one’s community‚ it helps to understand what a community is and why they form. There are basically two parts to the definition of community. The first part of the definition states that a community is “A group of people living in the same locality and under the same government.” The second part of the definition describes a community as “A group of people having common interests. To me‚ this means that along with the two definitions‚ there are mainly two different reasons for which communities form
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Cyberspace Community Most people view a community as the people that surround them daily and live in the same area as them. However‚ others may see a different aspect of the meaning. The definition of a community is a social group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality‚ share the same government and often have a common cultural and historical heritage (dictionary.com). Although this may be an accurate definition‚ it varies from other peoples ideals. To some a community can be found
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Community When I hear community I think of a collective group of individuals who share common values‚ this can be through living in close proximity or through social interactions and interests such as sporting groups. Community is about a sense of belonging for all involved‚ and generally includes some sort of social order. Community can be perceived by individuals in many ways and as a result there is no clear definition or meaning as such. Community in the past has been concerned with the division
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Without community service people would not know the meaning of charity and giving back. It creates a better society and helps improve one’s individuality. Community service carries a reward that is beyond the obvious and tangible. Volunteerism is no longer just a résumé padder for college applications; it has become a graduation requirement for high school students in hundreds of school districts across the nation. Some say that requiring students to volunteer as a part of the graduation requirement
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NSTP101 Community Development What is the relevance of community development to NSTP? Objectives of Community Development To contribute to the general welfare and the betterment of life of the people in the community. To facilitate the promotion‚ sustainability‚ support and maintenance of the community action. Community - communities of place: defined by distinct boundaries and bound by a common political‚ economic and social system - communities of interest: a group of individuals
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2009 Frisch’s Discourse Community What is a discourse community? According to John Swales‚ a respected written communication analyst‚ a discourse community is described as a group of people that have the same goals or purposes‚ and use communication to achieve these goals. In addition‚ “A discourse operates within conventions defined by communities‚ be they academic disciplines or social groups” (Swales‚ 119). This is not be confused with a speech community‚ “a community sharing knowledge of rules
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Importance of Community Gardens "Tell me; and I will forget. Show me; and I will remember. Involve me; and will understand forever" is a saying by Confucius‚ meaning the essential prerequisite for learning is involvement. Community Gardens provide involvement of three important types individual work and enjoyment‚ group and team co-operation and community engagement. I will now explain how community gardens offer opportunities for these three types of learning. Gardens are used for community education
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class‚ I have learned some really great information about the physical and mental health of a community‚ and ways to better them. With the knowledge I have obtained‚ I will now design a community that I feel is healthy‚ and describe what it would look like. For starters‚ there are some factors that I have learned that make a healthy community. These are the physical factors: geography‚ environment‚ community size‚ and industrial development. The social and cultural factors are: beliefs‚ traditions
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Community Immersion Learning (Service) Community immersion is a version of service learning that is more integrated with a student’s passions and interests‚ is longer-term and is related to the on-going development of community and social justice issues. Whereas pulling debris from a river would be classified as community service‚ at EUACS an explicit educational component – such as studying the causes of river pollution and how to advocate for environmental policy reform – makes it community
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Preventing Youth Violence with a Strength Based Approach CYC 100A Youth violence is classified by acts that expand from bullying‚ sexual assault and physical fighting to homicide. According to WHO (2013)‚ “youth violence has become a global public health problem”‚ which needs to be appropriately dealt with; the strengths-based approach is the most effective way to facilitate behavior modification‚ rather than the use of punishment‚ such as incarceration. The way to prevent youth violence is
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