Alvin Irby: How to inspire every child to be a lifelong reader
Alvin Irby: Comment inciter les enfants à lire toute leur vie
Whether speaking to barbers about early literacy, entertaining strangers at comedy clubs, or reading to kindergarteners at a local school, TED Resident Alvin Irby endeavors to make learning relevant and engaging. Full bio
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to ensure I had good reading skills.
pour s'assurer que je savais bien lire.
reading lessons at our kitchen table
des séances de lecture dans la cuisine
didn't exactly inspire a love of reading.
ne m'ont pas donné le goût de la lecture.
read short stories and did spelling tests.
des nouvelles et faisait des dictées.
to be switched into another class.
que j'ai demandé à changer de groupe.
I joined advanced English.
le groupe d'anglais niveau avancé.
two book reports that semester.
et écrit deux compte-rendus de lecture.
between these two English classes
entre ces deux classes d'anglais
et m'a poussé à me demander :
white people come from?"
70 percent black and Latino,
de Noirs et de Latinos,
had white students everywhere.
ne comptait que des étudiants blancs.
with institutionalized racism
du racisme institutionnel
with reading forever.
à la lecture pour toujours.
on a school, a teacher or curriculum
sur une école, un prof ou un programme
than being intellectual,
other people to dictate
me laisser dicter
I had stumbled upon a key
je suis tombé sur quelque chose
sur les compétences
from one reading level to another,
d'un niveau de lecture à un autre,
to memorize lists of unfamiliar words,
à retenir des listes de mots inconnus,
this question:
to identify as readers?
les enfants à aimer la lecture ?
I taught in the Bronx,
à qui j'ai enseigné au Bronx,
how identity shapes learning.
l'identité influençait l'apprentissage.
I walk up to DeSean, and I say,
j'ai été le voir et je lui ai dit :
un excellent mathématicien. »
I'm a math genius!"
mais un génie des maths ! »
to read," he would say.
jamais à lire », disait-il.
who remain trapped in illiteracy.
qui restent piégés dans l'illettrisme.
Department of Education,
de l'Éducation des États-Unis,
of black male fourth graders
garçons noirs de CM1
to reading children face,
à des difficultés de lecture,
educators need to be.
d'avoir un savoir culturel.
for the past eight years,
de mon temps depuis 8 ans,
of cultural competency,
de la compétence culturelle,
to know or be able to do
sache ou soit capable de faire
that they find relevant and engaging.
jugées pertinentes et intéressantes.
I assess an audience.
j'évalue le public.
professional, conservative?
professionnels, conservateurs ?
would generate the most laughter.
vous fassent rire.
I could tell bar jokes.
je pourrais sortir des blagues de bistrot.
reading experiences for children
nous créons des lectures pour enfants
of telling bar jokes in a church.
de bistrot dans une église.
why so many children don't read.
d'enfants ne savent pas lire.
et l'apprentissage
should be two-way.
as empty buckets to be filled with facts
comme des seaux vides à remplir,
and school policies
et les politiques scolaires
qu'ils restent assis, immobiles
dans un silence complet.
the individual learning needs,
les besoins de l'apprentissage individuel,
promoted to black boys
encouragent les garçons noirs
civil rights and biographies.
les droits civiques et les biographies.
in the United States are black males.
des professeurs sont des hommes noirs.
are raised by single mothers.
sont élevés par des mères célibataires.
who have never seen a black man reading.
qui n'ont jamais vu d'hommes noirs lire.
encourage him to read.
à lire par un homme noir.
what social cues are present
quels sont les signes sociaux
a young black boy to conclude
garçon noir penser
something he should do?
qui lutte contre l'illettrisme,
reading spaces in barber shops.
pour les enfants chez le coiffeur.
identify as readers.
à devenir des lecteurs.
once or twice a month.
chez le coiffeur une à deux fois par mois.
more than they see their fathers.
leur coiffeur que leur père.
to a male-centered space
à un environnement masculin
and boys' early reading experiences.
ainsi que des livres pour garçons.
basé sur l'identité
recommended by black boys.
recommandée par les garçons noirs.
that they actually want to read.
portant sur les enfants et la famille
children look for when choosing a book
que les enfants attendent d'un livre,
black boys and other children to read
et les autres enfants à lire
relevant male reading models
masculins de lecture
that adults love so much
que les adultes apprécient tant
like "Gross Greg".
ou même grossiers
Greg calls them delicious little sugars."
Greg les appelle délices sucrés. »
and desperately need more of that.
et ont besoin de tellement plus de cela.
that plague American education
qui contaminent l'éducation américaine
to say three words:
à dire quatre mots :
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Alvin Irby - Educator, comedian, social entrepreneur, authorWhether speaking to barbers about early literacy, entertaining strangers at comedy clubs, or reading to kindergarteners at a local school, TED Resident Alvin Irby endeavors to make learning relevant and engaging.
Why you should listen
Alvin Irby is a former kindergarten teacher turned social entrepreneur. He is founder and chief reading inspirer at Barbershop Books, a nonprofit organization that creates child-friendly reading spaces in barbershops and provides early literacy training to barbers. His work connecting reading to male-centered spaces and involving men in boys’ early reading experiences earned him the National Book Foundation's 2017 Innovations in Reading Prize.
As a cultural competency specialist, Irby trains educators and administrators to translate learning objectives for children or adults into relevant and engaging communication and experiences. Irby's nationally recognized keynotes and workshops excavate his eclectic professional and personal life to better understand and address one of American education’s greatest challenges - cultivating children’s intrinsic motivation to read.
Irby's debut children’s book, Gross Greg, combines his passion for early literacy and comedy; it is a laugh-out-loud story that captures the hilariously gross behavior of kids everywhere. His clever social commentary and astute observations shine through in his 2012 comedy album They Know Too Much. One of the highlights of Irby's comedy career was being selected as a 2015 StandUp NBC national finalist and performing at the legendary Hollywood Improv in Los Angeles, CA.
Irby holds a Masters in Childhood Education from the Bank Street Graduate School of Education, a Masters in Public Administration from the Wagner School of Public Service at New York University, and a Bachelors in Sociology from Grinnell College.
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