On the New Adjustment of the Positioning of Chinese Adult Higher Education
Cheng Jian-yu
Abstract
Cheng Jian-yu
Abstract
In the face of new challenges from the knowledge economy and the trend of lifelong education,adult education,for its own survival and development,must change its emphasis from basis-oriented and knowledge-based education to professionalization-oriented and capability-and skill-based education.Chinese adult higher education should aim to contribute to the construction of a lifelong educational system instead of providing merely a complementing educational chance.
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In the face of new challenges from the knowledge economy and the trend of lifelong education,adult education,for its own survival and development,must change its emphasis from basis-oriented and knowledge-based education to professionalization-oriented and capability-and skill-based education.Chinese adult higher education should aim to contribute to the construction of a lifelong educational system instead of providing merely a complementing educational chance.
Key concepts: Lifelong learning, Professionalization, Adult education, Face (sociological concept), Knowledge economy, Continuing education, Higher education, Further education