Characteristics of modern social education Modern social education has six main characteristics:
Diversity of social education subjects;
Universality of social education objects;
The richness of social education content;
Diversity of social education forms;
Compensation of social education mode;
The vastness of social education.
The role of modern social education Modern social education has a special role that other forms of education can't match. Its role is mainly manifested in the following aspects:
First, social education is directly oriented to the whole society and has social, political and economic backgrounds. Compared with school education and family education, social education has a wider range of activities and influences, and can effectively play an active role in the whole society;
Second, social education not only faces schools and teenagers, but also faces adult workers in society. This can not only make up for the shortage of school education, meet the requirements of adults to continue their studies, effectively promote economic development, but also promote social stability and progress through political and moral education;
Third, the forms of social education are flexible and diverse, and there is no strict constraint of institutionalized education. It is rarely restricted by class, status, age and seniority, which can well reflect the democracy of education;
Fourth, the growth of modern people is not completely confined to schools, but must be combined with social practice. Social education is more conducive to people's socialization.
The development prospect of social education The service object of social education will expand sharply, from serving a few people to serving the whole public.
The content of social education will be increasingly rich, from simple professional knowledge and skills to multi-field and multi-disciplinary development.
Social education institutions will also develop from formal adult education institutions to social education in the whole society.
On the one hand, social development increases people's leisure time, on the other hand, it also increases people's demand for understanding society and learning knowledge. These two factors put forward new requirements for social education.