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Lifelong Education is committed to promoting lifelong education for all people, meeting the diversity of learning needs of the general public, building a service-oriented learning society, and promoting people's all-round development. Lifelong Education tracks the frontiers of international theory and focuses on international academic discussions.

The main columns of Lifelong Education are set:

  • Education first: disseminate new knowledge, new ideas, new practices, and write a new chapter in education.
  • Learning society: building a learning city, learning organization, learning community, learning family.
  • Character column: Show everyone's style, explore the lifelong learning model.
  • Thematic Focus: Focus on social, moral, rule of law, environmental protection, popular science, health, arts and other education.
  • Exchange of results: Summarize and communicate lifelong education outcomes and practices.
  • Global Perspective: Publication of research results of important scholars in the field of international lifelong education.
  • Education for the elderly: Focus on older groups, cultivate learning awareness, and create a healthy life.
  • Feelings of life: Inspirational knowledge, experience happy learning.

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    Research on the cooperation model between China’s cross-border e-commerce and Kaspi payment under the background of the Belt and Road Initiative

    by Zhaojun Xiao

    Lifelong Education , Vol.14, No.4, 2025; 0 Views

    Driven by the Belt and Road Initiative, digital payment system collaboration between Chinese cross-border e-commerce companies and Kazakhstan has become a crucial tool for promoting the digitalization of bilateral trade. This paper examines the collaboration models, advantages, and challenges of Chinese cross-border e-commerce companies and Kaspi Payment. By analyzing the current state of the China-Kazakhstan cross-border e-commerce market, as well as Kaspi Payment’s functionality and application data, this paper summarizes key collaboration models, including platform integration, payment interface integration, and localized settlement. The study finds that these collaboration models significantly improve cross-border transaction efficiency, capital flow speed, and user payment experience, but also present challenges such as currency settlement risks, policy and regulatory differences, and technical security. Therefore, this paper proposes innovating and optimizing these collaboration models through technological optimization, business process improvement, service localization, and policy coordination. These findings not only provide insights into payment strategies for Chinese cross-border e-commerce companies in the Central Asian market but also offer practical guidance for promoting digital trade cooperation among countries along the Belt and Road.

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    How does Generative AI Empower Learning? A Study on Teaching Reconstruction and Capacity Building in Colleges and Universities

    by Hongmei Zhu

    Lifelong Education , Vol.14, No.4, 2025; 0 Views

    Generative AI, with its powerful capabilities for content generation and interaction, is profoundly reshaping the higher education ecosystem. This article aims to systematically explore the core mechanism of generative AI empowering learning, analyse its reconstruction path for the teaching system in colleges and universities, and study its promoting effect on the cultivation of students’ key abilities. The article first analyses the technical principles of generative AI and its unique advantages in education, pointing out that it has transformed the traditional learning model by achieving a highly personalised “knowledge dialogue”. Furthermore, the transformation directions of teaching practice in colleges and universities are expounded from three aspects: the generation of dynamic course resources, the innovation of human-computer collaborative teaching methods, and the reconstruction of the evaluation system. Finally, this paper proposes that generative AI is a key lever for cultivating students’ critical thinking, intelligent literacy, and lifelong learning abilities, and emphasises that universities need to proactively carry out teaching paradigm changes to harness technological potential and cultivate the high-quality talent required for the future.

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    The Theoretical Foundations of Higher Education Competitiveness Management in a Globalised Context

    by Jiang Yousong

    Lifelong Education , Vol.14, No.4, 2025; 0 Views

    Under the macro background of the globalization wave, this paper discusses the theoretical premise and practical path of higher education competitiveness management. The article first analyzes the essence and connotation of the multi-dimensional characteristic concept of higher education competitiveness, and explains the interactive relationship between it and the capabilities of university administrators. It also systematically summarized the international experiences of the United States, Europe and developing countries in enhancing their competitiveness. Then the paper focuses on Kazakhstan, assesses the characteristics, current competitiveness status and internal and external influencing factors of its higher education system. Based on theory and international experience, it presents a set of strategies that can systematically improve the quality of higher education and also introduces the benchmarking management method. It provides theoretical references and practical lessons for Kazakhstan and other similar countries to clarify their development directions and formulate effective strategies in the fierce global competition in higher education.

