碩士 / 國立臺灣師範大學 / 華語文教學研究所 / 100 / With The fever of learning Chinese keeps rising in the world with the trend of globalization and the rise of China. Studies on overseas Chinese have gained much attention; however, relatively few studies focus on overseas Chinese education, differing from Chinese language education, which includes Chinese family education, parenting, and local social cultural education. The publishing of The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother has triggered a liberal discussion of Chinese style family education in the world, which motivated the researcher to explore the significance of family education on overseas Chinese education.
The participants of the present study are Chinese population in America with high education background and high social economic status who immigrated to the United States after 1965 for studying. The participants reside in non-Chinese community suburban areas in Arizona, Connecticut, Georgia, etc. Through semi-structured interview and critical review of literature, the researcher seeks to understand the advantages and disadvantages in child rearing in a foreign country.
The result shows that the advantages of raising children in a foreign country include spacious environment that allows children to enjoy leisure activities, and exposure to diverse languages and cultures through interacting with other immigrants. On the other hand, the parents are worried about children giving up learning Chinese language due to cultural conflicts or children being westernized and do not identify themselves with Chinese culture. It was found that there indeed is difference in Chinese language education and Chinese education. Culture, family education and parenting also differ in western and eastern parts of the world. Traditional Confucianism and eastern cultural traditions such as folklores, filial piety, obedience, etiquette and eating habits play an important role in overseas Chinese family education. Nevertheless, Chinese families in the United States, where cultural diversity exists, are faced with challenges and dilemmas in aspects like choice of home language, understanding of the local culture, and dealing with cultural conflicts as parents. The study has found that in family education, parenting style has significant influence on the children’s language learning, academic achievement and future career development.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TW/100NTNU5612028 |
| Date | January 2012 |
| Creators | Lin, Hui-Yu, 林慧玉 |
| Contributors | Wang, Hsiu-Hui, 王秀惠 |
| Source Sets | National Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations in Taiwan |
| Language | zh-TW |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Format | 99 |
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