Community Development

1. Define and explain the concept of community development.
2. Analyze the role of rural leadership in community transformation.
3. Evaluate different growth models and their impact on rural development.
4. Assess the influence of social change on rural communities.
5. Identify the challenges and opportunities in implementing community development projects.
6. Apply community development principles to real-world scenarios.

13 weeks, about 64 hours in total. Yours will differ.

1. Week 1Module 1: Introduction

   • Unit 1: Definition, Philosophy and Nature of Community Development · 4 hours

     Read the definition and concept clarification on community development.. Understand the historical development of community development.. Analyze the different approaches to community development..

2. Week 2Module 1: Introduction

   • Unit 2: Community Development as an Instrument of Rural Development · 4 hours

     Define community development as an instrument of rural development.. Evaluate policy issues in community development.. State the goals of community development..

3. Week 3Module 1: Introduction

   • Unit 3: Rural Leadership and Community Development · 4 hours

     Understand the concept of leadership at the community level.. Explain the theories and approaches to leadership.. Discuss effective leadership as an agent of rural transformation..

4. Week 4Module 1: Introduction

   • Unit 4: Growth Models and Rural Development · 4 hours

     Explain the usefulness of rural growth models.. Define what models are and their usefulness.. Discuss growth models and their effect on rural transformation..

5. Week 5Module 2:

   • Unit 5: Principles and Philosophies of Rural Development · 4 hours

     Discuss the meaning of principles and philosophies with special emphasis on community development.. State and explain different principles as regards community development.. Analyze conditions that can generate such interests in an individual..

6. Week 6Module 2:

   • Unit 6: The Concept of Rural Development · 4 hours

     Explain the concept of rural environment.. Explain the concept of development.. Discuss the indices of development and steps to bring about development in rural areas..

7. Week 7Module 2:

   • Unit 7: Integrated Rural Development · 4 hours

     State and describe the approaches to rural development.. Evaluate the role of your own community in rural development.. Understand the components of integrated rural development..

8. Week 8Module 2:

   • Unit 8: Social Infrastructures and Rural Development · 4 hours

     Explain what constitutes social infrastructure.. Assess the importance of social infrastructure in the development of the rural areas.. Focus on medical, health facilities, potable water, rural electrification and education.

9. Week 9Module 2:

   • Unit 9: Social Change in Rural Development · 4 hours

     State the nature of social changes.. Explain the forms of social changes.. Discuss the two schools of thought in social change in the rural development..

10. Week 10Module 3:

    • Unit 10: Rural Education and Development · 4 hours

      Discuss the provision of formal education to rural education.. Discuss the various difficulties associated with rural education.. State the relevance of women education to rural development..

11. Week 11Module 3:

    • Unit 11: The Rural Community and its Youth Developments · 4 hours

      Define the term community development.. Evaluate the role of the rural youth in the organization and execution of community development projects.. Understand the concept of self-help in rural communities..

12. Week 12Module 3:

    • Unit 12: Attitudes of Local Government Staff Towards Rural Development · 4 hours

      Explain the strategy of development from below.. Assess the attitudes of the local government staff as well as the general public to rural development efforts.. Understand the role of local government in rural development..

    • Unit 13: Social Negligence in Rural Development · 4 hours

      Give a good definition of social welfare.. Identify the various schools of social welfare and evaluate the policy issues in social welfare.. Understand the importance of social welfare in rural development..

13. Week 13Module 3:

    • Unit 14: Health and Rural Development · 4 hours

      Appreciate the roles of nutrition, public hygiene and primary health care services in the development of the rural sector.. Appreciate the human and social costs if ill-health in the rural community.. Understand the importance of health in rural development..

    • Unit 15: The Theory and Practice of Community Development · 4 hours

      Develop a good conceptive framework of community development.. Describe in clear terms the practice of community development.. Understand the theory and practice of community development..

    • Unit 16: Problems of Development at the Community Level · 4 hours

      Identify the major problems militating against community development in Nigeria in their development efforts.. Raise the issues discussed under each of these factors or problems.. Understand the challenges of development at the community level..