Comparison between American and Chinese Cultures Based on Theories of Cultural Dimensions

This paper focuses on studying the cultural differences between China and America on the basis of the cultural dimensions presented by Hofstede,Hall,Trompenaars and Tunner,in order to raise the cultural awareness when people are interacting in these two super countries of the world.A new scale of cultural dimensions include individualism/collectivism,power distance,low/high context,and diffuse/specific.

Chinese Students’ Adaptation of Social Intercourse Influenced by Different Cultural Contexts of China and America in American Universities

1 Statement of the Purpose (1) Statement of the purpose The purpose of the research isto study Chinese studends' adaptation of social intercourse influenced by different cultural contexts of China and America in American universities.And the study will also try to find out the exact problems and obstacles during Chinese students' adapting period in American universities.

The difference of Teaching Mode of Graphic Design Major in Chinese and American Universities

This article is based on personal visits to Louisiana State University in the United States.It analyzes and introduces the hotspots of curriculum design,training methods,learning environment,professional ability and quality training of graphic design majors in American public comprehensive universities.Analyze the teaching concepts and methods that are inspiring for the relevant design courses for our country from a personal perspective,and gain insights into the deep-seated problems in the cultivation of design innovation capabilities in China and the United States,in order to arouse everyone’s reflection and further develop our country’s design educational reform ideas.

The Comparison of Chinese and American Address Forms

This paper contributes to the debate about the Chinese and American address forms in order to help us to improve thecommunication between the two nations.It takes the comparison of the Characters of Chinese and American Address Forms as itsstarting point.It then analyzes the main factors(the influence from the culture's power orientation and the philosophical factor)which make the great differences between Chinese and American address forms.It applies the communicative function of Chineseand American address forms as well.

A Comparative Study of Differences between Chinese and American Family Educational Approaches

Education is not only a science but an art. During the children's entire education, school education is in a dominant position but family education plays a key role. Children's growth needs education, help, and guide from parents. With the development of Chinese society and economy, the importance of family education of children grows more and more significant. But because of cultural traditions, lifestyle, social customs, ideas and sense of heritage, family education in China is still a weak part. The traditional concept of family education is being challenged. And many parents lack understanding of physiological and psychological development of the children during their growth, and lack proper education and effective methods to face the different stages of children's development. Consequently, parents tend to miss crucial educational opportunities. With different history, culture and social economic conditions between China and America, the formations of family education are producing a huge impact. American high level of culture and education also determines the United States the world leader in science and technology. The US has not only advanced school education but advanced family education, and their advanced educational concepts and teaching approaches are in line so that we can learn from American family education in a lot of places.Through questionnaire investigation and contrastive analysis, this thesis studies the differences between Chinese and American family educational approaches by three main aspects of intellectual education, moral and physical education, and life education. Firstly, this thesis discusses the reasons on the historical and cultural backgrounds and social conditions. Then this thesis describes the specific performance including the different status and contents, the comparison of parenting methods. In the end, this thesis has a brief summary of advantages and disadvantages of Chinese and American family educational approaches. This thesis tries to briefly describes and compares the intellectual education, moral and physical education and life education. Therefore, the aim of this thesis is in order to improve the quality of our family education. By studying the differences of family educational style between China and America, we do not mean to belittle our Chinese family education but is a kind of reflection. Absorbing American family education's advantages and removing the disadvantages of our family education style as well as keep our Chinese traditional merits of family education could make a benign circulation of healthy personnel training in our country. Thus, we could gain a competitive advantage in the future competition and gradually adapt to the world trend of the future.

Chinese and Americans-an Intercultural Comparison

This year, I got an opportunity to teach Chinese Culture to some American students for three months. During this process, I had observed many cultural differences between Chinese and Americans. And how to understand the definition of culture was quite far away between us. But one point we all agreed upon was that immersion in the culture of another country can lead to increased appreciation for one’s own.

