SELF-LEARNING

HOME TASK (SLHT)

Quarter 4 Week 3
Community Engagement, Solidarity
and Citizenship (CSC)
 SELF-LEARNING HOME TASK (SLHT)

Subject: Community Engagement, Solidarity and Citizenship (CSC) Grade: 12

Level: Senior High School Quarter: Second Week: 3

MELC: Assess selected community-action initiatives based on its core values and principles

Competency Code: HUMSS_CSC12- IId-g-1

A. Readings/Discussions

Community action includes a broad range of activities and is sometimes described as

‘social action' or ‘community engagement'. These activities can vary in their objective, the
role the community plays, the types of activities involved, their scale and their integration
within the council. What they have in common is that they all involve greater engagement of
local citizens in the planning, design and delivery of local services.

Core values and principles of community development are designed to establish an

acceptable process and standard

1. Self-esteem – This emphasizes that people be recognized as being worthy of esteem

or respect. They should be carried along in the activities that affect their well-being and
welfare and contribute to the decision-making process, and not onlookers, whose life is
passive and compelled to comply. To accord a person personal dignity is to value his
existence as a human being that has potentials just like any other individual no matter
how ‘weak’ the person may be. Therefore, every person should be seen as an asset, a
partner as a contributor to community development process.
2. Freedom to Servitude - People should be represented adequately by the spread of
the community. Democratic principles should is used in dealing with people and not
autocratic principle. The principle will give the room for a fair hearing and adopt the kind
of environment they so wish through debate and consensus. It will give people the ability
to choose among available options.

3. Sustainability – This value connotes that the people should have the capacity to
assess or acquire the basic needs of life such as food, shelter, health and security.
Availability of these basic needs is community development in action. People will, with
the availability of these; be able to sustain the community development process or
program.
Six principles of community action initiatives:

Holistic approach to development needs It should consider environment issues

Community development should be a process It should be sustainable
It should partner with stakeholders. It should be empowering
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 In the light of this, the following principle is therefore compiled from different
views for an ideal community development activities or program:

People oriented – the first principle as suggested here is that community

development plan should be people oriented.
Framework – for any serious undertaking like community development program,
there must have a framework of activities.
Mobilization - a key factor in healthy development, participation, and
community engagement.
Participation – this is another core aspect of community development that
emphasize on the involvement of people in all areas of development, be it in
planning, decision-making, managing, monitoring, and implementation.
Empowerment – community development should be an empowerment instrument
for all various sectors of the community, i.e., women, youth, widows, farmers,
and all other groups of people that make up the community.

Partnership – the partnership in community development is a new trend that

accommodates other all stakeholders.
Motivation – Motivation is a psychological feature that arouses an organism
to act towards a desired goal elicits controls and sustains certain goal-oriented
behavior.
Sustainability – a development that cannot be sustained is like a wasted venture. It
emphasized on respect for social, cultural, economic and environmental needs of
the people.

Social justice – this is a terrible aspect of underdevelopment. It is a factor that put

one opportune side of a community or society above or at an advantage over the
other.
Ethical conduct – In a society where there are no laws, there will be no
offense.

Both top-bottom and bottom-up approaches to community development are

important to the human community and its environment. Each approach should be
viewed and applied by the prevailing and acceptable structure of the community
where development project/program is to be executed. The principle of
‘democratic’ attachment to participatory community development may be counter-
productive in a society where such principle is alien, and an attempt is made to
force such principle on the people. While the people may differ over such imposed
principle, the trusted relationship among the people that is also a key factor in the
development process will decline and probably degenerate to insecurity. No
development can take place where there is insecurity because violence,
lawlessness, threats, anxieties fears and the likes will emerge as currently
observed in some countries.

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Exercise 1
Recall on the community- action initiatives based on its core values and principles.

Directions: Read and analyzed the pictures carefully and answer the following
questions.

