摘 要

众所周知，家庭是个人的第一所学校，家庭教育在培养孩子方面起着极其重要的作用。由于不同的历史文化背景，社会条件，价值导向和思维模式，中美两国在家庭教育方面存在着明显的差异。基于影视剧《摩登家庭》和《小别离》，本文主要从亲子关系、育儿观、育儿方法、育儿内容和育儿效果五个方面分析了中美家庭教育的差异，详细地从不同层面探讨了中美两国家庭教育类型不同的原因。在中国，家长注重孩子的智力发展，强调学习成绩，教育的内容也比较单一。在美国，家长更注重孩子的全面发展，他们让孩子自由去发展兴趣、培养创造力，教育内容也比较多元化。通过这一系列的对比分析，我们对中美家庭教育有了更深层次的理解，这有利于两国的文化交流。同时，我们可以吸取美国家庭教育的精髓，完善中国的教育体系。

关键词: 家庭教育；育儿方式；文化差异；摩登家庭；小欢喜

Abstract

It is widely recognized that family is the very first school of an individual. Family education is believed to play a significantly important role in cultivating a child. Due to different historical and cultural background, national conditions, value orientation and thinking patterns, family education in China and America shows distinct differences. Based on TV series Modern Family and A Little Reunion, this paper mainly analyzes the differences of family education between China and America in the five aspects of parent-child relationship, parenting views, parenting methods, parenting contents and parenting results. It also detailedly explores the various reasons for different types of family education between China and America from four perspectives. In China, parents pay more attention to children's intellectual development and emphasize academic performance, and the content of education is relatively simple. In the United States, parents pay more attention to the comprehensive development of their children. They give their children the freedom to develop their interests and cultivate their creativity. Namely, educational content is also more diversified. The conclusion concerning deeper understanding of family education is drawn through the analysis, and is therefore expected to be conducive to the cultural exchanges between the two countries, and improve China’s educational system.

Key words: family education; parenting style; cultural differences; Modern Family;A Little Reunion

Contents

1 Introduction..............................................................................................................................4

1.1 Research background........................................................................................................4

1.2 Research objectives ..........................................................................................................4

1.3 Thesis structure.................................................................................................................5

2 Literature Review.....................................................................................................................6

2.1 Family education...............................................................................................................6

2.2 Previous study in China and abroad..................................................................................6

3 Methodology 7

3.1 Research methods.............................................................................................................7

3.1.1 Literature Analysis.....................................................................................................7

3.1.2 Comparative Analysis................................................................................................9

3.2 Research materials............................................................................................................9

3.2.1 Modern Family...........................................................................................................9

3.2.2 A Little Reunion.........................................................................................................9

3.3.3 Reasons for choosing the two families....................................................................10

4 Comparison of Family Education in China and America........... 11

4.1 Differences in Family Education....................................................................................11

4.1.1 Parent-child relationship..........................................................................................11

4.1.2 Parenting purpose....................................................................................................12

4.1.3 Parenting methods...................................................................................................13

4.1.4 Parenting contents...................................................................................................14

4.1.5 Parenting result........................................................................................................15

4.2 Causal analysis 16

4.2.1 Historical and cultural background.........................................................................16

4.2.2 National conditions..................................................................................................17

4.2.3 Value orientation......................................................................................................17

4.2.4 Thinking patterns.....................................................................................................18

5 Conclusion 19

References 21

Acknowledgements 22

The Cross-Cultural Comparison of Family Education Between China and America ——A Case Study of Modern Family and A Little Reunion

1 Introduction