The Comparison between Chinese Farmer and American Farmer

With international trades become more and more popular, cultural conflicts and shocks appeared in our life more and more frequently. We have to begin to pay attention to the differences of a lot of aspects and professions in different cultures. Because agriculture and farmer are the basis of every country, it is necessary to compare them in different culture and different nations. Except being industrious, hardy and brave, what differences there are between them? And how to treat these differences correctly are becoming especially serious and necessary.

The Other Part of the Story —— Chinese Students at American Universities

Chinese intemational students studying at American universities are generally believed to be intelligent, hard-working and high score achieving, which are confirmed by many sources. People tend to believe that it is simply easy for Chinese students to excel academically at US universities, but this is not necessarily true, especially for students fresh from China. Based on a survey of Chinese students studying at US universities and interviews with American professors, this essay reveals Chinese students＇ academic frustrations and struggles that have been overlooked due to their high scores, and points out that it is the mismatch between Chinese and American teaching and learning styles that leads to this difficulty. Furthermore, this essay concludes with the author providing suggestions for both Chinese and American educators to help future Chinese students make the most of their higher education opportunity at American universities.

Research and Comparative Analysis on Curricula Content of the Ancient Chinese Academies and Medieval European Universities

The ancient Chinese academies and medieval European universities are different higher educational systems with distinctive features,and in history they both have had a profound and lasting impact on modern higher education in China and Europe.Due to different social,economic and cultural backgrounds,the curricula of the ancient Chinese academies and medieval European universities have their own distinctive features and are significantly different from each other.By adopting qualitative research method,including literature review and comparative analysis,the thesis studied and compared the curricula content of two education systems.

Affect of Motivation on First-and Second-year English L1 Chinese Language Students

Taking Chinese learners of English L1 students at Colorado State University of USA as subjects,the study explored the effect of motivation on American Chinese language learners learning achievement.The researchers find that motivation intensity is an important factor leading to learning success.Both integrative and instrumental factors do not necessary lead to good learning results.Favorable attitudes toward the teacher and course materials do not guarantee good learning achievement.A reasonable level of anxiety helps generate good learning achievement.

Teaching in Different Cultures:Comparison of Teacher Education Programs between China and the U.S.

In recent years,teacher education,as an important part of educational issues,has attracted governments'attention in the world and made some achievements.Chinese people often say that education is the hope for the revitalization of the nation,and teacher education is the hope for the revitalization of education.Thus,teacher education plays an important role in the devel opment of the whole nation.This essay aims to find out the respective advantages and disadvantages of the teacher education pro grams in China and the America,through the comparison of their specific characteristics.It will also explore what the Chinese teacher education system can benefit from the successful experiences of that in the U.S.

Love Expressions by American and Chinese University Students

Male and female speech is different in many ways. This study intends to compare and contrast love expressions used by American and Chinese university students. The participants of 40 university students, including American male university students, American female university students, Chinese male university students, and Chinese female university students, were selected randomly. Each of them was given one questionnaire. There was an introductory question, which aimed at finding out whether the participants would choose to express their love in verbal or written language, and if they would, how they would express it. Then the participants were channeled into the four different parts. Results showed that male university students of both nations were more eager to express their love and also had less constraints and pressure compared with their female counterparts did. American university students of both genders were more open and direct when they expressed their love, whereas Chinese university students of both genders were more reserved and tended to express their love indirectly.

A Comparative Analysis of Different Culture Values Reflected in the Disney Movie Mulan

Taking American Disney Movie Mulan as an object of research, this paper intends to compare Chinese and American cultural differences from three aspects, filial piety vs. individualism, family priority vs. the pursuit of success and gender discrimination vs. feminism.

