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L E A R N ING A N D
C O MMUN IT Y
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P R E S E N T E D B Y : M S . LY K A A S AY
CONTENT BY: ARNEL RIVERA
WHAT IS SERVICE-
LEARNING?
• A form of experiential education
wherein learning occurs through cycles
of action and reflection.
• Students work with others in applying
what they have learned in class to solve
community problems.
• Service-Learning provides students the This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND

opportunity to work with others, gain

valuable insights and acquire different
skills.
SERVICE-LEARNING THEORY

• Service-learning theory is based on the idea

that experience is the foundation for
learning, and the bases for learning are
the different forms of community service
(Morton & Troppe,1996).
LEGAL BASES OF
SERVICE-LEARNING

• R.A. 8292 (Higher Education

Modernization Act of 1997) reiterates
Sec. 2(1) of Article XIV of the 1987
Constitution whereas “policy of the state is
to establish, maintain, and support a
complete adequate, and integrated system of
education relevant to the needs of the people
and the society”.
• This policy can be attained through the
HEI’s trilogy of functions-academics,
research and community extension.
LEGAL BASES OF
SERVICE-LEARNING
• Community extension refers to
the duty of HEIs to make
students literate and functional
so they can make good decisions
regarding the problems affecting
their health, families, and duties
and responsibilities to the
community.
• HEI are mandated to provide
students with opportunities for
cooperative undertakings
affecting the welfare of the entire
community, so they can develop
into young men and women who
look upon their own interest in
terms of the welfare of others.
BENEFITS OF SERVICE-
LEARNING
1. Increase students understanding of the class
topic.
2. Gain firsthand experience related to their
future job.
3. Question or defend values and beliefs.
4. Have the opportunity to act on values and
belief.
5. Develop critical thinking and problem-solving
skills.
 WHAT IS COMMUNITY
IMMERSION?

• A strategy in molding
students to become socially
aware and responsible
citizens.
• It involves extensive
exposure of the students to
various community activities
so that they may become
responsible members of the
society.
• Students are trained to
become socially, morally and
civic conscious individuals.
Home visits

Living with selected families

Informal discussions with individuals

or groups FORMS OF
COMMUNITY
Sharing in household and community
activities IMMERSIONS
Attendance in social gatherings

Assistance in production works

BENEFITS OF COMMUNITY
IMMERSION
Students are:
1. Given an opportunity to comprehend people’s lives as they see
real-life situations.
2. Gain social acceptance derived from community relations.
3. Develop skills in conducting asset mapping and other life skills.
4. Imbibe social awareness and consciousness of the pressing
conditions faced by certain communities.
The process by which efforts of
the people at the grassroots
level are united with those of
the government to improve the
socioeconomic and cultural
conditions of the community.

Referred to as efforts to COMMUNITY

improve the economic or
structural conditions of a DEVELOPMENT
WORK
community.

Actions that seek to build social

capital, promote interactions, and
empower community residents
to alleviate their living
conditions.
The first model refers to
efforts that develop
from within the
community and are led
by community members. TWO MODELS
OF
COMMUNITY
The second model
refers to efforts that are DEVELOPMENT
instigated and run by
professionals from
outside the community.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN COMMUNITY
WORK AND COMMUNITY-BASED WORK

• Community work requires the efforts of

the people in greater or larger degree
whereas community-based work
involves community but in a smaller scale
from what is essential in community work.
APPROACHES TO COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT WORK

1. Technical Assistance Approach – involved in the

efficient delivery of improving programs and services
that allow communities to access outside experts in
areas that may be highly technical or that may
demand credentials for further funding or
implementation.
2. Self-help Approach – encourages people within
the community to work together, empowering
communal independence.
APPROACHES TO COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT WORK
Con Approach – confronting the forces that are blocking
efforts to solve problems by building human capacity to
address local issues and concerns and altering the structure
of the community in terms of engagement.

Structural or Brick-and-Mortar Approach –

concerned with the foundation of the community members
in terms of constitution. It may involve the process of
constructing infrastructures that meet human needs or
expectation.
APPROACHES TO COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT WORK
Social justice and human rights Approach – the concept of social
justice involves finding the optimum balance between the people’s joint
responsibilities as a society and people’s responsibilities as individuals to
contribute to a just society.
Ecological or Environmental Approach – focuses on the ecological or
environmental protection and advancement.

Multi-method Approach – combines methods that will most likely ensure

the progress and success of communal work goals.
 • Is the term applied to any
community-based project that
COMMUNITY covers a wide variety of
DEVELOPMENT different areas within a
community or a group of
PROJECT networking entities.
COMMUNITY
BUILDING
• Is directed towards the
creation of a community
composed of individuals
within an area or with a
common interest.
• Common activities includes
potlucks and food bazaar,
barangay or city festivals
and construction projects.
COMMUNITY BUILDING
PRACTICES

COMMUNITY COMMUNITY SHARING OF SOCIAL ACTIVISM

GARDENING TECHNOLOGY SKILLS OR
KNOWLEDGE

COMMUNITY
ASSEMBLY
SUMMARY:
Community Immersion is the
Service-Learning provides
exposure of the students to
students the opportunity to
various community activities so
work with others, gain valuable
that they may become
insights and acquire different
responsible members of the
skills.
society.

Community Development Work Community Development

is the process by which efforts
of the people at the grassroots
level are united with those of
the government to improve the
socioeconomic and cultural
conditions of the community.
Project is the term applied to
any community-based project
that covers a wide variety of
different areas within a
community or a group of
networking entities.