Example:

1.What situation can you give in this illustration?

Depicting Human Rights- All people within a specific society or isolated group have
the same status and equal access to education or any services by the government.

2.Do you think Efren Penaflorida deserved to be a Hero? Why?

Yes, he deserves to be called a hero because he reaches out children who were not
able to access education, he finds ways and means to educate the less priviledged
because he believes that every individual has the right and freedom to education
regardless of color, gender, creed, status in life or ethnicity.
The crucial part of their work is inclusion for all, but more specifically for the most
vulnerable children with families living with disabilities in the communities. With the
help and support from other entities Efren Penaflorida expanded the impact of his
advocacy work - to help and to improve their educational status and dignity.

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 Opportunity and access to social
resources
This is more important because we aren’t
all the same, some people need more help
than others. By living together, we have
made the commitment to help those in need,
to lift each other up; this is the basic idea of
any country, collective solidarity.
We do this because we realize that we
are stronger together, we know that we can
live better lives when we live together and
depend on each other to help us where we
alone are weak.

1.What particular situation depicts in this illustration?

2. Does basic right of every human being depicted in this situation?

Women and men must enjoy the same rights and opportunities across all sectors of
society, including economic participation and decision-making, and when the different
behaviors, aspirations and needs of women and men are equally valued and favored.

1.Can you give a situation about this illustration?

2. Why should government give men and women same rights and opportunities
across all sectors of society?

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 Involve ways for transformation,
produced initiatives, efficiency and
empowerment in participatory
approaches, There is a radical
assessment of the desirability,
practicality and efficacy of development
efforts based on community
participation.

1.Can you give about a situation in this illustration?

2. In your own words, what are some of the challenges related to embracing a truly
participatory development strategy for development?

Exercise 2

Modified True or False

Directions: Read each statement below carefully. In your answer sheet, write true if
you think the statement is TRUE. If it is FALSE, change the underlined word/s to
make the statement true.

1.Qualified rights include right to respect for private and family life, freedom to
manifest your religion or belief, freedom of expression, freedom of assembly.

2. Basic rights and freedoms accorded to all people is called animal rights.

3. All human beings are born free with equality, dignity, and liberty. This statement
is ____

4. Gender equality are stepping stone for development, happiness, and peace for
human race. This statement is ____

5.Any disparate or unfavorable treatment of a person in an employment situation

because of his or her sex is a favorable act.

6.Equality is providing services so everyone who can meet minimum survival

needs-no payment required-provide services required by law and has equal access
to services.

7. “Participatory development is a dormant management which allows innovations

and knowledge sharing between for a specific projects goals.”

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C. Assessment/Application/Outputs

Directions: Make a slogan depicting community action initiatives specifically

Empowerment for all various sectors of the community, i.e., women, youth, widows,
farmers, and all other groups of people that make up the community. Use long
coupon bond and in landscape form. Use the scoring rubrics below.

D. Suggested Enrichment/Reinforcement Activity/ie

Directions. Make a photo essay depicting community action initiatives based on its
core values and principles? Use the scoring rubrics below.

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 References:
Books:
Annan, 1998; Lele, 1991; Pinter, Hardi& Bartelmus, 2005
Asnarulkhadi & Aref, 2009; Cohen & Uphoff, 1977; Cohen & Uphoff, 1980;
Dusseldorp, 1981
Banks, 2012)
Christakis & Fowler, 2009
Hibbert, Piacentini & Dajani, 2003
Mathie & Cunningham, 2003; Wates, 2014
Pandey, 1991; Simpson &Rapone, 2000
Paul, 1987
Staples (1990); United Nations (1981) and Berger and Neuhaus (1977).
Wandersman, 1981
Watson-Thompson, Fawcett and Schultz (2008)

Prepared by: Edited by:

ESPEDITA V. MIRAMONTES IMELDA V. CANOY

Reviewed by:

CLAVEL D. SALINAS

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