Cultural Values, Parents Beliefs, and Childrens Achievement in the United States and China
Chuansheng Chen, D a v i d H. Uttal
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Mich.. U.S.A.
Key Words. Academic feat . China . Elementary-school children . Parents beliefs . Cultural contexts of education
Abstract. This written report describes traditional and modern Chinese cultural values regarding educational achievement and how they are reflected in the beliefs of parents and children. Chinese philosophy traditionally has emphasized human malleability and the value of selfimprovement. Chinese parents bent-grass higher standards and work more often with their children on formulation than their American counterparts, and Chinese cultural values help to checker that children work diligently. These factors may help to explain the brilliant motion of Chinese children in cross-national comparisons of maths achievement.
sistently among the highest achievers in international comparisons of mathematics and science achievement [Comber and Keeves, 1973; Garden, 1987; Husen, 1967; Stevenson et al., 1986]. Research has been initiated to determine possible causes of the superior performance of Asian children.
Although differences in l Portions of the inquiry set forth in this paper curricula and instructional methods are imwere presented at the 1987 meetings of the companionship for portant, researchers emphasize that chilResearch in Child Development Baltimore. and the drens school achievement must be consid, International Society for the Study of behavioural De- ered within the cultural contexts in which it velopment, Tokyo. Funding for the research was pro- occurs [Hess, et al. 1987; lee side, 1987; Lee et vided by a grant from the William T. Grant Founda- al., 1987; Levineand White, 1985; Stevention to Harold Stevenson. Our collaborators throughout this research are Liu Fan, Fang Ge, Shin-Ying son et al., 1986] These researchers have sugs which...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay
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