Author(s)

Xueyan Zhang ¹, Kefeng Xu ²

Affiliation(s)

¹ Lifelong Education Division, Ningbo Open University, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
² Cixi College, Ningbo Open University, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China

Corresponding Author

Kefeng Xu

ABSTRACT

The concept of lifelong learning is gradually recognized by the whole society, and the construction of learning cities promotes the continuous learning, adaptation, and development of individuals and cities. The practice and experience of Ningbo's learning city show that learning city is important for promoting sustainable urban development, upgrading the city's soft power, improving citizens' personal literacy, and promoting industrial development. Ningbo attaches importance to lifelong education, formulates relevant laws and regulations, adopts experimental projects to promote lifelong education, organizes rich activities to create a strong lifelong education atmosphere, digitally empowers the construction of learning city and explores the establishment of a scientific monitoring and evaluation index system, etc., which has made great achievements in the construction of a learning city, constructed a lifelong education network system at four levels of the city, districts, streets and communities, and formed a strong learning atmosphere. Based on the existing problems and challenges, the construction of China's learning cities should focus on the improvement of the lifelong education system, the development of continuing education, the cultivation of learning organizations, the establishment of leading and coordinating institutions, the establishment of a scientific evaluation system, and the establishment and improvement of laws and regulations.

KEYWORDS

Learning City, Practice Path, Lifelong Learning

CITE THIS PAPER

Xueyan Zhang, Kefeng Xu, Study on the Connotation of the Era and Practical Path of Ningbo's Learning City Construction. Transactions on Comparative Education (2023) Vol. 5: 1-12. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/trance.2023.050601.

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