诺曼·朗沃斯是西方终身学习思想实践派的代表人物,其许多思想与意见具有新颖性与针对性。文章就朗沃斯终身学习思想的内涵、倡导终身学习的必要性和终身学习的推动对策进行初步探讨,希望对我国民众终身学习意识的培养、学习型城市的创建有所启示。 Norman Longworth is the representative of the practice group of western lifelong learning thought, and many of his ideas and opinions are novel and pertinent. The article makes a preliminary study on the connotation of Longworth’s lifelong learning thought, advocating the necessity of lifelong learning and promoting the lifelong learning, hoping to enlighten our country’s cultivation of lifelong learning consciousness and the creation of a learning-oriented city.