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本文选自《经济学人》10月19日文章。在家教育,是一种以家庭为主要教育场所、通常由父母或家庭教师组织开展的教育活动:家长放弃工作做起了全职爸妈,让孩子在家上学,专职在家教育儿女。在北京、上海、广东等地存在大量学生在家上学的案例,涵盖幼儿园至高中的各个阶段。而其存在形式呈多样化:父母在家教孩子、亲朋把孩子集中在一起学习、小规模的私塾学堂等,其中有些已初具微型学校规模。在家教育目前在中国处于模糊地带,教育部虽未命令禁止,但要求家长需要被授权才可以这样做。本文从思想教育的角度分析了“在家教育”的家长们面临的困境,与学校教育相比,在家教育缺少思想政治教育这块(也许一些家长就是为了避免对孩子进行学校的思想政治教育,才选择在家教育),这不利于让孩子成为“社会主义的建设者”。选择在家教育的家长受到政府的质疑。
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Well read v well red 良好教育 vs 思想正确More Chinese are home schooling their kids越来越多的中国人在家教育孩子home schooling: 在家教育
A SIGN ON the door of Yuan Honglin’s ocean-front townhouse in the southern city of Xiamen says “study at home”. To Mr Yuan that means “instead of going to school”. That is what he decided was best for his daughter, Xiaoyi, when she grew bored with kindergarten in 2002. He withdrew her and became her full-time teacher for the rest of her school career. It was a radical choice. In the West home schooling, once regarded as eccentric, has become more popular in recent decades. In China officials are wary. They say schools play a vital role in turning children into “builders of socialism”. But growing numbers of Chinese parents are rebelling.eccentric: 古怪的、反常的袁宏林位于中国南部城市——厦门的海滨别墅的门上写着“在家教育”。对袁先生来说,这意味着“不去学校上学”。2002年,他的女儿小伊厌倦了上幼儿园,(他做出这样的决定),他认为这是对她女儿最好的选择。他让她退学,成为她接下来学业生涯的全职老师。这是一个激进的选择。在西方,在家教育一度被视为是古怪的,但在最近几十年里变得越来越流行。在中国,官员们很谨慎,他们说,学校在把孩子们变成“社会主义的建设者”方面起着至关重要的作用。
It was not easy for Mr Yuan, a think-tanker turned businessman. Official permission is required for home schooling during the nine years of compulsory education, which usually spans the period between the ages of six and 15. It is given only in rare circumstances, such as when a child suffers from a medical condition with which schools cannot cope. As a precaution, Mr Yuan moved home several times to avoid attention. His tactics worked. Last year Xiaoyi graduated from university with a self-taught degree. Mr Yuan still teaches at home, though his dozen full-time students are from other families.compulsory education: 义务教育这对袁先生来说并不容易,他是一位从智库成员转行的商人。在9年的义务教育期间(通常在6岁到15岁之间),在家教育需要官方许可。它只在罕见的情况下才被考虑,比如当一个孩子患有一种学校无法应对的疾病时。出于警惕,袁数次搬家以避免引起注意,他的策略是可行的。去年,小伊大学毕业,获得了自修学位。袁先生仍然在家教书,不过他的12名全职学生来自其他家庭。
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