COmmunity Engagement

Multiple Choice

True or False: There is a single clear-cut definition and scope of communities across all disciplines

• True. There are well-defined boundaries and scope to avoid confusion

• False. It depends on the context and need of the discipline

Government, economic, religious, educational

Institutional Perspective

Anthropology (biological and physiological), sociology (social structures), political science (nation-state),

Social Sciences Perspective

Community Definitions

Civil Society Perspective

Marginalized, target groups, advocacies

Multiple Choice

What is the first sign of community engagement/civilization according to the anthropologist, Margaret Mead?

• Pots used for cooking

• Healed human femur

• Old family photographs

Multiple Choice

During the paper tower building activity, who gave the assignments for each group member?

• Teacher

• Students

• leader

• followers

• ideas and participation to achieve goals​

Community Dynamics

Multiple Choice

In the Philippines, there are specific cultural expectations on how to behave in a given situation. Which set of expressions are encouraged to be used during a school accreditation?

• Hello, magandang hapon, salamat po, walang anuman, pasensya na.

• Gago, pakshet, puneta, putang ama, wala kang kuwenta

Multiple Select

What are considered cultural structures of communities?

(There are more than one correct answer)

(Clue: other structures are: social, political, and economic)

• Symbols and language

• Norms

• Values and beliefs

• Rituals

• Power relations

Multiple Select

What are the goals of our course/what is the call for community action

(more than one correct answer)

• To help the community

• To hold duty bearers accountable 

• To help empower the community