艺科融合时代中美高校环境设计专业实践教学研究

美国的设计专业相对于大多数国家起步较早,其教育理念和水平处于世界领先地位。在艺术科学融合的时代背景下,通过对课堂教学、观念表达、创新和实践能力培养、教学与就业的衔接、具有的启示意义等几方面,对中国和美国高等院校的环境设计专业实践教学进行研究,以期为推进我国高校艺术设计教育改进发展起到一定的参照作用。

中欧高校土木工程专业实验教学差异研究

为对比分析中欧高校土木工程专业实验教学差异,选取中国和欧洲共四所高校进行对比,从实验室建设、师资团队、培养方案、教学方法以及教学评价等方面对土木工程专业实验教学存在的差异性进行研究,分析中欧高校在实验教学领域各自的优势与不足之处,并结合青岛理工大学土木工程专业的办学特点,借鉴欧洲高校比较先进的实验教学理念与实践,提出未来实验教学体系改革思路与建议。

研究型大学的形象建构:汉英高校官网语篇对比研究

形象话语研究面对两个基本问题。首先是如何建立综合性的分析框架,充分呈现语篇在形象建构中的多种表现。其次是如何从表意需求和语境限制的角度解读语篇的复杂表现。本研究尝试回答这两个问题,建立可操作的多要素框架,明确形象话语研究在语篇层面的分析路径,进而对语篇表现进行解读。为使研究更聚焦,本文以研究型大学官网为研究对象,对比汉英语篇面对相同预设形象时的不同表现,探索语篇层面的种种表现如何受到各种因素的制约。

Plagiarism in Their Own Words:What Chinese and American Students Say about Academic Dishonesty

This study investigates perceptions of and attitudes toward plagiarism by Chinese ESL students and American students with questionnaire and interview as the main sources of data. It was found that Chinese students exhibited less knowledge of plagiarism than American students due to a lack of previous instruction. Chinese students showed different perceptions about some cases of plagiarism such as using memorized words without citing, which may have been caused by the emphasis on memorization in Chinese learning culture. However, Chinese students held similar attitudes toward plagiarism; that is, they thought it was morally wrong and should not be tolerated unless it was unintentional. Based on the findings, this paper calls for Chinese scholars to spend more time addressing the problem by making it part of the curriculum.

中美大学排名的共性与个性

通过对16个中美大学排行榜评价指标的比较分析,发现存在某种共识,也表现出一定的本土特色。生源质量、师资队伍建设和毕业生就业情况是中美大学排行榜共同关注的重点,师生荣誉获得、办学条件、科研产出、立德树人、高校社会声誉共同构成中国大学排行榜的个性,学生学位完成情况、学生多样性、高等教育成本、学校财务、学生就读体验描绘出美国大学排行榜的特色。鉴于此,中国大学排行榜应灵活引入多元性评价内容,融合地区以及国家发展战略需求,凸显学生多样化特点及就读体验。

浅析中美钢结构规范设计

在全球化的背景下,工程公司积极拓展海外业务,对国际钢结构设计规范的研究日益重要。特别是美国规范,因其广泛认可性,成为提升企业国际竞争力的关键。通过对设计方法、受弯构件的计算以及实际案例的详细分析和对比,可以更好地理解两国规范的异同,从而为工程实践提供指导。在进行中美规范的比较分析时,发现在相同的荷载条件和材料强度下,根据美国规范计算出的受弯构件尺寸往往稍小于中国规范的结果。此研究不仅可以提升企业在海外市场的竞争力,还有助于推动我国钢结构设计水平提升,促进建筑行业的持续发展。

中国高校创业教育师资队伍建设策略研究——基于美国高校的案例启示

随着创业教育在中国高校的普及和大学生就业需求的提升,创业教育培养质量逐渐引起社会的重视,高质量的创业教育师资是推动高校创业教育发展的有生力量。目前中国高校创业教育师资队伍建设存在创业教育教师身份缺乏专业性、创业教育管理机构未独立和创业教育教师支持保障体系不完善的困境。美国高校创业教育发展最早,目前已形成成熟完备的体系,基于美国三所创业教育发展典型高校师资队伍建设管理经验,明确了创业教育教师背景专业度高、有创业教育专门管理机构、高校配套支持保障创业教育教师机制的重要性。启示我国高校创业教育师资队伍建设可主要从重视专业化师资培养、成立单独管理机构和完善激励保障制度三方面着手,打造高水平创业教育师资队伍,提升创业人才培养质量。