中文摘要：众所周知，父母是孩子的第一任老师。家庭教育就是指在家庭互动过程中父母对子女的成长发展所产生的教育影响，在教育体系中起着至关重要的作用。全球化背景下中美两国间的经济交流更显频繁，全球经济文化日益密切的交流与合作，教育就显得尤其重要。家庭教育观是文化的组成部分，不同的家庭教育观必然会在跨文化交流中有所体现，并可能随之产生一定误解。中美两国由于在历史背景、经济形态、社会条件、文化传统等方面存在诸多不同之处，导致两国在家庭教育目的、教育方式、教育内容及教育结果上也存在很多差异。文章主要从跨文化角度比较中美两国家庭教育的目的、方式、内容及结果，分析形成两国家庭教育差异的原因，进而提出对我国家庭教育改革的启示。因此正确对待中美家庭教育中得差异，可以增强中美之间的跨文化交流和发展，对走出我国家庭教育的误区有很好的启发和警惕作用，同时也对促进我国当代家庭教育的良性发展有着重要的指导作用和现实意义。

关键字：家庭教育；跨文化；差异

TABLE OF CONTENTS

中文摘要

ABSTRACT

Chapter One Introduction-1

Chapter Two Differences of Family Education between China and American-4

2.1 Cross-cultural communication-4

2.2 Differences in the aims of family education-5

2.2.1 Aims of American family education-5

2.2.2 Aims of Chinese family education-6

2.3 Differences in the methods of family education-6

2.3.1 Method of American family education-6

2.3.2 Method of Chinese family education-7

2.4 Differences in the contents of family education-8

2.4.1 Content of American family education-8

2.4.2 Content of Chinese family education-8

2.5 Differences in the outcomes of family education-9

2.5.1 Outcomes of American family education-9

2.5.2 Outcomes of Chinese family education-10

Chapter Three Reasons of the Differences between Chinese and American Family Education-11

3.1 Differences in the backgrounds of family education-11

3.2 Differences in the economic forms of family education-12

3.3 Differences in the social conditions of family education-12

3.4 Differences in the cultural traditions of family education-13

Chapter Four Enlightenment from Chinese and American Family Education-14

4.1 Enlightenment on American family education-14

4.2 Enlightenment on Chinese family education-14

Chapter Five Conclusion-16

REFERENCES-17

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS-18