Systematic Promotion Strategy of Community Education Innovation and Development in the New Era

Lu Lu; Yihao Tao

doi:10.70088/fxzmve25

Authors

Lu Lu Hainan Vocational University of Science and Technology, Haikou, China Author
Yihao Tao Hainan Vocational University of Science and Technology, Haikou, China Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.70088/fxzmve25

Keywords:

community education, educational innovation, lifelong learning, social governance, digital integration

Abstract

Community education plays a fundamentally positive role in meeting the diverse lifelong learning needs of community residents and in building a comprehensive learning society dedicated to lifelong learning for all citizens. In the face of the continuous deepening of the modernization of the national governance system and the enhancement of governance capacity, promoting the high-quality development of community education has emerged as an increasingly important focus for the improvement of social policies and the continuous innovation of lifelong education practices. Therefore, this paper takes the systematic promotion of the innovative development of community education as its primary starting point. It deeply analyzes the core characteristics and practical needs of community education development in the new era, and systematically sorts out the various structural and operational challenges that currently limit high-quality improvement at the present development stage. These challenges include resource allocation disparities, insufficient digital integration, and inadequate multi-stakeholder participation. Based on this comprehensive analysis, a series of targeted strategies for promoting the innovative development of community education are proposed. These strategic recommendations aim to help community education frameworks break through existing institutional bottlenecks, optimize resource distribution, and achieve a high-quality structural transformation. Ultimately, the objective is to facilitate the formation of a robust community education development model that is both highly competitive in line with global standards and deeply integrated with the unique socio-cultural characteristics of China.

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