COMM U N IT Y

A C T IO N
 COMMUNITY ACTION
-Refers o collective efforts done by people by people
directed toward addressing social problems( social
inequalities,environmental degradation, and poverty)
in order to achieve social well-being.
 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
- Refers to the process of developing
partnerships and sustaining relationships with
and through groups of people affiliated by
geographic proximity or common interests for
the purpose of working for the common good
and of addressing issues that affect their well-
being.
FORMS OF COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT
1. SERVICE LEARNING
•It is a teaching methodology that employs
community service and reflection on service to
teach community engagement , develop greater
community and social responsibility, and
strengthen communities
 COMMUNITY OUTREACH
•Refers to the voluntary services done by
students , faculty school, employees , or
alumni in response to the social, economic,
and political needs of communities.
 TWO FORMS OF
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
 1. COMMUNITY SERVICE
•Voluntary services are a one-way initiative
from the one who devotes time and resources
to the communities. It is often one-time
occurrence directed toward specific nonprofit
organizations or entities within a community
that has an identified needs.
 2. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

•Require fostering partnerships and sustaining

relationships with communities.This allows a
collective participation for the enhancement of
the communities well-being.
 COMMUNITY ENGAGED RESEARCH
•It is a collaborative process between the faculty
and/or researches and the partner community in
conducting research .Here, the communities are
considered as co-leaders in the design and conduct of
the different phases of the research process.
THE RESEARCH PROCESS RANGES:
a.Identification of research agendas
b.Design and delivery of research tools
c.Discussion on culturally appropriate measures
d.Ethical consideration in designing effective and
well-received recruitment strategies in gathering
research participants
e. Identification of meaningful
,creative,and broad-reaching
avenues in dessiminating the
poducts of research
f. Implementation of research
project
LEVELS OF COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT
 1. INFORMATION
•Is a one-way relationships on disseminating
information to community members. It covers passive
access to information by people via traditional
media( posters, brochures, telephone calls, or word of
mouth marketing) mass media
( newspaper,radio,television, web sites ) and social
media ( facebook,twitter, instagram, etc. )
 2. CONSULTATION
•Involves obtaining stakeholder approval for a
particular initiative. It seeks to interact with
communities for the purposes of getting feedback
without direct community participation in
project design, implementation and evaluation.
 3. INVOLVEMENT
•Is about enlisting community stakeholders as
volunteers and/or consumers of an envisaged
service learning/community outreach/CEnR
project and its associated services.
 4. ACTIVE PARTICIPATION
•Allows the involvement of community members in the
planning, implementation, and overall assessment of
development initiatives. It emphasizes community
knowledge,agency,control,and ownership,which are
defined as the ideal outcomes and drivers of
community-centered development.
MODALITIES OF COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT
 1.TRANSACTIONAL
•Are one-way community projects or activities that
come from the service providers to the community.
This may include volunteer work, free consultancy
services,philantrophic cash donations, skills transfer,
and giving of technical support.
 2. TRANSITIONAL
• Are two-way community projects brought about by the process
of consultation and collaboration between the service provider
and the community.Repeated engagements between the
community and the service provider occur due to the infusion
of consultation and collaboration mechanisms in organizing
and implementing community projects,but resources mainly
come from the service providers, who is in full control of the
community engagement process.
 3. TRANSFORMATIONAL
•Are two-way community projects characterized by active
dialogue and critical reflectivity brought about by the
process of involvement and active participation between
the external agent and the community. There is the
involvement of joint learning and value-generation ,and
community leadership in the decision-making process is
prioritized.
1. What is community engagement?
2. What are the different forms of community
engagement in a school setting?
3. What are the different levels of community
engagement?