Teaching Wisdom in The Sound of Music in the Perspective of Positive Psychology

Abstract

The Sound of Music is one of the most well-known musical films in the world and Maria is the heroine. In the film, Maria becomes a governess of the seven children of Captain Georg von Trapp after leaving the Austrian convent. With her teaching wisdom, she wins the children’s trust, respect and love. This paper analyzes the teaching wisdom reflected in this film in the perspective of positive psychology, such as how to develop students’ positive emotion and potentials, how to encourage their positive traits to meet with new challenges, how to resist frustration, how to build a harmonious relationship with students to construct a positive institution, and how to teach students more effectively, etc., teachers can benefit a lot from this film.