中国式家庭教育的反思一关于小说《藤校逐梦》的一种读法 Reflections on Chinese Family Education—Review on the novel: The Ivy League Dream

Abstract

美华作家黄宗之、朱雪梅根据其多年来对移民家庭子女教育的洞察、体悟与反思创作了长篇小说《藤校逐梦》。作者通过叙述中国与美国三个不同的华入家庭孩子“留学、读名校”的故事，深切地表达了对中国式家庭教育的隐忧。无论是留学潮中的“盲目奔藤＂，还是因急功近利而“削足适履＂，无不体现了中国家长在子女教育问题上的迷惘与焦虑。针对家庭教育该何去何从的问题，作者虽未一语道破，但每一个鲜活的故事都是对传统家庭教育观念掷地有声的拷问，意在启迪更多的中国家长重新思考教育的目的和生命的价值，重新探索家庭教育的深层智慧。

Chinese American writers, Huang Zongzhi and Zhu Xuemei, have written a popular novel entitled The Ivy League Dream, which depicts the learning experience of three Chinese young men in America. The successful completion of the novel is attributed to the writers' years of effort in observing the Chinese immigrants' family education. Based on their observation, they began to understand and reflect on the Chinese family educational mode. The Chinese parents are so anxious about their children's education to the extent of not knowing what is really good for their children. They blindly follow the trend in overseas and drive their children to fulfill the Ivy League dream. Such practice shows that the Chinese parents feel extremely confused about family education, inducing great concern for the writers. Although the writers do not point out the future direction of Chinese family education, they critically question the concept of traditional family education by telling the stories of three Chinese immigrants' families. In so doing, the writers intend to awaken the Chinese parents to reconsider the purpose of education and the value of life as well as to rediscover an effective approach to family education.