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

Abstract

摘要

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