Comparison of Sino-U.S Family Education_英语论文

摘要

谈起教育多数人都认为这是学校和教师的事情。其实，真正的教育是由三方面组成的，即家庭教育、学校教育和社会教育。而家庭教育是最早期，影响最深刻，也是最容易接受且时间最长的教育，是一切教育的基础。在跨文化交流日益深入的背景下，美国式的家庭教育也逐渐进入人们的视野并被广大的中国家长效仿，同时中国式家庭教育也在美国引起热议。该研究采用文献研究法、对比法、以及归纳法，最终目的在于解决以下三个方面的问题： 一是总结家庭教育的定义特征以及重要性；二是对中国和美国家庭中的差异和共同点进行研究归纳;三是中美家庭中不同教育的产生原因进行系统性分析并且从中得到启示。研究表明，中美家庭教育有相似之处，同时也存在着很多的不同，而这些不同都是由两国不同的历史背景、社会条件、教育环境、传统观念以及消费观念等条件造成的。

关键词：中美 家庭教育 比较 原因

Abstract

When we talk about education most people think that it is the matter of school and teacher. Actually the real education contains three aspects, which is family influence, school education and social environment. Of all three aspects, family influence is the basic education, it is the earliest, most profound, most acceptable and longest education. family education can be defined as the foundation of all the education. with the deep cross-cultural communication, American-style family education has gradually entered the vision of Chinese people and has been imitated by the majority of Chinese parents, at the same time, with the contact between the two countries Chinese-style family education is also hot in the United States. This research adopted literature research, contrast and induction in order to answer the three following research questions: First, what is the definition, characteristic and importance of family education? Second, what are the similarities and differences between the two kinds of family educations? Third, what factors caused the differences of Sino-US family education. The research indicates that there are some similarities of Sino-US family education, without doubt, there also exists so many differences those are caused by the historical backgrounds, social conditions, ways of thinking, cultures and economic patterns.

Key words: Sino-US; Family education; Comparison; Causes

Contents

摘要 I

Abstract II

1.  Introduction 1

1.1 Research Background 1

1.2 Research Purpose 2

1.3significance of the research 3

2.  Introduction to Family Education 4

2.1 The Definition of Family Education 4

2.2 The Characteristic of Family Education 4

2.3 The Importance of Family Education 5

3.  The Comparison of Sino-US Family Education 7

3.1 The Similarities between Chinese and American Family Education 7

3.1.1 The Role of Parents in Family Education 7

3.1.2 The Common Content of Training 8

3.1.3 The Similar Essence of Sino-US Family Education 8

3.2 The Differences between Chinese and American Family Education 9

3.2.1 The Different Characteristics of Family Education 9

3.2.2 The Different purposes of Family Education 9

3.2.3 The Different Contents of Family Education 10

3.2.4 The Different methods of Family Education 10

3.2.5 The Different results of Family Education 11

4.  Causes of the Differences in Family Education between China and America 12

4.1 The different historical backgrounds 12

4.2  The Different Social Conditions 12

4.3 The Different Ways of Thinking 13

4.4 The Different Cultures 14

4.5 The Different economic patterns 15

5.  Suggestions on the Reform of Family Education in China 16

5.1  Changing the Chinese Parents’ Concepts 16

5.2 Cultivating children's self-confidence 16

5.3 Parent-child Communication:Opening the Child's Mind Lock 17

6.  Conclusion 18

Bibliography 19

Acknowledgements 20