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    “Seeing Chinese Culture through Chinese Dance: The ‘Circle’”

    by Jingjing Chen

    Lifelong Education , Vol.14, No.4, 2025; 0 Views

    As a performative art that embodies human emotion and spiritual aspiration, dance has long been inextricably linked to the notion of yuan (“the circle”) within the Chinese cultural imaginary. Anchoring this study in the philosophical underpinnings of Chinese “circle” culture, the paper interrogates the concrete manifestations of the circle in Chinese dance. By means of a critical review of primary and secondary sources, it reconstructs the historical trajectory and spiritual semantics of yuan in traditional Chinese thought; simultaneously, through close choreographic analysis, it explicates how the circle is operationalized with respect to movement pathways, spatial configurations, and affective expression. The investigation reveals that yuan in Chinese dance is not confined to the kinetic vocabulary of ping-yuan (horizontal circle), li-yuan (vertical circle), and ba-zi-yuan (figure-eight circle); rather, it is systematically extended to macro-structural principles—such as concentric “large-circle-enclosing-small-circle” formations and cyclical stage designs—that externalize the cultural ethos of tian-ren-he-yi (the unity of Heaven and humanity) and yuan-man-he-xie (consummate harmony). The study thus articulates the unique mechanism by which the circle migrates from cultural symbol to corporeal lexis, offering a new perspective on the symbiotic relationship between art and culture.

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    The Role of Patriotism in China’s Education System: The Production and Transformation of “Red Capital” from a Bourdieusian Perspective

    by Junan Jia

    Lifelong Education , Vol.14, No.4, 2025; 0 Views

    Bourdieu’s capital theory argued that education inequality is primarily reproduced through three core forms of capital: economic, cultural, and social. However, Bourdieu did not preclude the existence of other capitals that may operate distinctly in particular fields. China’s education system emphasize political ideology through both formal and hidden curriculum. , Centered on patriotism and communist ideology, this process creates “red capital”. Using a mixed methodology, this study investigated: (1) the validity of red capital as an independent capital form, (2) its role in the reproduction of social hierarchies and education inequality, and (3) the way of acquisition and institutional manifestation.

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    Current Status, Research Focus, and Trends of Oral Production (2010-2025)

    by Qiyu Cheng

    Lifelong Education , Vol.14, No.4, 2025; 0 Views

    Using CiteSpace, this study maps research on oral production published in the CNKI and WoS core collections from 2010 to 2025. Findings show that international research is substantially more active than domestic work, despite growth in both contexts. Keyword patterns reveal that Chinese studies focus on application-oriented issues, while international studies adopt broader perspectives. Domestic hotspots mainly concern task complexity, task repetition, and working memory, whereas international research spans feedback, TBLT, computer-mediated communication, and speech-sound disorders. The study outlines the field’s current landscape and suggests directions for future research.

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    Research on Cyber Language Violence Discourse on Weibo Based on Intertextuality Theory

    by Hou Taifeng

    Lifelong Education , Vol.14, No.4, 2025; 0 Views

    The Internet has driven profound social changes in the 21st century, while new technologies have intensified certain social issues. In Internet public events, online public opinion often complicates matters and undermines objectivity, accompanied by highly harmful cyber language violence. Previous studies on cyber language violence have mostly focused on groups and communication, with few exploring it from the perspective of intertextuality. This paper aims to study cyber language violence discourse on Weibo—a new media platform with a large user base, diverse age groups, and high topic discussion intensity—taking intertextuality theory as the research entry point. It provides a new analytical framework for cyber language violence research and contributes to online ecological governance and social harmony promotion.

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    Research on Excellent Confucian Traditional Culture and Civic Morality Construction

    by Hou Taifeng

    Lifelong Education , Vol.14, No.4, 2025; 0 Views

    Living in a harmonious and friendly neighborhood environment makes people feel happier. On the contrary, living in a hostile neighborhood environment worsens people’s mood. It is evident that handling neighborhood relationships well is crucial. With the rapid social development, contemporary neighborhood relationships have become increasingly complex, superficial, and utilitarian. To change this situation, stimulate people’s participation in building harmonious and loving neighborhood relationships, and enhance their sense of belonging to the community and affection for neighbors, we should strive to put forward feasible measures. This paper attempts to describe the current situation where contemporary neighborhood relationships are gradually becoming indifferent and modern new neighborhood relationships have replaced the traditional concept of “a nearby neighbor is better than a distant relative”. It proposes suggestions for handling neighborhood relationships in contemporary society based on Confucian views on neighbors, so as to enrich the research on excellent Confucian traditional culture and civic morality construction, promote social progress and all-round human development, and lay a human foundation for building a great modern socialist country.

