Choosing and using books for the classroom.
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Choosing and using books for the classroom vol 6 no 3 summer 1990 and the hopes it expresses are just as relevant today.
As we read we grow to have a world view filled with empathy compassion and passion.
Rudine simms bishop coined the terms in her 1990 article mirrors windows and sliding glass doors originally published in the ohio state university perspectives.
The phrase windows and mirrors has been used by educators especially when it comes to literacy for quite some time now.
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When lighting conditions are just right however a window can also be a mirror.
Additional resources we used in class.
Jo refers to the original essay mirrors windows and sliding glass doors pdf 763kb by rudine sims bishop.
This essay originally appeared in perspectives.
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Choosing and using books for the classroom.
Bishop makes the point that it s crucial for children from marginalized groups to view themselves in the books they read.
This concept was initially introduced by educator emily style in 1988 for the national seed project.
Don t forget about sliding glass doors ideas of representation and cultural awareness are central to the concept of windows and mirrors but critical reflection and thoughtful action are central to the idea of literature as a sliding glass door a concept similar to windows in that both present different experiences but sliding glass doors also can represent a change in perspective about.
Mirrors windows and sliding glass doors originally appeared in perspectives.
Windows mirrors sliding glass doors and beyond.
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.