Bibliotherapy use by welfare teams in secondary colleges

Bibliotherapy, the use of books to heal, is a concept that dates back to the time of the philosopher Aristotle who believed that literature had healing effects and that reading fiction was a way of purging illness. But how is bibliotherapy practiced now in secondary schools? This study investigates...

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Published in:The Australian journal of teacher education 2010-08, Vol.35 (5), p.29-39
Main Author: Harvey, Pam
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent Literature
Adolescents
Australia
Bibliotherapy
Chronic Illness
Fiction
Foreign Countries
Health Promotion
Librarians
Reader Text Relationship
Reading
Reading attitudes
School Nurses
Secondary education
Secondary school students
Secondary School Teachers
Secondary Schools
Social Services
Story Reading
Story Telling
Student welfare
Student welfare workers
Teamwork
Urban Areas
Young Adults
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Summary:Bibliotherapy, the use of books to heal, is a concept that dates back to the time of the philosopher Aristotle who believed that literature had healing effects and that reading fiction was a way of purging illness. But how is bibliotherapy practiced now in secondary schools? This study investigates bibliotherapy use in a regional Australian city with adolescents who have chronic illness. It explores the responses of members of welfare teams (welfare co-ordinators, school nurses and teacher-librarians) within secondary schools to questions on how books are used with students experiencing issues. Findings indicate that although bibliotherapy practice is not a formal process within schools, its central phenomenon of a reader forming a relationship with a book and then changing in some significant way as a result is a concept that most participants understood and attempted to utilise with the students in their care. [Author abstract, ed]
ISSN:0313-5373
1835-517X
1835-517X
DOI:10.14221/ajte.2010v35n5.3