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Student’sName

桑慎钟

Student

No.

2010030100043

Supervisor

DanielleKiene

TitleoftheThesis（Chinese）中美家庭教育价值观对比之中国集体主义和美国个人主义

TitleoftheThesis（English）ThecontrastoffamilyeducationvaluesbetweenAmericanindividualismandChinesecollectivism

I.Researchproblem,researchbackground（LiteratureReview）,significanceoftheresearch

1.1Researchproblem

ContrastthedifferenceoffamilyeducationvaluesbetweenAmericanindividualismandChinesecollectivismfromtheinterculturalperspective.

1.2Researchbackground（LiteratureReview）

AfterBattleHymnoftheTigerMotherpublished,AmyChua’seducationwaysarousedtremendousresponse.Readershaddifferentviews.Someoneadmiredher,whilesomeonethoughtshehadsuspicionofabusingchildren.Medialaunchedadebateoneducationmethod.AmyChuaeducateschildreninChinesetraditionalways.ShethoughtChinesewaywassuperiortoAmerican.However,afterfailureonherseconddaughter,sheadmittedChinesewayalsohadshortcomings,andfamilyeducationshouldgetthebalanceofChineseandAmericanway.ChineseandAmericanfamilyeducationvaluesexisthugedifference.Chinesemethodpaysattentiontocollectivism,whileAmericanpaysattentiontoindividualism.Chineseparentsthinkonlystudycanmaketheirchildrensuccessful,sotheyaskchildrentospendmostoftimestudying.Theyalsoaskchildrentodothosethingswhichtheythinkarebeneficialandtolearnunquestionedobedience.Onthecontrary,Americanparentspreferhappyeducation.Theythinkifchildrenarehappyanddoingwhattheylike,itissuccess.Theybecomefriendsoftheirchildrenandguidetheminsteadofforcingthemtodosomething.

1.3Significanceofthisresearch

ThisresearchisaimedatanalyzingthedifferenceoffamilyeducationvaluesbetweenAmericanindividualismandChinesecollectivismandshowingadvantageanddisadvantageofbothkindsofeducationmethodsandgivingsomeadvicetoparents.

NanjingUniversityJinglingCollegeEnglishDepartment

GraduateThesisResearchProposal

IIChiefresearchcontentsandtheanticipatedresults（includingthethesisoutline）

ThesisOutline

Ⅰ.Introduction

1.1Briefintroductionoffamilyeducationvalues

1.2Briefintroductionofresearchbackgroundandsignificanceoftheresearch

Ⅱ.LiteratureReview

2.1BriefintroductionofthedifferenceoffamilyeducationvaluesofAmericanindividualismandChinesecollectivism

2.1.1Chinesevaluesprefercollectivismandrestraint.

2.1.2Americanvaluespreferindividualismandliberty.

2.2People’scommentsonbothkindsofvalues.

Ⅲ.ThedifferenceoffamilyeducationwaysofChinaandtheU.S.A

3.1“Interestsofcollective”vs“Personalability”

3.2“Onlystudymakessuccess”vs“Educationforall-rounddevelopment”

3.2“Deviltraining”vs“Happystudy”

3.3“Unquestionedobedience”vs“Selectiveignore”

Ⅳ.Enlightenmentaftercontrastthedifferenceoffamilyeducationvalues

4.1IntrospectionofChinesefamilyeducationvalues:

givemorefreedomtochildren

4.2IntrospectionofAmericanfamilyeducationvalues:

bemorestrictandsupervisetheirstudy

Ⅴ.Conclusion

AnticipatedResults

ComprehensivelyanalyzingthedifferenceoffamilyeducationvaluesbetweenAmericanindividualismandChinesecollectivismanddiscussingbothvalues’advantageanddisadvantageandintrospectbothvalues’weaknesses.

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III.Intendedresearchmethods,designandprocedures

1.Literatureindex

AnalysingBattleHymnoftheTigerMother

2.Argumentofdemonstrationanalysis

ContrastingthedifferenceoffamilyeducationvaluesbetweentheU.S.AandChina

Researchsteps：

1.Collectingdata

2.Confirmingthetopicoftheessay

3.ConfirmingTitleandOutline

4.ResearchProposalFormat

5.Essay

IV.Planandtimetablefortheresearchandthethesis

November,2013—December,2013:

Collectingdataanddecidetheresearchdirectionandsubmitresearchproposal.

December,2013—January,2014:

Submittingthefirstdraftofthesis.

February,2014:

Supervisor’feedbackonthefirstdraft.

March,2014:

Submittingtheseconddraftofthesis.

April,2014:

Supervisor’feedbackontheseconddraft.Submittingthethirddraft.Supervisor’feedbackonthethirddraft

May,2014:

Thesisdefense.

V.References（Atleast6entriesareneeded,amongwhichnolessthan3areinEnglish）

[1]AmyChua,BattleHymnoftheTigerMother,PenguinPressHC,The,January,2011.

[2]张新华，《虎妈战歌》，中信出版社，2011

[3]AmyChua,WhyChinesemothersaresuperior?

WallStreetJournal,January8,2011

[4]陈鸣，陈铁梅，《中国“虎妈”为何声震美国——不是我们太强大而是他们太谦虚》，南方周末，2011

[5]孙晓云，《关注“虎妈”教育之争我们不需要“虎妈”》，新京报，2011

[6]ElizabethChang,AmyChua’s“BattleHymnoftheTigerMother,”onChinese–Americanfamilyculture,WashingtonPost,January,2011

[7]吴澧，《虎妈战歌》，南方周末，2011

[8]黄小勇，黄菜方，《中美家庭教育的比较与启示》，武汉理工大学学报，2009

[9]杨志华，《文化价值观视野中的中美家庭教育比较》，全球教育展望，2007

VI.Supervisor’scomments

Signature:

Date:

VII.Departmentcommittee’sdecision

Signature:

Date: