hkbu pols3620 comparison of family education in china and uk
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Comparison of Family Education in China and UKTRANSCRIPT
POLS 3620: Contemporary Europe and AsiaTam Wai Lok, Ivan 09019707
Sze Tsz Kwan, Ada 09013067
Yu Sin Wa, Iris 09017585
Europe: an individual in a family China: the center of a family
What is the role of a child in a European family and a Chinese family
Yu Sin Wa, Iris (09017585)
Chinese Families European Families
Family value Authoritarian Equality
Role of child in
families
reckling As an individual like
other family
members
Relationship of
parents and child
Subordinate Equal status or even
Friendship
Forms of
communication
Top-Down commands
and bottom-up
requests
Listening and sharing
Yu Sin Wa, Iris (09017585)
Sze Tsz Kwan, Ada (09013067)
I couldn’t sleep! Tell me a bedside story!
I’ll thump you if you don’t sleep!
The most effective bedside story on Earth…
Sze Tsz Kwan, Ada (09013067)
Raise your arm higher!
Bend your waist lower!
Stretch your body!
Ah, healthy gymnastics is not healthy at all…
Sze Tsz Kwan, Ada (09013067)
Sze Tsz Kwan, Ada (09013067)
“Oh, show some interest! How many 8-year-olds can play the ‘1812’ on a vacuum hose?”
Sze Tsz Kwan, Ada (09013067)
Chinese Parents (Tend to be…) British Parents (Tend to be…)
- Authoritarian
a. Blame and scold first
Subordinative status
Children are not given chance
to explain for their
misbehaviours, taught to be
obedient
b. Use of corporal punishment
and threat
c. Lack of communication
- Authoritative
a. Ask for reason first
Equal status
Children are allowed to
explain for their mishaviours,
teach with reasoning
b. Rare use of corporal
punishment and threat
c. Communication, Two-way
understanding
Sze Tsz Kwan, Ada (09013067)
“Not respecting parents will be
punished by Thunder God”
“You will lose your front teeth
if you tell lies”
Tam Wai Lok, Ivan (09019707)
Chinese Parents British Parents
• Obedient
• Morally good
• Independent
• Own individuality and
good conduct
Tam Wai Lok, Ivan (09019707)
“It’s Not That I Reject Your Values, Mum and Dad. It’s Just That
I’ve Evolved And You Haven’t.”
Tam Wai Lok, Ivan (09019707)
Chinese Parents British Parents
• Obedient
• Morally good
• Wealth and Honor
• Independent
• Own individuality and
good conduct
• Curiosity, Interest,
Happiness, Personal
growth
Tam Wai Lok, Ivan (09019707)
Father, Do you
love Me?
What score did you
get in your exam
today?
75
Then you only get 75%
of my love today.
75
Tam Wai Lok, Ivan (09019707)
Tam Wai Lok, Ivan (09019707)
Chinese Parents British Parents
•Authoritarian
•Think that they make
the best choice for their
children
•Understanding,
respecting
•Think that their
children are capable to
make decisions for their
own good
Yu Sin Wa, Iris (09017585)
Yu Sin Wa, Iris (09017585)
MasterCard Worldwide survey:
Hong Kong 88%
Taiwan 79%
China 46%
interviewed parents force
their children to attend at least
one interest class
Music instrument learning, foreign languages and
tutorial classes are the most popular interest classes
Only 8% interviewed parents take their children’s
interest into account
Different Degree of child’s freedom
Yu Sin Wa, Iris (09017585)
Yu Sin Wa, Iris (09017585)
Yu Sin Wa, Iris (09017585)
Yu Sin Wa, Iris (09017585)
Yu Sin Wa, Iris (09017585)
The End