| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺南大學 === 幼兒教育學系碩士班 === 96 === The purpose of this study is to find out the main characters’ self-changing process in the picture storybooks, and the factors that influence the main characters’ self-changing results, in order to form a pattern that describes the self-changing process.
This is a qualitative research. I use my own descriptive words to analyze the contexts, in addition with some simple counting to assist the finding. There are thirty-six picture storybooks in this study, including both Chinese and English versions.
The results are as follow: 1. The main characters in the picture storybooks are mostly animals with human characteristics, human being the second and non-living creatures the third. Most main characters are young, small, low in status, and inferior to others. They either want to change, need to change, or reject to change. 2. The sources of conflict that the main characters face are their body images, interpersonal relationships, abilities, personality traits, naming, living environments, and the sense of value. The reasons of conflict or conflicting events include getting negative evaluation from others, negative evaluation toward self and the environment, interpersonal conflict and isolation, refusing to change, uncertainty of one’s self-concept, seeing others change, and loosing the dearest person in one’s life. The conflict is toward self, others, and the environment. Every character has negative emotions when facing the conflict. The crisis of conflict is self-denying, unbalanced real and ideal self, not being able to get rid of one’s suffering, lacking the ability of self-reflection, denying the living environment, lacking clear self-concept, and making a huge mistake because of the incorrect sense of value. 3. The main characters use three kinds of strategies to deal with the conflict. They either face it, hiding from it, or just being passive. 4. The turning points for changing are supporters, attackers, resources, accidental events, and the main character’s own imagination. 5. Except for one picture storybook that does not have conclusive ending, the rest have happy, positive and conclusive ending. The reasons for the main characters to accept themselves, agree with themselves, and change themselves are getting others’ approval, changing others’ view toward themselves, understanding more about themselves, and having the experience of losing and regaining. 6. There are three self-changing stages: first, unaware and unable to change; second, aware but unable to change; third, aware and able to change. Other findings are as follow: Change is from within. The main characters need self-esteem, and love and belonging. The main characters tend to fulfill themselves. I finally state the educational point of view and the author’s motives.
Last, I give my suggestions to this research, future researches, and to parents and educators.
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