Transcending the Human Self: The Impact of Certificate Course in Community Engagement and Organizing towards a Selected Community Extensionists in the Philippines
Melanie Turingan
Abstract:
In a collaboration between Higher Educational Institutions (HEI)
and larger communities for partnership and reciprocity, there is
also a need to develop a genuine partnership between the staff of
a HEI and a community group to recognize that academic goals
(learning and research) and community goals (capacity-building
for change and improvement) are beneficial to both, and to find
these partnerships on a reciprocal exchange of information with
mutual respect for the expertise and knowledge that all parties
bring.) Thus, this exploratory research study aimed at
determining the impact of the Certificate Course on Community
Engagement and Organizing offered by the University of Santo
Tomas SIMBAHAYAN Community Development Office and Center
for Continuing Profession and Development in partnership with
the Commission on Higher Education to selected participants who
served as community extension workers from HEI’s. Eight (8)
participants who underwent the training were selected as
subjects of this research. Lippitt, Watson, and Wesley’s Theory of
Planned Change (1958) is used as the basis for interpreting the
results which showed the change underwent by the participants
guided by the change agent, the Certificate Course that they
participated.
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