HBSE-TOPIC-1.pptx human behavior and social environment

human behavior and social environment

1. SOCIAL CHANGE AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVE DONITA ROSE T. MAGDATO, RSW SUBJECT INSTRUCTOR

2. SOCIAL CHANGE SOCIAL CHANGE IS THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE MAJOR ASPECTS OF A CULTURE AND SOCIETY-CHANGES AND BELIEFS, VALUES, CUSTOMS, BEHAVIORS, SOCIAL RELATIONS, MATERIAL CULTURE, STRATIFICATION AND ANYTHING ELSE OF IMPORTANCE. SOCIAL CHANGE IS INEVITABLY EVERYWHERE AND ALL TIMES (BELTRAN, 1996,p.122). -REFERS TO VARIATIONS OR MODIFICATIONS IN THE PATTERNS OF SOCIAL ORGANIZATION, OF SUB-GROUPS WITHIN A SOCIETY, OR OF THE ENTIRE SOCIETY ITSELF. THIS MAYBE MANIFESTED IN THE RISE AND FALL OF GROUPS, COMMUNITY OR INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURES AND FUNCTIONS OR CHANGE IN THE STATUES AND ROLES OF MEMBERS IN THE FAMILY, WORK SETTING, CHURCH, GOVERNMENT, SCHOOL, AND OTHER SUB-SYSTEM OF THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION.

3. WHAT IS CHANGE? - SOCIAL CHANGE IS DEFINED AS THE ALTERATION IN PATTERNS OF SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OVER TIME. THERE ARE SEVERAL FACTORS WHICH BRINGS ABOUT SOCIAL CHANGE DEPENDS ON THE EXISTING ORGANIZATIONS AND ENVIRONMENT OF SOCIETY. (BELTRAN, 1996, p. 122). MODIFICATION / ALTERATION /DEVIATION FROM SOMETHING EXISTING -AN ALTERATION IN SOCIAL DYNAMICS , SOCIAL STUCTURES, SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS ect . IN BROADER SCALE MICRO SOCIAL CHANGE e.g ALTERATIONS IN FAMILY STRUCTURES ; ALTERATION IN GENDER DYNAMICS -CHANGES IN THE DAY TO DAY INTERACTION BETWEEN AND AMONG INDIVUALS OR GROUPS.

4. PATTERNS OF SOCIAL CHANGE LINEAR - SOCIAL CHANGE FOLLOW STRAIGHT PATH e.g SOCIAL DARWINISM, SPENCER, DURKHEIM, TOINNES. CYCLICAL- SOCIAL CHANGE FOLLOWS A CYCLE e.g “history repeat itself (Plato, Spengler) DIALETICAL- ASPIRAL… THESIS-ANTI-THESIS- SYNTHESIS (HEGEL, MARX)

5. SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT -A WITH THE ENHANCEMENT OF THE SOCIAL ASPECTS OF LIFE TOMULTIDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVE OF DEVELOPMENT WHICH AIMS TO LINK ECONOMIC PROGRESS WARDS THE IMPROVEMENT OF SOCIAL WELLBEING OF INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, GROUPS AND COMMUNITIES. “ SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT EMPHASIZES THE VALUES OF HUMAN RIGHTS, SOCIAL JUSTICE, EQUITY IN RESOURCES, AND PARITY BETWEEN HUMAN AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT…VALUES CONSISTENT WITH THOSE OF SOCIAL WORK. SIMILARLY, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENTS FOCUS ON STRENGTHS, EMPOWERWENT, SELF SUFFICIENCY, AND DEVELOPMENT, SUPPORT THE CHANGE AND GROWTH ORIENTATION OF SOCIAL WORK. THE BROAD APPLICABILITY OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT PROVIDES A COMMON WIDE IDENTITY FOR THE PROFESSION.” ( Asamoah healy , and Mayadas , 1997 cited in Schriver , 2011)

