A Study of Films Useful for Death Education

The subject of death education has been in focus this year. Even though films can prove to be an effective teaching material for death education, few films can be used for this purpose, and no study yet proves the effectiveness of films. This study examines the usefulness of two films, "My Life without Me" and "The Bucket List," as teaching material for death education. The writer has set three goals that should be achieved from watching the film: (1) recognition of the finiteness of one's own life and the preciousness of time, (2) reflection on one's life in the past and future, and (3) recognition of the preciousness of one's own life and gratefulness for being alive. Results of the study prove that both movies have valid viewpoints to achieve all three goals, and they were recognized as useful teaching material for death education. Even though the two movies have a common theme of "death" the aspects of the views on "death" and "life" that viewers ascribe to each film vary from what the film depicts