High-quality Development of Elderly Education in China under the Background of Building a Powerful Learning Nation:Demands,Characteristics and Countermeasures
As a great country with nearly 300 million elderly people,the high-quality development of elderly education in China is not only a key component of building a learning nation but also an essential way to achieve lifelong education and promote sustainable social development.The high-quality development of elderly education is a practical demand arising from the large-scale elderly population,a demand of the times for the digital transformation of education,and a reform demand for the human dividend through labor force regeneration and restructuring.The practical issues in the development of elderly education in the context of building a learning nation primarily include the lack of comprehensive understanding of the concept of"active aging",the absence of systematic top-level design,low quality of educational services,insufficient resource sharing,and limited participation in vocational education.In the context of building a powerful learning nation,the high-quality development of elderly education should shift from an"aging"to an"optimization"model.This involves creating an elderly education system that promotes both"self-realization and dignity"and the development of"knowledge,skills,and values".It also calls for a restructuring and reform of vocational education to meet the demands of elderly education,as well as fostering a new institutional and cultural ecosystem that supports high-quality development in this field.