社區組織在社區成人教育中的角色

The Roles of Community Organizations in Community Adult Education

成人教育是一種社會運動，社區組織即是滋養成人教育的社會勢力。本文從靜態和動態觀點檢驗社區組織在社區成人教育中的角色，文中探討社區成人教育的本質，並分析Fletcher, Lovett, Brookfield，和Martin所提的概念模式，進而描述西方成人教育的社區組織實務，最後，作者指出社區組織否只扮演保進守性角色，更可扮演基進性角色，如鼓動者，改革者和組織者。

Adult education is a kind of social movement. Community organizations are social forces by which adult education can be nourished. This paper examines the roles of community organization in community adult education by static and dynamic perspectives. It explores the nature of community adult education and analyses conceptual models developed by Fletcher, Lovett, Brookfield, and Martin. The article also describes some practices of commnunity organizations in western adult education. In conclusion the author argues community organizations play not only the conservative roles but also the radicals such as amimateur, reformer, and organizer.