TheCulturalRootofDifferencesbetweenChineseandWesternEducationAbstractAsweknowthedifferencesbetweenChineseculturesandwesternculturesarequiteobvious.ThiscausedChineseEducationSystemandWesternEducationSystemhavetheirownadvantagesanddisadvantages.ChineseemphasizesfoundationalknowledgewhereasWesternthinkshighlyofcreativeness.IfwecanresearchthedifferencesbetweenChineseandWesterneducationfromthepointofcultureandjointwosystemstogether,thereisgoingbemoreChineseperformersonthe21stcenturystage.KeyWords:Culturalroot;Chineseeducation;WesternEducation摘要众所周知知道我国文化和西方文化的差异十分明显，这引起中西方教育体系和教育体系有其自身的优势和缺点。中国强调基础知识而西方器重创造性。如果我们能研究从文化的角度对中西教育的差异并取长补短，将对中国人才的培养产生积极的影响。关键词：文化根源；中国教育；西方教育1IntroductionInrecentyears,withthearrivalofaninternationalwaveofeducationreform,wealsoheardmanycallsforreform,called"China'seducationneedsreform,"andsoon.However,howChina'seducationreformistherighttobeabletowithinternationalstandards,adapttotheinternationaltrendofeducationreform?Thisisaworthypeopletoponderthequestion.Overtheyears,thetraditionalculture,oureducationfromtheeducationalpurposeoftheeducationsystemtotheeducationalphilosophy,educationalcontentandtheWesthavealotofdifference.Adapttothetrendofinternationalizationofeducation,howshouldweabandon?Theseareallworthexploring.Toresolvethisproblem,weneeddepth,mining,theconceptofWesterncultureineducationonthespecificperformanceandholdthesourceoftheirdifferences.1.1ResearchBackgroundOnceIreadanarticle-"move,theChinesechildrenareTigers,"thishappeninSiliconValley,notfarfromthe"Happy-Tun",AlotofChinesepeoplelivinghere.Chinesechildrenlivingin"HappinessTun"havealargeproportioninschool.Duetotheinfluenceoftraditionalculture,Chinesechildrenstudyhardseriously,allcantakehightestscores,particularlytheentireoutstandingacademicachievementisinthisprimaryschools.Here,theChineseandtheAmericanpeopleisalsoverygood.Butoneday,AmericancoupleswithchildrentosaygoodbyetotheneighborswhoareChinese,thattheyhavetomove,makingChineseneighborsurprised.Americancouplethenmadetheexplanation,inthisschool,onetoo"good"placedepressedchildrenandseriouslyaffectedhismentalhealth.Overtime,thechild'sself-confidencewillbegreatlydampened,andthusmaybeleadtopessimismoreventheconsequencesoflowself-esteem,hardlygotfantasyandinnovation.InWestern'seyes,thischildisdestroyed.InourChinesepeople'sview,deliberatelyletthechildrenawayfromtheatmosphereofintensecompetitioninschools,itisverystrange.Readthearticle,myhearthashadagreatshock,thedifferencesbetweenWesterneducationandcultureisevident.1.2MotivationsandObjectivesTheanalysisoftheculturalrootsofdifferencesbetweenChineseandWesterneducationcanbringusmoreinspirationaboutthefunctionofcultureandletusrealizethatthedifferentcountrieshasdifferenteducationsystem.Thereisnogoodorbad,thereisgoodandbad.It'snecessarytodrawthestrongpointsofotherstooffsetone'sownweakness.2Thecausesofdifferences--cultureChineseandWesternculturestobediscussedhere,referstotheConfuciancultureastherepresentativeoftheChinesetraditionalcultureandtoAmericancultureastherepresentativeofmodernWesternculture.ThereasontotaketheChinesetraditionalConfuciancultureandmodernWesterncultureisthatIpersonallybelievethatChinahavenotestablishedanewculturesystem,theso-calledChineseculture,justtradi...
