016). Community Engagement,
Solidarity, and Citezenship. Vibal Group Inc.
Peterson, J. A. (2015), Philippine Quarterly of Culture and Society. University of
San Carlos Press.

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 Vivar, T., Viloria, E., Suiray, R., & Dela Cruz, N. (1999). (Philippines: History and
Government. Vibal Publishinh House, Inc.
Leuterio, F. C. (1998). Philippine Hostory and Government. St. Augustine
Publication, Inc.

Prepared by: Approved:

JAYZA MAY M. ENCIO ROUEL A. LONGINOS, Ed.D., Ph.D.

Subject Teacher School Pricipal

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