COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, SOLIDARITY AND CITIZENSHIP (CSC)
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ACTIVITY SHEET 3
COMMUNITY DYNAMICS AND PROCESSES
BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR LEARNERS
People make dynamic exchanges and interactions that give life and vibrancy to our communities.
Processes operationalize these exchanges into new ideas and solutions to be applied in satisfying our
pressing needs and wants. Knowing how these exchanges manifest and the types of social mechanisms
inherent in exchanges is vital in understanding how norms are formed and the various functions of
communities in terms of its structures.
The dominance analytical approaches in studying community dynamics and processes focus on
community power relations, Leadership, and social exchange. There are two kinds of power structures in a
community:
Formal Power Structure forms the legal authoritative basis of elected and appointed government officials
and leaders of civic organizations; Informal Power Structure, on the other hand exists alongside the
formal institutional power structure; it is harder to empirically identify , but is an equally significant factor in a
community development. In examining power relations within a community, it is necessary to investigate
the critical actors, stakeholders, and the resources they control. These actors can broadly be distinguished
as legal-authoritative decision-makers and influencers.
The Legal-authoritative decision-makers are individuals or bodies whose authority is based on formal
rules and institutions. City mayors, legislative council members, and barangay captains are examples of
legal-authoritative decision-makers in Philippine communities. Typically, legal-authoritative decision-makers
occupy positions of authority through legally mandated processes like elections or through formal political
appointments.
Influencers, on the other hand, are individuals or groups who do not have direct authority, but are capable
of shaping decisions that affect the community. Influencers can propose, pressure, and affect decisions
made by legal authoritative decision-makers according to their interests or agenda. Analyzing community
power relations can also include an examination of the positional arrangements of actors and groups based
on the resources that they control or possess, the extent of their reputations, and their degree of social
participations.
In the context of a community, leadership refers to the processes and qualities of command and
decisiveness with regard to the necessary actions that ensure the welfare of the community. Community
leaders are individuals selected, nominated, and appointed as stewards, vanguards, and champion of
issues relevant to a community. These individuals’ demonstrate skills, capacities, and attitudes that are
critical in steering the community towards their goals and aspirations. Community leaders occupy important
positions in the hierarchy of power within a community.
Community leaders have the ability to mobilize capacities to influence critical actors and local partners in
solving that confront the community.
Social change occurs for a number of reasons. It can be due to the opposing and contradicting forces
within a community leading to the alteration of its conditions and structural dimensions. It may encompass a
range of sociocivic outcomes, such as the increased understanding of the community, attitudinal change,
change in the configuration of civic participation, the building of public trust, or changes in the policy that
redistributes the community’s material resources. Social change is indicated in the changes and shifts in
the attributes and characteristics of groups within the community, such as their demographic character,
their control of resources and wealth or their attitudes and outlooks.
In the community, social change may be observed when there is a significant and observable difference
between past and current condition in community life. Social change is said to occur, for instance, where
there is an observable rise in education and literacy in a community.
LEARNING COMPETENCIES WITH CODE
Analyze functions of communities in terms of structures, dynamics, and processes (HUMSS_CSC12-IIa-c-5);
DIRECTIONS / INSTRUCTIONS
ACTIVITY 1. I Do It! Read and understand carefully the statement below on corollary assumptions. Provide
each item a concrete example. 5 points each.
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1. People weigh incentives and trade-offs like reward and punishment.
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2. People are utility maximizers and thus rewarding actions will be reinforced more.
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3. People and choices are interrelated and interdependent.
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ACTIVITY 2. What’s in the News? Read the instructions below.
1. Bring out a new or old newspaper, scissors and paste.
2. Cut out the clippings of the news articles that you think are important and essential o your community.
3. Make an artistic collage that represents the current state of local community affairs.
4. Put your output in a LONG BOND PAPER.
5. Provide a short description of the collage at the bottom.
RUBRIC FOR SCORING
Content 40 %
Relevance 30 %
Clarity 30 %
Total 100 %
REFLECTION
Share your thoughts. “Am I being responsible to the community where I belong? What role do I play?
Do I make my community better?”
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REFERENCES FOR LEARNERS
Community Engagement, Solidarity and Citizenship for Senior High School, Vibal Group, Inc., 2020, pp. 1-6;
Community Engagement, Solidarity and Citizenship for Senior High School, Delos Santos, D. L. S., REX
Book Store, 2017, pp. 1-5
Prepared by: Checked by:
HENRY B. MALONES, JR. ELEANOR A. ESCARIO, MT II
Name of Writer Rater
Noted Approved
JENILYN A. DOMINGO, P-I NELIA A. VERSOLA, EdD
SHS, Asst. Principal for Academics Principal III
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