Introduction
This course focuses on the application of ideas and methods of the social sciences to understand, investigate, and examine challenges of contemporary community life. It focuses on community-action initiatives such as community engagement, solidarity, and citizenship as guided by the core values of human rights, social justice, empowerment and advocacy, gender equality, and participatory development. It aims at enhancing students’ sense of shared identity and willingness to contribute to the pursuit of the common good of the community. It enables students to integrate applied social sciences into community-action initiatives.
Task
Go around a community, make an assessment survey of the following:
1.What are the available resources?
2. What kind of man power they have?
3. Is there stability in the government of the community?
4. What are the projects and programs done by the government of the community?
5. Which of those projects and programs are short term and long term in terms of sustainability?
After doing the assessment survey, make a V.M.O.S.A.
Process
Make a V.M.O.S.A. from the information that was gathered during the assessment survey.
*The V.M.O.S.A process will helps you make an initiative develop plan and it serves as blueprint of your action plan, moving from dreams to actions and to positive outcomes for your community.
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Mission |
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Objectives |
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Strategies |
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Action Steps |
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Evaluation
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Criteria |
Excellent (4x2) |
Very Satisfactory(3x2) |
Satisfactory (2x2) |
Fair (1x2) |
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Content |
Answer is very appropriate to the issue/problem of the community. Content is factually correct. |
Answer is appropriate to the issue/problem of the community. Content may have one or two factual errors. |
Content relates peripherally to the issue/problem of the community. Contains significant factual errors. |
Content unrelated to issue/problem of the community. |
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Organization |
Clear sense of order. Begins with a topic sentence. Supporting points are presented in a logical progression |
May lack of topic sentence but points are presented in a logical progression. |
Logic of argument is minimally perceivable, points presented in a seemingly random fashion but all support the argument. |
Lacks clear organizational plan. Reader is confused. |
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Development |
Develops each point with specific details. Answer the issue/problem of the community completely. |
Each point supported with some details and evidence. All important points are included. |
Spare details or evidence. Issue/problem of the community only partially answered |
Statements are unsupported by any detail or explanation. Repetition, incoherent, illogical development. |
Conclusion
We are the farmers who are responsible for planting the seeds of the future. And what or who are these SEEDS? It's our YOUTH! It's a must to protect the next generation from all the polluted activities of the society and guide them to the path of hope where they can bloom and be like a butterfly ready to fly and gives beauty to the world.As what they said, everything is evaluated not according to what it looks at a certain moment but by the degree of its development.
In reality, you can see the good and the bad side of humanity, its beauty and imperfection, sometimes it will lead you to a beautiful disaster or an ugly reality of the world. Let's always put in our mind and heart, that it is not about where life brings us, it is how we react and behave during those situations. It means that whatever our society today, it doesn't necessary that it will be our future as well. We can always make CHANGE, a little by little steps away from the deteriorating and unhealthy soil that will soon on later produce an awful taste of fruits. Let's kill the pests (society's unwanted activities) that will destroy the seeds to avoid a bitter taste of fruit as a beginning of development of our growing society.
As a farmer, its up to us on how we will lead these seeds into peace to become stronger, calmer more loving and effective LEADER of the society rather than getting drawn into their conflict and endless cycle of action and reaction that will lead to a more chaotic society.