Targeted to Intermediate English (B1+) speakers.Read more
This is the standard requirement for most courses. Participants at this level can participate actively in discussions and manage everyday and professional situations. If they are unsure about their English level, they can test it here or explore our courses facilitated in Basic English.
Cross-Curricular, School Librarians.Read more
The listed audiences are those for whom the course is especially recommended, but courses are not exclusive to them and are open to everyone. In fact, most of our workshops are built around the collective sharing of participants’ experiences and having a variety of profiles enriches the learning process and is highly encouraged!
Description
It is very common for our students to go through moments of high stress, which can be caused by events in their personal lives as well as relational challenges in their peer group.
As teachers, we want to help, but it is a difficult task. Often, we don’t have the means or the training to address the challenge directly, and we are always focused on the primary educational mission of our school.
When we feel the urgency to address emotional distress in our class groups, we can exploit the therapeutic role of literature, which is the basis of bibliotherapy.
Bibliotherapy is a tool: it can help us use literature to grow towards good emotional health.
Through a constructive and active interaction with literature, bibliotherapy can help students with the challenges of development.
It can also offer support not only in emergency situations: bibliotherapy can provide successful coping strategies and help students to express both feelings and ideas about a problem or difficulty.
Through practical and experiential activities, participants will understand the concept of bibliotherapy and prepare a plan on how to best use it in their classroom.
They will construct their knowledge of the therapeutic role of literature and its importance in the mental, emotional, and social development of children.
Participants will learn how to develop complete lesson plans and implement bibliotherapy activities on selected books that best fit their unique school community.
Through workshops and hands-on activities, as well as reflection and sharing, they will prepare their reading activities in a highly interactive and engaging learning experience.
By the end of the course, they will feel ready to use literature as a powerful wellbeing tool for their classes, improving the relationships in the group and better supporting students in their whole development.
What is included
Learning outcomes
The course will help the participants to:
- Use children’s literature as a practical tool for stress management in educational environments;
- Learn about the therapeutic role of literature to foster resilience and promote the emotional intelligence of students;
- Understand the concept of Bibliotherapy and its use in the classroom;
- Identify the teacher’s role in Bibliotherapy;
- Integrate bibliotherapy activities into the curricula;
- Evaluate quality children’s books as resources for Bibliotherapy implementation.
Tentative schedule
Day 1 – Introduction to the course and to bibliotherapy
- Introduction to the course, the school, and the external week activities;
- Icebreaker activities;
- Presentations of the participants’ schools.
Bibliotherapy: inviting stories to help children cope with stressful life experiences
- Bibliotherapy: definitions, goals, phases, expected results;
- The books’ value and their role in children’s social and emotional development;
- Practical activities on understanding the value of a book for children.
Day 2 – The theoretical principles of bibliotherapy
- The basic principles of bibliotherapy;
- How to select books for bibliotherapy;
- The role of teachers.
Day 3 – Implementation: sample lessons with selected books
- What are the needs of our students in terms of social and emotional development?
- Practical activities on assessing students’ needs;
- Methodology: the 5 – step process of delivering bibliotherapy instruction;
- The limits of bibliotherapy.
Day 4 – Practical workshop and the power of crossover literature
- Activity: How to present a bibliotherapy session in the classroom;
- Planning reading activities according to a model lesson plan;
- The experiences of characters in quality children’s literature: a powerful tool to stimulate students’ critical thinking;
- The power of crossover literature.
Day 5 – Design your unique path to bibliotherapy
- How to develop complete lesson plans that best fit their unique school community;
- Sharing experiences, reflecting on activities with coursemates.
Day 6 – Course closure and cultural activities
- Course evaluation: round-up of acquired competencies, feedback, and discussion;
- Awarding of the course Certificate of Attendance;
- Excursion and other external cultural activities.
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