CP 11: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SKILLS/ISSUES IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

QUIZ #1: FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLES OF COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

STUDENT NAME: __Ansr El Muhammad____________________________________________________________

1. What are the three inter-related elements of the Praxis Model diagram? (1 point)

__Training, Practice and Reflection. __________________________________________________________

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2. CDCs were formed in the 1960s to address the failure of mainstream government and market structures to do
what: (1 points)

...to provide decent housing, safe neighborhoods, good jobs, social supports and community participation
opportuniis. Pg 6.___________________________________________________________________________

3. Community economic developments central idea is that _problems facing communities unemployment,
poverty, job loss, environmental degredation and loss of community control need to be addressed in a holistic and
participatory way.
(1 point)

4. What are the six key community building blocks identified in the ABCD model: (2 points)
_1. The skills of local residents, 2. The power of local residents, 3. The resources of public, private and nonprofit
institutions, 4. The physical resources and ecology of local places, 5. The economic resources of local places, 6. The
stories and heritage of local place.

5. Name one of the community powers of associations in the ABCD model: (1 point)

The power to join with neighbors to do what needs to be done__________________________________

6. Name the four abilities of community and civic capacity: (2 points)

_1. The ability to come together, 2. To identify and prioritize issues, 3. To make decisions, 4. to take action._

7. In your own words, how would you summarize the material we have covered from Class #2 Class #6. What stood
out for you? What of the information might you use in your community change work? (Use the back of the page if
you need more room.) (2 points)
Classes 2 to 6 is a nutshell of what Community Planning is about. It is a very useful class if one is to train in this field.
It should be a prerequisite to taking the Introductory class to Community Planning. What stood out to me out of the
many useful things in the previous classes was that Community Planning is defined by the United Nations. Just that
knowledge alone can be used in a powerful way. Maybe to have a Community Planning Non-Governmental
Organization.