摘 要

本研究从历史文化，意识观念，家庭及宗教，政府支持及社会认可度等方面探讨了中西方家庭教育在不同环境下的发展状况以及促进其发展的外部因素，旨在通过比较中西方家庭教育的发展历程，现代家庭教育兴起的原因，中外教育文化的差异，揭示中国家庭教育发展所面临的障碍，起到对未来中国家庭教育的发展指导作用。研究结果表明，与现代家庭教育在西方已经发展了上百年相比，中国的家庭教育短时间内无法复制西方的家庭教育的成功并且取得像西方那样的成就。

关键词：家庭教育；中西方对比；教育发展

Contents

1. Introduction------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1

1.1 Current Situation of Homeschooling in western countries and China ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1

1.2 Purposes of This Study---------------------------------------------------------------------3

1.3 Outline of the Thesis------------------------------------------------------------------------4

2. Demonstration---------------------------------------------------------------------------------6

2.1 Definition of Homeschooling--------------------------------------------------------------6

2.2 Literature Review --------------------------------------------------------------------------6

2.2.1 The introduction of Foreign Studies---------------------------------------------------6

2.2.2 Developing of Domestic Studies-------------------------------------------------------7 2.3 Differences of homeschooling in western countries and China----------------------9

2.3.1 Different origins and development backgrounds------------------------------------9

2.3.2 Different Families Reasons------------------------------------------------------------12

2.3.3 Different Reasons for Homeschooling-----------------------------------------------13

2.3.4 Different cultures and religions-------------------------------------------------------14

2.3.5 Difference between government support--------------------------------------------17

3. Conclusion-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------19

Works Cited-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------22

Bibliography-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------23

A Comparative Study on Homeschooling Education Between Western Countries And China

1. Introduction

1.1 Current Situation of Homeschooling in western countries and China

In recent years, there have been some parents in China who have chosen to educate their children at home. In Beijing, Shanghai and some big cities have found homeschooling cases. Tutors connect with each other through social networks and instant massages, sharing information and experiences in home schools, and exerting influence through the Internet. Take the China Homeschooling Website as an example. The website was established in 2011 and quickly attracted more than 1,000 members, as well as the public and the media. In 2010, the National Family Education Conference was held in Dali, Yunnan. China's students appeared for the first time in the homeschooling in the 1990s, and there have been more cases of homeschooling reported by the media since then. Homeschooling has become a phenomenon worthy of our attention.

Although the study of homeschooling has been going on for some time and the number of studies has increased in recent years, the research on homeschooling in China is still "meager" and has quite a few shortcomings. Another weakness of homeschooling research is that the content of the research is rather monotonous. It basically centers on education, which limits the view of homeschooling and further research. As for the number of homeschooling studies, it is still exceedingly limited in comparison to other countries. So far, no systematic research on homeschools has been found in monographs. All in all, there is still an army of work to be done in the study of homeschooling and there is still a long way to go.