Exploring Practical Strategies for Adult Career Education from a Lifelong Education Perspective: Focusing on Lifelong Learning Cities

This study explores practical strategies for adult career education by focusing on the core resources and outcomes of Lifelong Learning Cities that, from a lifelong education perspective, link diverse local assets to build a learning ecosystem and promote the co-development of individuals and society. To this end, First, drawing on a conceptual understanding of lifelong education and Lifelong Learning Cities, we reconceptualized adult career education through a lifelong education lens. Second, we analyzed prior research and policy trends on adult career education to identify limitations of practice and key implications from a lifelong education perspective. Third, we examined the core resources and outcomes of Lifelong Learning Cities and, on that basis, proposed actionable strategies to invigorate adult career education. Accordingly, this study explores and recommends practical measures through which Lifelong Learning Cities—as the operational foundation for adult career education—can activate adult career education within regional lifelong learning ecosystems.