新加坡与台湾青少年的核心价值观

虽然新加坡和台湾有着共同的主流传统文化,但由于政府的行为取向颇为不同,从而导致了两地在一系列社会运作制度方面的差异,这些差异在两地人民的价值观之上打下了深刻的烙印。本文正是想从报告新、台两地青少年核心价值观的现状及其差异证实政府行为取向对青少年成长的影响,从而使中国大陆政府可以从新、台的经验教训中获得启示。

Core Values of Youths in Singapore and Taiwan

Singapore and Taiwan have identical dominant cultural traditions- Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism. However, the governments of these two societies differ significantly in their values and behavioral orientations. And these differences have resulted in unmistakable dissimilarities between the two societies in a variety of social institutions, thereby leaving a heavy mark on the values of their members. This paper reports the core values of the youths thus formed in these two societies as well as the major differences between them. It also provides an elementary analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of these core values. A fundamental precondition of the intended peaceful rise of the Chinese nation is effective renaissance and rise of the Chinese culture in the cognitive, evaluative, and expressive domains, which is nothing but a tremendous mission for the Chinese people. The experience of Singaporeans and Taiwanese Chinese may serve as a useful lesson, although partial in nature, for the Mainlanders to reflect on- in the context of working on a much- needed cultural reconstruction.