LESSON 1 Flashcards
People have lived in communities since the__ , sharing a common social life, and striving for common good.
beginning of time
The community is generally regarded as the___ human group.
second most important
It has been established that the community represents an extension of the1. ___, which is viewed as the group of 2.___.
- family
- first importance
Like other organizations, the community has a social structure with an array of __ interrelated with each other.
statuses and roles
Each role is suited to the performance of a specialized function. The various roles are __.
interrelated and interdependent
The members 1.___ , share 2.___.
- interact and exchange ideas
- common services and common interests
They carry on their respective roles in pursuit of their common goals which develop the feeling of solidarity or the community spirit ___.
(Leano, et.al., 2012)
WHAT IS 1. __?
An aggregation of 2.__ settled in a fairly compact and contiguous geographical area, with significant element of “3.__,” as shown by 4.__, __, __, and __.
- COMMUNITY
- families and individuals
3.” common life” - manners, customs, tradition, modes of speech
It also refers to people and the pattern of social relationships among them when these relationships may be characterized by common system of values, normatively defined relations, interdependence, a recognition of belongingness, a system of stratification, and locality.
COMMUNITY
But the meaning of community is 1.__. And, unfortunately, insufficient understanding of what a community is and its role in the lives of people in diverse societies has led to the downfall of many well-intended “community” efforts 2.(__)
- complex
- Putnam, 2000
First and foremost, community is not a 1.__ ; nor is it an exchange of information over the Internet. Community is both a 2.__ among people. People form and maintain communities to meet common needs.
- place, a building, or an organization
- feeling and a set of relationships
Members of a community have a sense of 1.__. They have an 2.__ that they can, as part of that community, influence their environments and each other.
- trust, belonging, safety, and caring for each other.
- individual and collective sense
Since meeting common needs is the driving force behind the formation of communities, most people identify and participate in several of them, often based on _________________________.
neighborhood,
nation,
faith,
politics,
race or ethnicity,
age,
gender,
hobby,
sexual orientation
Communities form institutions—what we usually think of as large organizations and systems such as ,,,,_—to more effectively fulfill their needs.
schools,
government,
faith,
law enforcement,
the nonprofit sector
Equally important, however, are communities’ informal institutions , such as the social or cultural networks of 1. __ (for example, council of elders, barbershops, rotating credit and savings associations, gardening clubs). 2.__, in particular, rely heavily on these informal institutions to help them make decisions, save money, solve family or intra-community problems, , and link to more-formal institutions.
1.helpers and leaders
2. Lower-income and immigrant communities