教育与华人子女的族群身份认同研究——以格拉斯哥为例

Education and Overseas Chinese Children's Ethnic Identification： A Case Study of Glasgow

Education or educational environment is an important element for ethnic identitication. Overseas Chinese children’s ethnic identification embraces three aspects-school education，family education and self-education with learning inclination. In line with Uba?s “three steps theory” and Phinney’s “six elements theory”，the author designed a questionnaire with eight dimensions， including school teaching aims，school teachingcontents and methods，academic achievement，family education methods andcon- tents，parents’ expectation and focus，individual cultural inclination， social interaction consciousness and individual ethnic identity expectation. The study surveyed 50 students using the questionnaire and interviewed 6 parents and 5 students in Glasgow. The analysis of data shows that the value of being open in school education couldn?t address the ssue of Chinese students’ ethnic identification. Second，family edu- cation prudently introduced their children to be aware of ethnic identity in the strong complex of ^Chinese rootedness”. Third， overseas Chinese children didn?t show obvious recognition for their Chinese ethnic identity in medium-level cognition and learning inclination.