Mirrors Windows And Sliding Glass Doors Perspectives

The phrase windows and mirrors has been used by educators especially when it comes to literacy for quite some time now.

Mirrors windows and sliding glass doors perspectives.

It has been twenty nine years since rudine sims bishop s seminal essay mirrors windows and sliding glass doors was published. Choosing and using books for the classroom vol 6 no 3 summer 1990 and the hopes it expresses are just as relevant today. This essay originally appeared in perspectives. Choosing and using books for the classroom.

Mirrors windows and sliding glass doors originally appeared in perspectives. This concept was initially introduced by educator emily style in 1988 for the national seed project. Mirrors windows and sliding glass doors author. Speaking to the lack of children s books with african american characters and themes the essay called for books to act as windows and mirrors that would allow all children to see themselves and the experiences of others in what they read.

Jo refers to the original essay mirrors windows and sliding glass doors pdf 763kb by rudine sims bishop. In the essay dr. These windows are also sliding glass doors and readers have only to walk through in imagination to become part of whatever world has been created and recreated by the author. As we read we grow to have a world view filled with empathy compassion and passion.

Reflections of the development of african american children s literature religious diversity children s literature green. Sliding glass doors provide the invitation to escape into another place real or imaginary. Bishop coined the phrase windows mirrors and sliding glass doors to explain how children see themselves in books and how they can also learn about the lives of others through literature. Bishop makes the point that it s crucial for children from marginalized groups to view themselves in the books they read.

Windows mirrors sliding glass doors and beyond.