International comparative study on university participation for creating Lifelong Learning Society

1)。“终身学习社会”一词在联合国教科文组织和经济合作与发展组织的“终身学习”中并不存在，在美国、美国和加拿大的“大学推广计划”中也没有。但最近，通过“学习型城市”这一术语，OECD正试图创造适应信息技术革命的新经济和新社会。联合国教科文组织和欧洲大陆国家正试图通过终身学习来颠覆传统的成人教育，从而实现民主社会的民主化。他们认为，这一尝试将支持可持续和内生的工业发展。要在21世纪创造可持续和民主化的社会，需要许多自学成才、改变生活方式的人进行自我创新。大学可以通过参与人们的自我创新来重塑自己。这是欧洲和北美的普遍观念。在亚洲，除了澳大利亚、新西兰和印度等英联邦成员外，还有许多前宗主国的影响。其中一个独立国家泰国获得了英国的强大文化影响力，现在又得到了联合国教科文组织的影响。他们有两所开放学院，向柬埔寨、老挝和缅甸等周边国家开放。在上述潮流中，我们必须而且必须改变日本“大学扩张”和“终身学习”的停滞不前的作风。最重要的关键必须是大学参与社会变革。没有这些参与，大学就不可能得到社会的赞赏。

1). The term of "Lifelong Learning Society" is not exist in the UNESCO's and OECD's Lifelong Learning, nor in the University Extention in U,S.A. and Canada. But recently by the term of "Learning Cities" OECD is trying to create new economy and society adapting with Information Technology Revolution.2). UNESCO and European Continental Countries are trying to turn over the traditional Adult Education by the Learning through the life, so that "to democratize" the democratic society. This attempt will support Sustainable and Endogenous Industrial Developments, they think so.3). To create sustainable and democratized societies in the 21st Century, it is necessary self innovation of numbers of people who learn by themselves and change their life-styles. University can recreate themselves by participating with the people's self innovations. This is common idea in Europe and North America.4). In Asia, excepting Australia, New Zealand, and India etc. which were members in the Great Britain Commonwealth, there are much influences of ex-suzerains countries. One of the independent country, Thailand, gained strong cultural influence by Britain, and now, by UNESCO. They have 2 Open Colleges, which are opened to the surrounded countries like Cambodia, Laos, and Myanmar, etc.5). In these currents above mentioned, we have to and must change the Japanese stunted style of "University Extension" (=「Kokai Koza」), and of "Lifelong learning" (=「Shogai Gakushu」). The most important Key must be University Participation to the social changes. Without these participations University can not get the admirations from society.