A Comparative Study on Family Education in America and China

A Comparative Study on Family Education

in America and China

Name:

蓝丽萍

Class: 11

国商

No.: 1117030138

Catalog

1. Introduction

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2. The definition of family education

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3. The problem of family education in America and China ................... ...........................................

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3.1 The main problems of family education in China

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3.1.1 Parents the wrong values and error behavior guidance

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3.1.2 Utopian children educational expectation .......................... ......................................

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3.1.3 Several harmful form of family education .............................. .................................

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3.1.4 The elders raising adult children have many disadvantages.....................................

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3.2 The main problems American family education ........................ .........................................

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3.2.1 The pampered family education style .................................. ....................................

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3.2.2 Lack of communication

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3.2.3 Too much attention to the happiness of learning

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4. The comparison of the two

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4.1 Comparison of family education between China and America

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4.1.1 Comparison of the content of family education ...................... .................................

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4.1.2 The comparison of family education goal

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4.1.3 Method comparison of family education.................................. ................................

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4.2 The comparison of family education results .......................................... .............................

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5. The reason of family education between China and America are different ..................................

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5.1 The different of historical background

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5.2 Economic models is different

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5.3 Social conditions are different.... .................................................. .......................................

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5.4 Traditional culture is different

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6. Thinking and suggestion ............ .................................................. .................................................

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6.1 The purpose of Education ........................................ .................................................. .........

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6.2 The content of Education ..................................... .................................................. .............

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6.3 Method of Education

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6.4 The only education is divided into a plurality of Education ...............................................

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6.5 The knowledge education into the general education ............. ............................................

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A Comparative Study on Family Education in

America and China

Abstrict:

All

the

countries

in

the

world

to

train

talents

for

21st

century

education,

family education has very important position. Family education is obviously attracted

the attention of various social circles, especially the academic attention, but USA and

China family education still exist many problems. This paper introduces the definition

of

family

education,

points

out

the

main

problems

existing

America

and

Chinese

family

education.

Through

a

comparative

study,

discusses

the

reasons

of

family

education between China and the United States different formation (mainly is the goal

and method of family education, etc.). At the same time, according to the comparison

of family education between China and the United States, puts forward some suitable

for Chinese family education methods

Key words:

family , education , comparative , America , China

1.

Introduction

Entered in twenty-first Century, the most popular topic is family education, it is

more and more important in people's life. As the most basic unit of society, the family

is the Childers's education in the first place is also the children come into contact with

the first local society. Education is a very complex process, it involves family, school,

society, and throughout the whole life. A modern society can provide the special

educational function, has become the basis for the power to promote social progress

and create a happy family. In the modern society, family education become diverse, it

includes not only the family life education, family education, the family moral

education, including the Childers's education, parents education etc.. The success or

failure of family education related to a person's life. Nowadays, social development

needs of high-quality talent, good family education is the key point of cultivating high

quality talents. Because the two countries different social system, cultural background,

education target, also give children bring different concept of family education.

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The definition of family education

Harry Chester's Childers's schools and adult college had such a statement on

Education:

various ability, including mental ability, intelligence, physical ability

dictionary definition of family education: parents or to the family of children or young

adults of elder education. Different social needs of different family education.

Qi long in the family education work from another angle of explanation: education is

an objective and systematic on the social function of

of the family education is the parents to educate their children. It is an important part

of the whole education system. The changes in the situation, the definition of family

education should be extended as follows: family education is not only a family

activities, it also relates to the whole society. The family education is not only to learn

the family relationships and life skills, but also for each member of the family's

physiology and psychology of learning, but also for each member of the

comprehensive development of learning. The family education is not only the parents

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or elders of the family of children and the education of the young, and mutual

education among all family members. Family education is not just more lifelong

education of preschool education.

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The problem of family education in America and China

3.1 The main problems of family education in China

3.1.1 Parents the wrong values and error behavior guidance

The child's moral view and value orientation is get from outside, especially from

their parents. Therefore, parents have a great influence on Childers's

parents sometimes some wrong behavior, then the children will think these wrong is

right.

