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The Youth's Role in Nation-building
Man, Family, Community
The Composition of Man
• Spiritual sphere – soul and spirit
• Sphere of the mind – endowed with reasoning ability
• Body organization – a physical being with human needs
What is man?
• A physical being
• A reflection of the universe
• Moral being – the ability to distinguish what is right and what is wrong
What is man?• Man is an occupant of the
earth and its director.• Intellectual capability – has
the power to reason “reasoning soul”
• An element of society
Man and society• Man complicates a situation
when his nature and society collides
• Man has a role to play in the society
• There is an interplay between the individual and society
Family as an element of
society
Family
• Represented the primary cell of social life
• Basic element of society wherein some attributes of human nature is developed
Family as a training ground of society
Autonomy• To feel and experience the
individualization process
• Must have a freedom to choose for himself who he wishes to be
Liberty
Responsibility• Must be given a responsibility
at home to prepare them for a bigger responsibility
Tolerance• Must be taught how to accept
individual differences
Trust• Must be developed within the
family so that members will learn to trust other people
Community• Group of people who interact
and share certain things as a group
Examples of community
• Family
• Kinship
The essence of community
• The development of personal and cultural values
• A world view and attitude towards a larger society
The essence of community
• Develop emotional bonds• Intellectual pathways • Enhanced linguistic abilities • Higher capacity for critical
thinking
Mcmillan and Chavis identify four elements of “sense of community”
• Membership
• Influence • Integration and fulfillment of
needs
• Shared emotional connection
The development of sense of community
• In times of glory
• In times of crisis, chaos or defeat
Types of community
• Location
• Identity
• Overlaps
Location
• Municipality
• Neighborhood
• Planned community
Identity• Professional community
• Virtual community
Overlaps• Retirement community
• Intentional community
Filipino Values and Traits
“We are a nation bereft of moorings and have a moral crisis,
a crisis of lost or squandered spiritual values”
Teodoro Benigno
What is culture?• Culture is a way of life • It has a powerful effect on a
person’s daily life• It shapes us but we also shape
culture
Characteristics of culture• Culture is learned • Culture is transmitted• Culture is shared• Culture is patterned and
integrated• Culture is adaptive and
maladaptive
The elements of culture
• Beliefs
• Values
• Norms
• Mores
• Laws
What are values?
• Values are abstract and shared ideas about what is desirable, good, and correct
The basis of Philippine value orientation
• Aeta Indonesian
• Malayan Hindu
• Chinese Spanish
Americans