Rural Community Development/ Lecture Notes

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Week 1: Introduction To Rural Community Development (Terminology, Capitals, Relationship between Community Development & Economic Development )

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Week 2: Principles of rural community development (Agricultural Production, Problems facing rural families, Principles of rural community)

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Week 3: Objectives of rural community development

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Week 4: Concept of community and the rural community

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Week 5: The theories of community development (Seven Theories for Seven Community Developers, How can these theories serve as a tool for community development practice)

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Week 6: Theories of development

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Week 7: Approaches to community development (Needs-Based Community Development..&. .Asset-Based Community Development..)

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Week 8: Process of community development (Framework for Community Development, Community Development planning Process, Community Development Practice, Challenges of the Community Development Process)

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Week 9: Case studies

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Week 10: Case studies

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Week 11: Case studies

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Week 12: Case studies

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