6. WHAT IS DEVELOPMENT? -TO A LAYMAN POINT OF VIEW DEVELOPMENT IS ASSOCIATED WITH PROGRESS. ANY COUNTRY WHICH HAS ATTAINED DEVELOPMET MANIFEST ABUNDANT MATERIAL RESOURCES TO MEET ITS NEEDS. -ACCORDING TO David Brinkerhof and Lyon White (1988)- DEVELOPMENT REFERS TO THE PROCESS OF INCREASING THE PRODUCTIVITY AND STANDARD OF LIVING OF A SOCIETY-LONGER LIFE EXPECTANCIES, MORE ADEQUATE DIETS, BETTER EDUCATION, BETTER HOUSING, AND MORE CONSUMER GOODS. IT IS SYNONYMOUS WITH MAJOR INCREASE IN TECHNOLOGY, RESOURCE USE, AND PRODUCTIVITY PROVIDING NOT ONLY MORE GOODS BUT ALSO PRODUCING COMPREHENSIVE CHANGES IN SOCIAL ARRANGEMENT SUCH AS: URBANIZATION, FAMILY, SIZE, GENDER, ROLES, AND BUREAUCRATIZATION. -IMPROVEMENT IN COUNTRY’S ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS. -MULTI-DIMENSIONAL PROCESS INVOLVING MAJOR CHANGES IN SOCIAL STRUCTURES, POPULAR ATTITUDES AND SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS, AS WELL AS THE ACCELERATION OF ECONOMIC GROWTH, THE REDUCTION OF INEQUALITY AND THE ERADICATION OF ABSOLUTE POVERTY (TODARO)

7. OBJECTIVES OF DEVELOPMENT (TODARO) RAISING PEOPLE’S LIVING LEVELS, i.e. INCOMES AND CONSUMPTION, LEVELS OF FOOD, MEDICAL SERVICES, EDUCATION THROUGH RELEVANT GROWTH PROCESSES CREATING CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO THE GROWTH OF PEOPLE’S SELF-ESTEEM THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SOCIAL, POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC SYSTEM AND INSTITUTIONS WHICH PROMOTE HUMAN DIGNITY AND RESPECT. INCREASING PEOPLE’S FREEDOM TO CHOOSE BY ENLARGING THE RANGE OF THEIR CHOICE VARIABLES e.g. VARIETIES OF GOODS AND SERVICES.

8. CONCEPTS ECONOMIC GROWTH- IS AN INCREASE IN THE CAPACITY OF AN ECONOMY TO PRODUCE AND SERVICES, COMPARED FROM ONE PERIOD OF TIME TO ANOTHER.N -DEVELOPMENT IS OFTEN EQUATED WITH ECONOMIC GROWTH. ECONOMIC GROWTH IS THE SUSTAINED INCREASE IN PER CAPITA REAL OUTPUT OF GOODS AND SERVICES USUALLY MEASURED IN TERMS OF THE GNP (GROSS NATIONAL INCOME). THE PHILIPPINES AS DEVELOPING COUNTRY IS CHARACTERIZED BY LOW PER CAPITA INCOME. IF A COUNTRY ACHIEVES RISING LEVELS OF INCOME, IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE DEVELOPING. TO ACHIEVE THIS, THERE SHOULD BE INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY. TO THE ECONOMIST, DEVELOPMENT IS MAN’S APPLICATION OF TECHNOLOGIES TO CONTROL NATURES RESOURCES IN ORDER TO BRING ABOUT A MARKED INCREASE IN THE GROWTH OF OUTPUT PER HEAD OF POPULATION.

9. CONCEPT INCREASE WELFARE AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS: EDUCATION, ECONOMY, GENDER, EMPOWERMENT, POLITICS, MORE.

10. CONCEPTS MODERNIZATION- MODERNIZATION THEORIES EXPLAIN THE CHANGING WAYS OF COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA USE IN TRADITIONAL AND (POST) MODERN SOCIETIES. RIGGS MADE IT EXPLECIT THAT THE POPULAR SLOGAN OF THE MODERNIZING WORLD IS THE PHENOMENON OF “DEVELOPMENT” IT MEANS A COUNTRY WHICH IS INVOLVED IN THR MODERNIZATION PROCESS IDENTIFIES HER GOALS AND CONCRETE EFFORTS ALONG THE CONCEPT OF DEVELOPMENT.

11. CONCEPT PARTICIPATORY DEVELOPMENT- IS A PROCESS THROUGH WHICH STAKEHOLDERS CAN INFLUENCE AND SHARE CONTROL OVER DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES, AND THE DECISIONS AND RESOURCES THAT AFFECT THEMSELVES.