1st Edition

Global Perspectives on Community Education and Learning Society Diversities, Challenges and Strategies

Edited By Jiacheng Li, Philip Wing Keung Chan Copyright 2026
256 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

256 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

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,... Read more

Introduction: Learning Society and Community Education in a Globalized Context

Jiacheng Li and 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 the United States: 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

Biography

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.