Movies that teach about Happiness Psychology...

There is a great Bollywood movie called 3 idiots which is a brilliant representation of the need to challenge the norm of memorizing and regurgitating and creating an education platform that excites and challenges the student to critically analyze and solve problems. This is what student centric teaching is all about and creates happier students who are more engaged. The first clip has the professor to define a machine and one student Rancho challenges the norm by explaining how anything can be a machine if it makes humans more efficient. The teacher is so focused on the text book answers he fails to realize the passion of the student and the level of intelligence the student posses.

The second clip is Rancho showing the dean of the Engineering School how important it is to teach students in a way that inspires, motivates and engages them. Students should feel excited to learn and discover and be capable of thinking for themselves.

This is a great movie that can be used to teaching students about the importance of thinking for themselves, expressing themselves and challenging the norms to discover, learn and challenge what is possible. The education system should thrive to have students like Rancho and an education system that adapts to the changing needs of the new generations. The full version of the movie  can be found at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpC0s2j8ijQ

Teachers should use movies and technology to relate and connect to their students. The great thing about movies is that it allows students to connect through discussion as well as relatedness of seeing other students experience and conquer. While doing my 2nd practicum in teachers college I taught Literacy and English so a poetry unit. I showed several poetry slams to my students and after each clip I showed the students analyzed what worked and what didn't and why. The students were so engaged that they loved the idea of having a class poetry slam. Many used technology to help them have a stronger slam presentation. Some students recorded themselves, some made videos, some used music as a beat or tempo or a background for their poem. The students loved learning and loved the positive reinforcement that occurred throughout the process.

Other great movies that show differentiated learning, student centric learning and happiness psychology and are a part of using technology to incorporate happiness in the classroom include:

Here comes the boom

Warrior

The Persuit og Happyness

Take the Lead

Pay it Forward

Dangerous Minds

Dead Poets Society

Stand and Deliver

The Breakfast Club

School of Rock

Expelled: No intelligence allowed

Race to nowhere

Strictly Ballroom

2 million minutes

Us and our education

Ten9Eight

Spellbound

Mad Hot Ballroom

We are the people we've been waiting for

Waiting for Superman

A great Ted talk is:

http://www.ted.com/talks/martin_seligman_on_the_state_of_psychology.html

The reality is that happiness psychology is a huge aspect of creating a better future. There are tons of videos and audio and reading materials by motivational and transformational speakers who have empowered millions and millions of people around the world.

A teacher can use technology by showing videos, movies, audio from a very long list of experts that include:

Tony Robbins

Ekhart Tolle

T. Harv Eker

Les Brown

Brandon Buchard

Bob Procter

Deepak Chopra

Dr. Phil

Louise Hay

Robert Kiosaki

Eric Thomas

Brian Tracy

Jack Canfield & Mark Victor Hansen and many more

Watching a 10 min youtube clip per day with your students can drastically change the phisiology and overall experience of the day and education as a whole.