Critically examine the concept of ‘community’ in relation to virtual community. It is difficult to examine the concept of ‘community’ as the term ‘community’ is used in a very wide sense to refer to many different figurations of people (Bell & Newby‚ 1974)‚ thus generating a large number of separate definitions (Stacey‚ 1969). In order to gain an understanding of what ‘community’ really means it is important to consider the history of its usage. The term originated in the fourteenth century and
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A community service can be a source of inspiration for students who realize their responsibility and suggest ways to improve quality of life in their community. It could provide the direction they can take to serve public interest. Service could take different forms. It depends on an individual’s position within a community. The ideal of service could be imbibed into the personal‚ community‚ and business life of an individual that is aroused with a feeling of social service. I agree that student
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functional communities is a community intervention approach that would best apply to my community development project. The purpose of this project is to organize as a group‚ with a common interest‚ in order to improve the quality of life for our community. In this case‚ to clean-up the neighborhoods in our community in an attempt to thwart gang activity. The project started out small with a few volunteers from our Crime Prevention Center‚ all of whom are interested in keeping our community safe and
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Community Health Advocacy Project - Part two Tonya Krell Phoenix June 28‚ 2014 Community Health Advocacy Project - Part two The aspects of community and aggregate are closely connected and people tend to use the terms interchangeably. The best way to explain the difference between the two concepts is by examples to differentiate and get a clearer understanding of the difference between the two concepts. This paper will define aggregate and community giving a brief support from current literature
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Exodus Transitional Community was established in 1999 as a non-profit organization in New York City. The founder‚ Julio Medina has gone through a lot himself‚ and after his own transformation he was inspired and motivated to help others to change their life‚ to improve it‚ or simply educate them to prevent any future troubles. Medina might seem to be a non-violent offender who greatly regrets the deeds he did‚ but not only non-violent criminals are like that. In reality‚ he was a leader of a Bronx
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ANALYSIS OF KARL BARTH THE MINNISTRY TO THE COMMUNITY Theological Foundations for Ministry DR 901 January 8‚ 2010 1. Barth states: “The ministry of the community is very definite‚ and therefore limited‚ but also full of promise” (p.830). How do you understand this statement? In what sense is the ministry of the Church definite‚ limited‚ yet full of promise? The ministry of the community is definite because it has to exist actively for the world and execute its
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Community Teaching Work Plan Proposal Directions: Develop an educational series proposal for your community using one of the following four topics which will be chosen within your CLC group: 1) Bioterrorism/Disaster 2) Environmental Issues 3) Primary Prevention/Health Promotion 4) Secondary Prevention/Screenings for a Vulnerable Population Planning Before Teaching: |Name and Credentials of Teacher:
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(a) What does community service/volunteerism mean to you? * I define volunteerism as a service performed for the benefit of others with little or no benefit to the person carrying out the service. One may volunteer for many reasons but these should not include expecting to receive an income or publicity for work being done. One benefit that a volunteer may have however is growing their knowledge base about the activity in which they are participating. One should think about the ways which they
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countries‚ Germany and the United States‚ created vast promotions during the war that were degrading to their opposing sides. A great sense of nationalism was building up and these propagandists did anything to keep their country on top no matter how degrading and deceiving it could possibly be. They stereotyped and lied about their opponents just to heighten patriotism through posters and film and the images used in these types of propaganda by both governments took every flaw of our enemies and
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What is a Professional Learning Community? NaKishia D. Glenn Gardner-Webb University Abstract Throughout this paper you will be able to gain more knowledge on what a Professional Learning Community (PLC) is. I will explore two different areas: general characteristics of PLCs and the big ideas that are associated with them. I will refer to different types of students throughout this paper. When I mention high achievers I will be referring to those are students whose test scores put them in the
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