Positive Psychology At The Movies: Using Films to Build Virtues and Character Strengths
"A wonderful example of how positive psychology affords ways to make sense of movies that show what is best about people... This is a good and smart book." -- --Prof. Christopher Peterson, PhD (Center for Positive Organizational Scholarship, Ross School of Business, University of MichiganPositive Psychology at the Movies is an engaging read. As well as providing a plethora of ideas for educating students about values, it also stimulates intellectually and would inspire anyone with an interest in films to compile a list of must-see movies. I would see this book as a useful teaching tool for many university courses. Each chapter can be read on its own. The significance of the movies for the particular strength is linked with a clear synopsis of relevant themes and characters. I also could also envisage the whole text used as a university elective in either psychology or education. Positive Psychology at the Movies provides an engaging perspective on how to teach values education. It includes scholarly research to explain the nature and development of strengths and virtues and provides an extensive list of films that can be used to consolidate learning around the concept of positive psychology. --Australian Journal of Educational & Developmental Psychology. Vol 9, 2009, pp. 32-33, reviewed by Melissa Monfries, University of Melbourne