Community Immersion Lecture Notes

Flashcards for vocabulary related to community immersion, based on lecture notes.

Integration with the people

A continuous process wherein the students come into direct contact and become involved with the affairs of the community.

Ostentatious entry

The community worker is formally introduced to the people through a village assembly during which the worker’s image is boosted and project output is promised.

Academic entry

Communities are often called social laboratories because they become a field laboratory where the theories learned in the classroom are put to a test.

Formal entry

Some organizers believe that the best way of gaining entry into a community is through a formal protocol or procedure. This is done by paying a courtesy call to the community leaders first.

People-centered entry

It is not the organizer but the local researchers from the community who first gain entry into the area. They undertake a preliminary social analysis of the community

Integration Tips

Students should integrate with the people by living with them, eating their food, doing their chores, and patiently learning their way of life.

Community needs assessment

A process in which the problems, issues, and concerns of the community are identified by using several tools.

Needs assessment, social analysis, or community diagnosis

Concrete basis for the formulation of programs; reflects sentiments, needs, aspirations, and recommendations of the community.

Purpose of needs assessment

To gather information about the community’s attitudes and options in order of importance and give the citizens a voice in determining policies, goals, and priorities.

Community forum/assembly

Involves holding group events which include the entire community