| Developing the lifelong education to approach the learning society is the trend not only for the development of international social education, but also for the domestic educational reform and development. The implementation of the lifelong education relies on the education in community as its firm base, and the establishment of a learning society is based on that of learning communities. The essential factor for the success of the education in community in our country is to choose a proper model for it, However, due to the lack of theoretical research in this respect, people are still unable to have a clear understanding about it, not to mention give advices on the choosing of a proper model. Therefore, this paper expounds the inevitability of the education in community in our country, and redefines the constituting elements and the choosing principles of the education in community by contrasting the educational models both in china and abroad. In addition, the researcher sets forth the proper models and realizing conditions for the education in community suitable for different areas.1. The inevitability for the Appearance and Development of the Education in Community in our country.The sustainable development strategy stimulates the development of the education in community, and the development of the theory of the lifelong education and concept of a learning society supports it intellectually.2. The Research on the Education in Community both in China and Abroad.The researcher concludes the status of the research on education of community both in china and abroad and the researching trends of the theory systemetically.3. The Definitions of the Related Terms about the Education in Community.The research defines community and the education in community according to the various understandings of the education in community in both china and abroad finally, the concept of a learning society is set forth.4. The Research on the Education in Community.Firstly, the researcher analyzes the features of the current models, such as "the neighborhood office-centered interactive model, the primary and middleschools-centered active model, the community institute-carriered synthetical model and the district autonomous model ", with the support of enough evidence and points out their disadvantages. Secondly, the researcher gets the enlightenment about the rechoose of the education in community in china through the description of the models for the education in community in Europe, America and Taiwan, the supporting degrees of the government, the subject of the education in community and the basic institutions of the education in community. Finally, the researcher sets forth the inevitability of the rechoose of the model of the education in community in china, the concrete measures, the principles for the rechoose and the constituting elements of the model.5. The Choosing of the Model in Regions Varied in Economic DevelopmentIn order to achieve the greatest effect of the education, we should choose different models in the light of local conditions.6. The forecast of the Trend for the Future Education in community in China.The education in community is going to be open, using multi-media, returning and showing individualities.In China, generally speaking, the education in community is still in the starting stage. This paper aims to research the elementary theories of the education in community and the models in both china and abroad, in an attempt to seek a new train of thought in the development and theoretical research on the education in community in china, thus enrich the theoretical system of the education in community. |