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    Research on Strategies for Cultivating Cross-Cultural Communication Competence in Junior High School English Listening and Speaking Teaching

    by Zeng Xi

    Lifelong Education , Vol.14, No.4, 2025; 0 Views

    In the evolving conceptual parameters of globalization, language learning closely integrates with culture, and the junior high English curriculum highlights cross-cultural communication competence (CCC). Current teaching shows inadequate emphasis, outdated concepts, and weak evaluation systems. Given the complexity of these theoretical relationships, this research employs literature review and case study methods, discusses problems in English listening and speaking instruction, and proposes strategies for improvement. These represent conceptual innovation and teacher development, refined objectives and assessment mechanisms, and optimized multimodal teaching methods and resources. These case studies appear to provide evidence that may support their feasibility. What appears particularly significant about the findings is the potential for real-world application. This study tries to point toward practical guidance for cultivating students’ CCC What emerges from these considerations is an offering of both largely theoretical and applied value for enhancing the quality of junior high English listening and speaking education.

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    Research on the Collaborative Mechanism and Effectiveness Evaluation of Regional Education Governance System under the Background of Digital Transformation of Education

    by Xiong Haixiang

    Lifelong Education , Vol.14, No.4, 2025; 0 Views

    Driven by the digital wave, the digital transformation of education has become a trend of The Times. The traditional model of regional education governance systems is facing many challenges, such as poor collaboration among governance subjects. This study focuses on this background and analyzes the impact of digital transformation on the regional education governance system in three aspects: the relationship between governance subjects, resource allocation models, and supervision and evaluation systems. By establishing a collaborative mechanism among organizations, systems and cultures, we explore the path of coordinated development and set up an effectiveness evaluation practice strategy that covers the construction of an evaluation index system, the implementation of a dynamic monitoring mechanism and the application mechanism of evaluation results. This research aims to provide theoretical support and practical guidance for optimizing regional education governance, promote the optimal allocation of educational resources, enhance the quality and level of educational services, and drive the fair, high-quality and sustainable development of regional education.

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    Chinese-Language Education That Shapes a Lifetime: Theoretical Conception and Practical Strategies of the “San-Sheng” Chinese-Language Education Model

    by Hong Liu, Zixin Liang, Jieyao Hong, Lvman Hong, Lixian Qian*

    Lifelong Education , Vol.14, No.4, 2025; 0 Views

    This paper explores a “San-Sheng” Chinese-language education model that embodies the connotations of “survival,” “life,” and “life-value.” The model cultivates students’ ability to survive, develops their life wisdom, and inspires them to pursue the ultimate value of life. The study finds that useful Chinese enables learners to speak and write forcefully and gracefully, thus equipping them with survival skills; interesting Chinese fills adolescents with passion and creativity, thereby nurturing life wisdom; enlightening Chinese helps students shine physically and mentally and to perceive the value of life.

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Can't teach old dogs new tricks? Nonsense. Tips for learning later in life

2018-09-12

Change, often rapid and disorienting, is today's norm. Even things our grandparents took for granted manual typewriters, telegrams, smelling salts, corsets have disappeared into antique shops and museums. We change jobs and even careers many times in one lifetime. We travel more. It seems like we adapt to new technologies almost weekly.

What hasn't changed is that human beings need to learn so they can adapt and thrive in new circumstances. Is this possible for older people? It's common knowledge that children are voracious learners but the famous cliche suggests that you can't teach an old dog new tricks. This simply isn't true.

As research conducted by my colleagues and I has shown, learning is a lifelong process. It's also life-wide: we learn in all kinds of situations besides schools and colleges “ in our families, workplaces, communities and through leisure activities. And it's life-deep: it's about emotions, morality, cultural and spiritual development, not just the intellect.

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Lifelong learning requires an evolving university

2018-09-12

I am still learning, Michelangelo reportedly said at the age of 87. He continued to learn, evolve his craft and stay productive until the end of his life. As global life expectancy increases we should all continue to learn, stay productive and evolve our craft including universities.

People are living longer

The World Health Organization shows global average life expectancy  for those born in 2015 at 71.4 years an increase from the cohort born in 2000, whose life expectancy at birth was 66.4. As you might imagine, life expectancy numbers range widely by country, from a high of 89.5 years in Monaco to a low of 50.2 in Chad, and everything in between. For example, Japan has an average life expectancy of 85, Iceland's is 83, France's is 81.8, the United Kingdom's is 80.7, the United State's is 79.8, Mexicos is 75.9, Saudi Arabia's is 75.3 and India's is 68.5.

These are all average life expectancies, so roughly 50% of people are expected to live longer than the average, with some expected to live much longer. This has profound implications for individuals, employers, societies and colleges and universities.

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