This document discusses community structure, dynamics, and development. It describes the internal structure of communities and how they are made up of various populations within a space. Community development is defined as a process where community members work together to solve common problems. The document also outlines five key functions of communities: production/distribution/consumption to provide livelihoods; socialization to instill norms/values; social control to enforce values; social participation for companionship; and mutual support to help each other.
3. At the end of this lesson, students will be able to:
1.describe the community networks and
functions;
2.analyze the functions of communities in
terms of structures, dynamics and processes;
3.appreciate the value of networks and
functions of community; and
4.discuss the community development process.
4. 1. Community structure means the internal structure of an
employment area, town, city, neighbourhood or another
urban area.
2. Communities may be small, consisting of few species
populations in a small space, or large, comprising several
species populations in a large area.
3. Community development is a process where community
members come together to take collective action and
generate solutions to common problems.
True or false
5. 4. Mutual support in the community will
enable its members to cooperate to
accomplish tasks too large or too urgent to
be handled by a single person.
5. Community dynamics are the changes in
community structure and composition over
time.
9. Community and its Five Functions
1. Production, Distribution, Consumption
The community provides its members with
the means to make a living. This may be
agriculture, industry, or services. No
community can survive if it does not provide
some way for its people to make a living and
obtain the material resources that they need
for living.
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2. Socialization
The community has means by which it instils
its norms and values in its members. This may
be tradition, modelling, and/or formal
education. No community can survive if it
does not arrange for its continuation.
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3. Social Control
The community has the means to enforce
adherence to community values. This may be
group pressure to to conform and/or formal
laws. Communities are incredibly complex
systems.
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4. Social Participation
The community fulfils the need for
companionship. This may occur in a
neighbourhood, church, business, or other
group. In part, it is through participation that
much of those functions is accomplished.
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5. Mutual Support
Finally, one of the purposes of community is
to “share the journey,” and to motivate and
encourage each other along the way
14. In you ½ cross wise, list
down the five (5) functions
of community and describe
each in your own words.
