Full Description
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 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, thereby 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 US' 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.
Contents
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