3.1.2 Utopian children educational expectation

Chinese parents have great influence on their Childers's future. When a baby is

born in a Chinese family, his parents gave him design the future, regardless of

whether the child like. That is to say, Chinese parents may force their children to live

in the design of a good future, without taking into account the child's own preferences

and abilities. In Chinese, we can easily find the scene: the parents take their children

to take part in all kinds of after-school programs. If the child exam achievement is not

ideal also will be parental punishment.

3.1.3 Several harmful form of family education

The authoritarian family education. Some China family, parents want their

children to do what they want. If the child is not in accordance with the parents' orders

to do, they will scold the child, even to the corporal punishment of children. The

pampered family education style. The love of parents is very important for the young

people's mental development. However, in today's Chinese society, a family may have

only one child, parents give their children too much love. The environment children

grow up is very difficult to get along well with others. They tend to think they are the

most important. Even without the help of my parents, they are lower in society is very

difficult to have the ability to live independently. Family education and careless. This

usually refers to parents lack of responsibility to take care of their children. The

young parents to earn money hard at work. They have no family education and

enough time with their children. This kind of education has great influence on

children. For parents, the education method is stultify oneself. In other words, the

parents of a stern, a spoiled. Or the same behavior today allow, tomorrow will be

banned. A large number of studies have shown, when childhood, family education and

the change of children has a very close contact.

3.1.4 The elders raising adult children have many disadvantages

There are elders raising means more opportunities to dote on their children. Now

generally children are being raised by grandparents. In this way, often has more

disadvantages than advantages. Grandparents often to educate their grandchildren in

traditional idea. The result is spoiled children.

3.2 The main problems American family education

3.2.1 The pampered family education style

Different from the family education Chinese, family education USA spoiled type

has more harm. Because of too much spoil, thus causing a lot of social problems, such

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as juvenile delinquency. On the radio or TV

, we can get such information: a 15 year

old boy shot to his friends in the middle school.

3.2.2 Lack of communication

Americans believe that every member of the family, he or she should have their

own space. According to their ideas, they can not mutually interfere with each other

even if they are one family. And when 18 years old, the child will leave his parents.

This means that children have little time to stay with their parents together. Therefore,

they do not have much sense of responsibility for their parents. However, in Chinese

eyes, leaving the parents is not a good idea. It may lose the opportunity of

communication.

3.2.3 Too much attention to the happiness of learning

Americans are paying attention to the happiness of learning. But in fact, the child

age hours happy learning good results. But only to happy, parents will find Childers's

learning level is in drop. For example, some of the habits of happy learning children

have no calculator will not count.

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The comparison of the two

4.1 Comparison of family education between China and America

From the result of family education, we can found in the family education in the

process, although the family education is not a systematic education, but still have the

education goal, education content, education method, and schools in the education

system plays an important role in. The goal of education is the most important, it

determines the content and method of family education.

4.1.1 Comparison of the content of family education

The purpose of education in the educational content.

is very wide. America parents pay more attention to the Childers's all-round learning

we called the

and so on. In order to enhance the child's body, the child to do outdoor sports, such as

playing gyro, hiking. In the development of cognitive ability, parents train their sense

organs, expanding their cultural values and preferences. For example, the parents

went to the library to learn or borrow some books, they can let the children and books

together. In this way, parents can stimulate the Childers's interest. In the development

of social skills, parents want their children to enjoy themselves and his friends. In the

development of emotional intelligence, with the help of their parents, children should

learn to enjoy music, art or dancing. Although Chinese family education consists of

moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetic education. However, when the child reaches

school age, intelligence has become the most important part of. The content of

education becomes unbalanced. In the body, China parents pay more attention to the

nutrition of the children, they took great effort to prevent the child sick. And

American parents compared, this kind of education is to protect the defensive style,

static, passive. When the school education of their children, family education, school

education should be inclined to the direction: parents should supervise their Childers's

learning, check their homework, while increasing the number of out of class. In

aesthetic education, many parents are aware that the occupation skill important.

Therefore, they want their children to learn painting, dancing, regardless of whether

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