编者按:由于年龄、心理、生理、环境等方面的差异,成人具有与儿童和青少年学生不同的学习特征。成人学习问题,也早已成为成人教育理论的一个重要研究领域。随着知识经济的初见端倪,职业岗位及其技术含量的变迁日益加快,这对成人的知识技能提出了严峻的挑战,要求成人不断学习以适应职业岗位变迁的需要。在西方特别是北美,关于成人学习理论的研究已取得重要进展,出现了众多的成人学习理论流派, Editor’s Note: Due to differences in age, psychology, physiology, and environment, adults have different learning characteristics than children and adolescents. Adult learning has also become an important area of ​​adult education theory. With the beginning of the knowledge-based economy, occupational posts and technological changes are accelerating. This poses a severe challenge to adult knowledge and skills, and requires adults to continuously learn to adapt to the changes in occupational positions. In the West, especially in North America, important progress has been made in the study of adult learning theory. There have been many schools of adult learning theory,