Działania o charakterze biblioterapeutycznym realizowane w ramach ćwiczeń ze studentami kierunku pedagogika w Państwowej Wyższej Szkole Techniczno-Ekonomicznej w Jarosławiu

The subject of this article is developmental bibliotherapy as a tool of work with young people. On the basis of their own experience (open test), it will shed light on the personality-forming function of contact with literature. Belles-lettres has undeniable impact on people, especially at the beginning of their journey through life. It indicates priorities, sets the azimuth for life goals and searches. Thanks to it people gain essential knowledge about the world and other people around them, not to mention a ready-made punchline. The role of literature in development of 8human personality is unquestionable and cannot be overestimated. Is it, however, appreciated enough by young people today? Has the present civilization, based on complex, lapidary, image-based communication, moved contacts with books into the background? If so, are there any tools making it possible to reverse that process?The author of the article will try to answer those questions basing the answers on the practical activities of bibliotherapeutic nature, executed as a part of classes with third-year students of Pedagogy at the State Higher School of Technology and Economics in Jarosław oriented at shaping positive attitude towards belles-lettres as a tool of self-realization and deepening one’s knowledge about the world.