A Comparative Study on Family Education

Abstract In a advocatespan , family is the first school , in which p arnts are the first teachers for the children . Children are the hopes of a nation , and family fostering is the elementary gentility for children . at that place are more types of family pedagogics in the world and each of them shows distinctive features and is closely antiphonal to its culture . And Ameri chiffonierful family gentility is the most famous one among them . There are great differences in the concepts of knowledge , aim of genteelness , methods of education and contents of education among the Statesn family education and Chinese family education .This thesis allow complete the comparative study from the differences , the rea newss and the results of family education in the midst of America and china . The author hopes to find a satisfied family education method through comparing the differences among Ameri tummy family education and Chinese family education . At the same time , the author hopes this thesis can provide some garterful suggestions for family education in order to pick out children grow more healthily and roundly . Keywords family education childeren differences education for all-round(prenominal) gear upment Main Body . The differences of family education amidst America and China 1. The concepts of family education are different . The different education concepts betwixt America and China lead children to receive differert education . In China , numerous parents only care active whether the children yield a promising incoming , a good job , a good life or not . Based on these expectations , the majority of parents feel that their responsibility for their children is to realise as good conditions as possible they can so that the children will not worry about anything in the future .Chinese parents would interchangeable to provide everything what they can for their children in the process of childrens increase . In short , they would l ike to sacrifice anything if their children can live better with their help . Therefore, in the process of childrens growth, the most consequential thing the parents concerning is to develop their childrens intellect , except for caring childrens daily life . In order to make their children drop a good carrying into action in study , depart striking , or even become a famous person n the future , they would not let children do anything except studying . Contrastively , American parents generally believe that the growth of childeren must rely on their own strength and experiences. Based on this concept , most American parents emphasize more to train their childrens ability of independence once they are born because they think that children should mastermind a self-supporting will and the capacity to live independently since their childhood . And the capacity comes from the rearing in the early age .In the record ?Gua Sha Treatment? , there is a scene that Datong orderded hi s son to apologize to his political bosss son when his saw his son was fighting with his bosss son . Whats more , he slapped his son in the impudence when his son refused to apologize , which gave his boss aquite a shock . His boss became addled why the father would show the regret by striking his son . This scene and the bosss confusion reflect the different concepts between the two countries . Traditonal Chinese family education emphasize kindheartedness and bedience , so we can say that Chinese parents like Datong in the film always urgency to model their children .On the contrary , America children have more rights of self-reliance because their parents emphasis on justice and freedom in the process of family education . 2. The aim of family education are different . The aim of family education is to foster the childeren to grow in some direction by family education . It is the suppressive factor for the direction of family education , deciding the general effect of it . S o the aim of family education is the core of family education and the fundamental reason for the differences between the two countries on family education .There is an essential difference between two countrys aim of family education , with to expect the child to become an outstanding personage and to hope the child to be an comprehensive and independent person giving expressions to the difference . To most Chinese parents , the aim is expecting their child to be a dragon , which is wang zi cheng long in Chinese . But American parents take hoping the child to be a man of ability which is wang zi cheng ren in Chinese as their aim . For Chinese parents, their aim is to do anyting to support their children to get high marks .What forms apparent contrast to it is , America parents pull up stakes their children more training about improving abilities . They try to train their children to have the ability of adapting to environmental variety and the ability of living independently . 3. The methods are different between America and China . The differences of concepts and aim cause the childen to be taught by different ways and methods . In Chinese family , affected by Chinese traditional culture , parents educate children by control and blockade type .There are three tips for it (1)Chinese parents prepare all things for their children in daily life . In Chinese family , children dont have to do any housework . (2)Chinese parents protect the children to excess in neighborly activities . Many children are prevented from exposure to the outer world because their parents worry about childrens being affected by bad things . (3)Chinese parents have a rather strict attitude toward childrens study . Parents regard the grades as the only standard for future success . Tasks Sea strategy is much used in study .Chinese children are tired of doing numerous extra illustrations . So Chinese children spend more time in studying than doing other things . What about America children ? Lets palaver about the famous film ?The Pacifier? . In the film , it may be unconcious , but Shane Wolfe had let the kids master many skills by training them during the time when he cared them . So American parents bring up their children by the method of letting go but not indulging to exercise childrens abilities of independent living . 4. The different contents of family education between America and China .The differences of family education between the two countries are similarly reflected in the contents of family education . Although the contents of Chinese family education can also devided into moral education , intellectual education , physical education and artistic education , but intellectual education has been the most important one since they go to school . However , the contents of American family education is abundant , which pay more attention to the harmonious development of oral communication , emotion , knowledge and so on . It is so-c alled education for all-around(prenominal) development .