中美学生学习风格的文化差异探析

Cultural Differences in Learning Styles──A Comparison Between American Learning Styles and Chinese Learning Styles

不同的学习者有不同的学习风格,学习风格的形成受多种外部因素的影响,包括社会、学习环境、社区背景、家庭氛围等等.本文从文化熏染角度出发,探讨了中美两国学生学习风格的差异性.文化熏染指的是非正式的教育和学习,是儿童早期社会文化化的过程.文化性学习风格是通过"文化熏染",即儿童无条件地接受、吸纳养育他的家庭、社会环境的文化濡化而习得的接收和处理信息的方式.

Different learner varies style of learning.The formation of learning styles is impacted by a great variety of external factors,including society, learning environment, community background, family climate,and so on. From the angle of enculturation, this text discusses the differences in learning styles between Sino-American students. Enculturation refers to unofficial education and study. It is the process of civilization in children’s early stage of the society. Learning style in civilization refers to the acquired ways of receiving and processing information via enculturation, namely, children unconditionally accept, Absorb in the moistening civilization of their nurturing family and social environment.