商务英语- 社会阶层对教育的影响：纪录片《人生七年》解读.docxVIP

PAGE 30 The Influence of Social Class on Education: Interpretation of Documentary The Up Series Abstract So far, the documentary?The Up Series?directed by Michael Apted in 1964 has recorded the lives of 14 seven-year-old children from different classes in Britain with the purpose of recording their lives and exploring the influence of class differences on themselves through the documentary. Nowadays, education is extremely significant for individual’s growth and the prosperity of a country. In the United States and Britain, class differentiation is still obvious although there are policies to ensure relative equality in education. The fairest system in Japan and the compulsory education in China, in contrast, make it possible for the mobility of social strata. The social hierarchy of various countries seems seemingly unbreakable, yet in fact, people can still find a way out through their efforts.? This paper attempts to analyze the documentary series and utilizes some related theory, such as social reproduction, to compare the institution of China, Britain, the United States, and Japan horizontally in order to find out common factors that lead to unequal educational opportunities, and also to observe the educational development process of various countries through vertical comparison of different periods, to find out measures suitable for our country to perfect educational opportunities. Keywords: class differentiation, education, social reproduction, system, equal educational opportunities 社会阶层对教育的影响：纪录片《人生七年》解读 摘 要 由Michael Apted导演于1964年拍摄的原版《人生七年》到目前为止总共记录14位来自英国不同阶层的七岁儿童的生活，拍摄的目的是想通过纪录片的方式来记录他们的人生以及探讨阶层差异对他们自身的影响。 现在，教育对于每个人的成长以及一个国家的兴旺发达而言都极其重要。在美国和英国，尽管有一些政策保障了教育相对平等，但实际阶层分化现象依旧显著。而相反，拥有世界最公平的教育系统之一的日本和实行义务教育的中国，在一定程度上使得社会阶层流动得以实现。其实，各国的社会等级表面上看似坚不可破，但实则人们还是可以通过自身的努力找到出路。 这篇论文将分析该纪录片系列以及运用相关理论：如社会再制理论等，横向对比中英美日四个国家的教育制度，找到阶层以及其他导致教育机会不均等的共同因素，另外通过纵向对比不同时期的方法，观察各国教育发展历程，从而找到适合本国完善教育机会平等的举措。 关键词：阶层差异；教