Responding to the call for cutting-edge research and reciprocal learning in the field, this book examines global cases to illustrate the range of diversity, challenges, and strategies in community education.
The theoretical and empirical contributions of the book are drawn from 12 countries and economies globally, including Australia, Austria, China, Finland, Germany, Indonesia, India, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, South Korea, and the US. Each chapter presents a distinct case study, illustrating how each nation approaches community education in response to its unique challenges, cultural contexts, and policy landscape. This cross-cultural book presents a diverse range of perspectives from a detailed view into the ‘Maeul’ (village) education movement’s role in South Korea or a look into India’s commitment to expanding lifelong learning considering the 2020 National Education Policy, to diving into the US’s focus on the role of community education in professional growth and quality of life or exploring Aotearoa New Zealand’s educational policies.
Showcasing vibrant educational practices across different regions, this volume will be of interest to academics, scholars and researchers in the fields of lifelong learning, community education, multicultural and comparative education, and educational policy.
Responding to the calling for cutting-edge research and reciprocal learning in the field, this book examines global cases to illustrate the ranges of diversity, challenges, and strategies in community education. The theoretical and empirical contributions of the book are drawn from 12 countries globally.
Introduction: Community education and learning society in a globalised
context Jiacheng Li & Philip Wing Keung Chan
Chapter 1: Maeul (Village)
Education Community Movements in South Korea: The Possibility of
Grassroots-based Educational Autonomy Byung-Chan Yang
Chapter 2: Improving
Community Capacity Building in Education: Indonesian Experience Agus Mutohar
and Bambang Sumintono
Chapter 3: The Convergence of Community Education:
Evidence from China Na Jiang and Jiacheng Li
Chapter 4: Exploring Community
Education and Lifelong Learning for a Post-pandemic World Experiences from
India Samiksha Jha, Nikita Rakhyani and Rajesh Tandon
Chapter 5: Exploring
Lifelong Learning in Malaysia: The Present, Challenges, and Strategies Siaw
Yan-Li
Chapter 6: The Development of Lifelong Learning in Japan: Difficulties
and Innovations Brought About by Covid-19 Takanori Ueda
Chapter 7: Community
Education and Lifelong Learning in USA: Ensuring the Quality of Workers and
Increasing the Quality of Lives Binyao Zheng
Chapter 8: Community Education
in Austria: Perspectives from Policy and Practice Filiz Keser Aschenberger
Chapter 9: Espoo, Finland a Sustainable Learning City Annika Forstén
Chapter 10: The Hamburg Master Plan ESD - a Model Not Only for German
Cities Jürgen Forkel-Schubert
Chapter 11: Active Ageing, Belonging and
Lifelong Learning for Older Adults: An Australian Ethnographic Case Study
Edwin Creely, Jane Southcott, and Philip Wing Keung Chan
Chapter 12: How Life
Course Thinking Can Inform Community Education and Family Learning in
Aotearoa New Zealand Stuart McNaughton
Chapter 13: Bridging Worlds: A
Reflection on Community Education and Lifelong Learning Philip Wing Keung
Chan and Jiacheng Li
Jiacheng Li is Director and Professor at Shanghai Municipal Institute for Lifelong Education, East China Normal University, China.
Philip Wing Keung Chan is Senior Lecturer in Globalization, Leadership & Policy, School of Education, Language, Culture and Society, Monash University, Australia.
