Different Choices,The Same Anxiety

This graduation design is an explanatory reporting,around the topic of "educational anxiety",in-depth interview with 4 ordinary Nanjing families.The children of these four families are in infancy,early childhood,primary school and junior high school,showing the similarities and differences in education among parents of 70s,80s and 90s in specific cases,analyzing the specific anxiety of parents in different stages of their children,excavating the deep economic and social reasons behind parents educational anxiety,and with a view to adopting the "Educational anxiety" this incision reflects on current education.Compared with previous reports,the works strive to innovate in two aspects.One is to highlight storytelling and details,and try to avoid theme presets.The other is to highlight the horizontal comparison,which is an area not covered by previous works of the same kind.Through in-depth interviews with 4 families,this work holds that there are four main reasons of educational anxiety.Firstly,it’s the conflict between educational expectation and the present situation of education,includling the difference between demand and supply,concept and system,parents and school.Secondly,it’s the role of theater effect and prisoner’s dilemma——everyone makes choices that are in their best interests,but the result may be the worst choice.Thirdly,it’s the competition crisis and the vanity of comparison——parents’ educational anxiety actually stems greatly from the fear of the child’s future choice and control,which is reflected in the realization of personal value,but also in the survival level.Fourly,it’s media rendering and institutional hype——WeChat and other media on the formation of parental education anxiety plays a stealth,contributing role.