1968年,美国永恒主义教育流派的代表人物赫钦斯出版了《学习社会》一书,提出了“学习社会”的构想。1972年,联合国教科文组织向全世界发出了“走向阅读社会”的号召,要求社会成员人人读书,让读书成为人们日常生活中不可或缺的部分。此后,许多国家相继开展了学习型社会创建活动。学习型社会,是一种结合全民学习和终身学习的新型社会模式,在这种模式下,教育不再是某些杰出人才的特权或某一特定年龄的特殊活 In 1968, Hutchins, the representative of the permanent education school in the United States, published The Book of Learning Society and proposed the concept of “learning the society.” In 1972, UNESCO issued a call to the world to “read the society.” It calls on all members of society to study and to make reading an indispensable part of our daily life. Since then, many countries have launched a learning society to create activities. A learning society is a new type of social model that combines universal learning with lifelong learning. Under this model, education is no longer a privilege of some outstanding people or a special life of a specific age