CHAP 5 NSTP

Do we have a responsibility to respond to these social issues?

• Maybe

• Yes

• No

• I don't know

To be able to contribute in responding to social issues, what should you do first?

• Know the basic concepts in community development and organizing.

• None of the above

• Learn the basic concepts in community development and organizing.

• Know the community we are living in.

is a central concept in community development and organizing

• Community Organizing

• Community Development

• Community Work

• Community

is an essential part of daily life.

• The basic needs

• The food

• The Community

• None of the above

Our daily activities revolve around the communities we are part of. A community can be described in so many ways, that some researchers have agreed that it can never have a universal definition. We, therefore, define a community according to its characteristics.

• False

• Maybe

• True

• I don't know

Defining a community: Such as -

A group of people with the same cultural identity, such as Thomasians, the Lumad, urban or rural settlers, among others. A group of people working towards the same goals.

• Slightly true

• True

• False

• Maybe

Defining the community as -

A group of people found in the different geographical location. A group of people with different interests, such as sports or games. A group of people with the same religious beliefs. A group of people with the same occupation, such as teachers working in the same institution, and engineers or architects working in the same firm.

• Maybe

• True

• Slightly True

• False

The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand in their video entitled: What is Community? categorizes communities into three: communities of popularity communities of identity, and communities of interest.

• Maybe

• False

• I don't know

• True

Communities of place are groups of people in the same area, communities of identity are people who share the same attributes, and communities of interest are people who work to resolve a community issue.

• True

• Maybe

• False

• Slightly true

Identifying the ties that exist in the community is vital in community work. It can give you an idea of what the community’s ___ and ____ are.

• similarities, opportunities

• Differences, prioerities

• strengths, priorities

• None of the above