当发展中国家如新加坡、韩国开始其现代化进程时，西方发达国家正进入现代性晚期阶段。继续教育是全球化首要的动力———经济和技术力量的产物，它的许多形式直接反映了经济和技术力量的需求。但是，要从比较的角度理解继续教育，必须置之于具体的背景之中，并考察当今世... When developing countries such as Singapore and South Korea started their modernization process, the western developed countries were entering a phase of late modernity. Continuing education is the primary motivation of globalization --- the product of economic and technological forces. Its many forms directly reflect the needs of economic and technological forces. However, to understand continuing education from a comparative perspective, we must put it in a specific context and examine the current world ...