An Analysis of the Discourse Characteristics of Community Education
Constructing an academic discourse space and system to meet the needs of characteristic and practical development of Chinese community education disciplines has become a much-concerned subject of community educators and researchers.The community education discourse involves the realms of policy,practice,academics,etc.The policy discourse covers the top-level design for basic framework,disciplinary affiliation,and direction of theoretical research;the practical discourse has multiple characteristics,diverse subject demands,and rich connotations;the academic discourse needs to be strengthened in theoretical systems and communication platforms;and the communication discourse requires to be consolidated in awareness and innovation.This study explored the major concerns,thus suggesting that further research on community education discourse helps enrich the theoretical connotations and facilitate the practice of community education while boosting the dissemination of community education values.