Lifelong education refers to the sum of all kinds of education received by people at all stages of their lives, and it is the unified synthesis of different types of education received by people. All stages and modes of the education system, including school education and social education; There are both formal education and informal education. Advocate to provide necessary knowledge and skills in the best way when everyone needs them. The concept of lifelong education has become the guiding principle of education reform in many countries.

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1. holiness: under the lifelong education system, learning opportunities run through an individual's life, and formal, informal and informal education opportunities will be more expanded, differentiated and coherent.

2. Integrity: Under the lifelong education system, various educational methods and channels can be coordinated and integrated in personal life and the whole life cycle.

3. Flexibility: Under the lifelong education system, the way, place and content of learning are not fixed, and the curriculum, learning process and learning objectives are constantly adjusted with the update of social knowledge and new requirements for ability.

4. Democracy: The main principle of lifelong education is that education can be shared by all, and it should provide educational types that meet the needs of people with different abilities and backgrounds, so that all people in society have universal opportunities to receive education.

5. self-realization: the ultimate goal of lifelong education is to improve everyone's quality of life, which is similar to the self-realization of A. Maslow. To realize self, society can only provide opportunities and channels, and must rely on the power of self-growth and have the skills and ability to grow.

6. Teachability: Learn how to learn, including learning skills, sharing rationality, self-evaluation and cooperative evaluation, and prepare for change and improvement on the basis of learning, sharing and evaluation.

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