How the Home Nurtures Them: the Contents, Methods and Effects of Mrs. March’s Family Education in Little Women

Little Women is a moral family novel created by the American author, Louisa May Alcott.It is also a novel about growth.In the perspective of family education, this study conducts a textual analysis of this novel.It sorts out the aspects and methods of Mrs March's family education and explores its effects on her four daughters.Mrs March makes good use of the conversation method, the demonstration method, the edification method and the practice method to educate her daughters in the aspects of morality, intelligence, aesthetics, labor and psychology.It has positive and profound effects on her daughters' character formation, quality development and value shaping.