The Youth's Role in Nation-building

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

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