从电影《通灵男孩诺曼》看学龄儿童自我意识培养

An Analysis of Cultivation of School Children’s Self-awareness Based on the Movie Paranorman

摘要

学龄儿童教育是一直以来都是大众讨论的话题焦点。由于孩子进入学校后开始接触家庭以外的环境，随着年龄的增大，自身也发生很多的变化，并逐步进入青春期，在这过程中，有许多家长和学校需要注意的问题，多多的了解孩子，才能让孩子健康快乐的成长。

本文以学龄儿童的自我意识为理论依据，以案例分析为研究方法，致力于研究不同家庭和学校环境对学龄儿童自我意识发展的影响。文章首先阐述了电影《通灵男孩诺曼》的故事梗概及适应性的更改，其次从主人公诺曼的家庭环境和学校环境入手，探讨其现状及可能造成的有利和不利影响，然后与诺曼获得肯定后的家庭、学校环境作对比，分析与他同样经历的叔叔的人生轨迹，接着讨论电影中其他学龄儿童的转变情况，最后给出正确培养学龄儿童自我意识的建议。

本文通过研究儿童电影《通灵男孩诺曼》中学龄儿童自我意识的体现，能够比较直观地让读者了解学龄儿童，了解如何对待学龄儿童，以及和学龄儿童相处过程中自身应该作何改变等，对于将来有可能从事教师职业或为人父母的人有一定的帮助。

关键词：自我意识，学龄儿童，教育一致性，积极评价，霸凌事件 

Abstract
School-age children's education has always been the focus of people’s eyes. When children enter the school, they begin to contact another world out of family, and with the increase of age, they’ll have a lot of changes, including gradually entering puberty. In this process, great attention should be paid by families and schools. Only when they are fully equipped by the knowledge of children, can they understand children and let them grow up healthily and happily.
This thesis uses school-age children's self-awareness as the theoretical basis, and the research method is case analysis. By studying different family and school environment's impact on the development of self-awareness of school-age children, this thesis begins with the discussion of a kid’s movie Paranorman. Firstly, the story synopsis of Paranorman is introduced, and certain changes are made adaptively. Secondly, from the perspective of the protagonist Norman, the present situation of his family environment and school environment are discussed, meanwhile, the positive and negative impacts of Norman are evaluated. Secondly, after Norman showed his unique power to save the town, the changes that happened in his family and the school are analyzed. Thirdly, the comparison with Mr. Prenderghast is been made. Moreover, other school-age children are been analyzed, too. In the end, certain suggestions about the right method to educate and guide school-age children are given.
Based on the study of children's film "psychic boy Norman" in school-age children are the embodiment of the self consciousness, can be more intuitive to let readers understand school-age children, know how to treat school-age children, and get along with school-age children are in the process of itself should be how to change, etc., for possible future career in teachers or parents have certain help.
Key words: school-age children, self-awareness, educational consistency, positive comments, school bully event

Contents

摘要 II

Abstract III

1  Introduction 1

2  Literature Review of Self-awareness Theories 3

2.1 Definition of Self-awareness 3

2.2 Characteristics of School-age Children 4

2.3 The Influencing Factors of Self-awareness 5

3  Self-awareness in ParaNorman 8

3.1 The Influencing Factors of Norman’s Self-awareness 8

3.1.1 Norman’s Characteristic 8

3.1.2 Norman’s Family Condition 9

3.1.3 Norman’s School Condition 11

3.2 The Conversion of Norman 12

3.2.1 Locus of Control from External to Internal 12

3.2.2 Reduction of School Bully Events 13

3.2.3 Comparison with Mr. Prenderghast 14

3.3 Other Kids in the Movie 14

4  Conclusion 15

References 16