中美家庭教育(英文)

ChineseandAmericanParentingGroupMembers:王玉、张婷、张婷婷、熊家莉、王祺、尹美玲、董雯、李勤IntroductionGeneralDifferenceBetweenChineseandAmericanParentingDifferenceinTeachingMethodDifferenceinContentsofEducationHistoricalReasonsDifferentValueOrientationsandThinkingModeDifferenceinEconomicandSocialConditionsDiscussionsandSuggestionsTigerMotherName:蔡美儿Job:ateacherBook:BattleHymnoftheTigerMother（《虎妈战歌》）Parenting:TenRules(bycursing,threatening,bribingandluringchildren)WolfFatherName:萧百佑Job:aHongKongbusinessmanBook:Therefore,PekingUniversityBrothersandSisters（《所以，北大兄妹》）Parenting:hittingchildrenChineseandAmericanfamilyeducationarequitedifferentinmanyaspects.Ingeneral:

Chineseparentsattachgreatimportancetothechildren’sfuture.Theyoftendesignafutureforchildren,nomattertheylikeitornot.Parentsalwayssparenoeffortstoprovidechildrenwithamorefavorablegrowingandeducatingenvironment.Theybelievethateverythingthey’vedonedeservesiftheirchildrengetabetterfuture.Americanparentspaymuchattentiontotraintheirchildren’sindependentability.Theyprovidechildrenwithmorefreedom,andinspirethemtodevelopthemselvesthroughexperiences.Inaword,thelargestexpectationofAmericanparentsistoencouragetheirchildrentobea“socialman”.“Socialman”isarequirementwhichispracticalandeasytoachieve.China:Chinaisoftennomorethanthemodeof“Teachingbyholdinghishand”.Chineseparentsprefertodirectlytellingchildrentheresults,ratherthanshowtheprocess.America:Americanparentspayattentiontopracticaltraining,emphasisontrainingchildreninpracticeinsteadofpreaching.Theirmethodsaimtocultivatechildren’sself-studyabilityandcreativespirit.DifferenceinTeachingMethodChina:intellectureeducation

ismostimpotant,althoughthecontentsincludingmoraleducation,intellectureeducation,physicaleducationandartisticeducation.America:"educationforall-rounddevelopment".they

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stressontheharmoniousdevelopmentoflanguage,emotion,knowledgeandsoon.DifferenceinContentsofEducation

ConfucianCultureUtilitarianFormofExistenceModeofThinkingPracticabilityLackofInnovationHistoricalReasonsinChina

ColonizationWaveintheColonialPeriodMulti-cultureNoFeudalSocietyInnovationUnderGreatOppressionSeekFreedomandEqualityOpenDemocraticHistoricalReasonsinAmerica

TraditionalCultureDifferencesbetweenChinaandUSValueOrientationFormofThinking

ValueOrientationPersonalityisemphasizedbyAmericans,sotheypursueindividualism,concernfortheirownbenefits,andtrytorealizetheirownvalueoflives.However,Chinesepeoplethinkhighlyofcollectivism,andtheyalwaysputthegroup’sbenefitsintopriority.

FormofThinkingAmericans’familyeducationisbasedontherationalism,manyAmericanparentsregardtheirdutiesofraisingtheirchildrenasthedutiestosociety.Theireducationisnotorientedtotheirownbenefits.WhileinChina,thefamilyeducationisbasedonthehumanrelationsandethics,whichismoreemotional.Inthefamilyeducation,theparentsexpecttherewardfromtheirchildrenwhenold.Andtheygivetheirchildrenspecialandnumerouslove.DifferentEconomicFormsChina:developingcountrybackwardeconomyemphasizingdegree(学历社会)US:developedcountryadvancedeconomyemphasizingability(能力社会)DifferentSocialConditionsSofar,Socialsecuritysystemandold-agecarehavenotbeenperfectinChina.ManyChineseparentstaketheirchildrenastheirprivatepossessioninordertoreceivethechildren’sreturn,whichisreflectedinthemethodsofeducation.Forthisreason,theirchildren’shighscoreshavebecometheiroriginofpride.ButinAmerica,thereisaprosperdevelopmentofeconomyandsanesocialsecuritysystem,soAmericanparentsdon’tcountontheirchildren’ssupport.Theyseeeducatingchildtobeanindependent,conscientiousandkind-heartedprocessing.(1)Chineseparentsshouldeducatetheirchildreninsocialenvironment,inotherwords,theyshouldnotonlyteachtheirchildrentheknowledgeodsurvival,butalsotheresponsibilitiesforthesociety.(2)Chineseparentsmustcultivatetheirchildren’sawarenessofindependence,self-support,cooperationandthespiritofcaringforothers