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UNIT 3: COMMUNITY AS A CONTEXT OF TEACHING AND LEARNING
3
N Lesson 1: The Community: Its
I Sociological, Economic and
T Cultural Features
OBJECTIVES
After this lesson, students are expected to:
✓ define community.
✓ identify the kinds of communities’ students come from.
✓ describe the Social, Political, Economic, and Cultural features of
the communities where students were come from.
✓ identify ways by which the Social, Political, Economic, and
Cultural features of communities may impact on how students
learn.
READ
The word community has been derived from LATIN’s two

words, namely COM and MUNIS. In English, COM means
TOGETHER and MUNIS means to SERVE. Thus, community
means to serve together.
ENGGAGE
Before we elaborate more about our lesson today, let us first have an
activity to test our prior knowledge about what is community. In this
activity, you will group yourselves into two groups. Meta cards where
you will put your answer after I give you the instruction. Then after you
brainstorm with your groupmates, chose 1 or 2 representatives to
discuss your answers.
INSTRUCTIONS:
Based on your own idea, describe what is community in
three words.
Explain
The Community
It is a barangay where the school is located. However, it may also be expanded to

refer to the following: a. adjacent barangays where a significant number of children
enrolled in the school come from, b. Municipality/City/Ancestral domain (DepEd Order
No. 44 s. 2015). It is a shared attributes of the people and/or the strength of the
connections among them which led to continuous improvement.
A community is a plurality of individuals with the following essential

characteristics:
1. regular and sustained interactions through not necessarily directly

between members
2. shared decision making
3. sense of common identity
4. shared interests/goals
The members of a community may have diverse language and occupations. They may
even have varying ages, but they form a unity or group and can be identified as such for
as long as they share the aforementioned characteristics.
Different aspects of each kind of community
Kind of Community Social Relations Economic Cultural (What do

(What are their (Who has wealth? they believe in?
typical What is the source What do they
interactions?) of wealth?) consider
important?
Urban Impersonal Members come from Modern
different income Westernized
brackets; cash based
Rural Personal, usually Predominantly Traditional beliefs

face to face farming or fishing exist-side-by-side
interactions; mostly low-income modern ones
bayanihan or families; few elite/rich
voluntary groupings
Indigenous Personal, usually Mostly low-income Pre-Christian or

communities face to face families; few elite/rich precolonial beliefs
interactions; and practices exist
bayanihan or side by-side modern
voluntary groupings ones
Squatter Colony Impersonal; transient Low-income families;

populations unstable sources of
livelihood
Urban exclusive Tend to be Can afford to pay for

community impersonal quality products,
including education;
own the latest in
technology; industrial
& business economy
1. Social Features – refer to the typical relationships of

people in a community (impersonal or personal?
Close, direct, face-to-face and highly emotional or
indirect, brief and instrumental/utilitarian? Clannish or
individualistic?)
2. Economic Features – refer to the production,

distribution and consumption of goods and services.
These days, the economy of communities is classified
as either predominantly agricultural or industrial. The
people in a community can be classified economically in
terms of the socio-economic status.
3. Cultural Features – refer to the beliefs, norms, or rules

of conduct and values in a community. Today, we
differentiate between modern, westernized culture and
traditional culture. Modern culture can be traced to
industrialized US and Europe. It has reached our shores
through the power of technology (think of internet, satellites,
computers, and mass media). Traditional culture refers to
the beliefs, norms/rules of conduct and values that can be
traced to our past and which have survived the colonialism and/or modernization and
westernization of our country. Examples of these are the beliefs in nuno sa punso or the
practice of skipping a bath on Tuesdays and Fridays in the belief that these are “bad” day.
Summary
Communities vary in terms of social, economic, political, and cultural features.

And these features may have some vital effects in the learning process of
students because the teaching and learning that goes on in a school is affected
by the community where it is situated. Community plays a big role in enhancing
students’ thinking in becoming critically minded and be open on different areas
that are beyond the four corners of the classroom. Learning and the areas to
be learned should not have boundaries. Education, as public property, should
belong to everyone, not just the academically successful but also those who
have wisdom outside the school (Sayer and Williams, 1989).
Students come from different types of community. So, it is very essential for
teachers to empathize and understand their students and be mindful of the
differences of the communities where their students come from.
Identification & Enumeration:
1. Refer to the beliefs, norms, or rules of conduct and values in a community.

2. In this kind of community, the political system is led by patronage politics
protection from ranking government officials.
3. In this kind of community, the type of social relationship individuals have is
impersonal.
4. The two Latin words where community derived from.
5. Give at least two essential characteristics of the community.
Essay.
What can you say about the quote “Community is a foundation to success”? -
Kristen Jones
1. Refer to the beliefs, norms, or rules of conduct and values in a community.

CULTURAL FEATURES
2. In this kind of community, the political system is led by patronage politics
protection from ranking government officials. SQUATTER COLONY
3. In this kind of community, the type of social relationship individuals have is
impersonal. URBAN
4. The two Latin words where community derived from. COM and MUNIS
5. Give at least two essential characteristics of the community.
✓ regular and sustained interactions through not necessarily directly
between members
✓ shared decision making
✓ sense of common identity
✓ shared interests/goals
REFERENCE:
American Public Power Association (2022)

https://www.publicpower.org/periodical/article/dissecting-true-meaning-community
Sayer, J., & Williams, V., (1989). Schools and External Relations: Managing the New
Partnerships.https://books.google.com/books/about/Schools_and_External_Relations.html?i
d=BdwEAQAAIAAJ

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UNIT 3: COMMUNITY AS A CONTEXT OF TEACHING AND LEARNING

After this lesson, students are expected to:

The word community has been derived from LATIN’s two

It is a barangay where the school is located. However, it may also be expanded to

A community is a plurality of individuals with the following essential

1. regular and sustained interactions through not necessarily directly

Different aspects of each kind of community

Kind of Community Social Relations Economic Cultural (What do

Rural Personal, usually Predominantly Traditional beliefs

Indigenous Personal, usually Mostly low-income Pre-Christian or

Squatter Colony Impersonal; transient Low-income families;

Urban exclusive Tend to be Can afford to pay for

1. Social Features – refer to the typical relationships of

2. Economic Features – refer to the production,

3. Cultural Features – refer to the beliefs, norms, or rules

Communities vary in terms of social, economic, political, and cultural features.

Identification & Enumeration:

1. Refer to the beliefs, norms, or rules of conduct and values in a community.

1. Refer to the beliefs, norms, or rules of conduct and values in a community.

American Public Power Association (2022)

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