Gene Luen Yang: Comics belong in the classroom
Gene Yang: Stripovima je mjesto u učionici
Gene Luen Yang writes, and sometimes draws, comic books and graphic novels. Full bio
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of "DC Comics Presents #57"
Comics predstavlja #57"
at my local bookstore,
did something inside my head
u mojoj se glavi dogodilo nešto
with the medium of comics.
didn't belong in the classroom.
stripovima nije mjesto u učionici.
wouldn't be either.
ni moji profesori.
allowed during silent sustained reading,
nisu bili dopušteni kao štivo za čitanje
at our annual book fair.
na godišnjem sajmu knjiga.
a published cartoonist,
comic books for a living.
stripova zarađujući za život.
in Oakland, California.
u Oaklandu, Kalifornija.
and a little bit of art,
matematike i malo likovnog,
into my classroom.
on the first day of every class
svim učenicima govorio
to teach them with comics,
pomoću stripova,
would make them think that I was cool.
stripova misliti da sam kul.
the cultural cachet that they do today.
kulturni pečat kakav imaju danas.
They thought I was kind of a dork.
Mislili su da sam nekakav šmokljan.
when stuff got hard in my class,
do problema na satu,
as a way of distracting me.
kako bi mi odvukli pažnju.
and ask me questions like,
would win in a fight,
my teaching and my cartooning separate.
odvojiti predavanje i stripove.
in fifth grade were correct.
u 5. razredu bili točni.
in the classroom.
the educational potential of comics.
obrazovni potencijal stripova.
for this Algebra 2 class.
mijenjati kolegu iz matematike.
and I said yes, but there was a problem.
koju sam pristao, ali postojao je problem.
the school's educational technologist,
školski edukator za tehnologiju,
svakih nekoliko tjedana
of this Algebra 2 class
dva tih sati matematike,
helping another teacher
pomagao nekom profesoru
that was terrible.
na satima matematike.
sub is bad enough,
That's the worst.
To je najgora stvar.
of consistency for my students,
dao osjećaj kontinuiteta,
myself giving lectures.
to play for my students.
zamjeni da ih pusti učenicima.
as engaging as possible.
učiniti što zanimljivijima.
these little special effects.
a problem on the board,
riješim problem na ploči,
that my students would love it,
će se to učenicima svidjeti,
and saying things like,
da ste dosadni uživo,
you were boring in person,
I began drawing these lectures as comics.
počeo sam predavanja crtati kao stripove.
with very little planning.
i bez previše planiranja.
draw one panel after the other,
to say as I went.
four and six pages long,
to hand to my students.
da podijeli mojim učenicima.
bila su pun pogodak.
to make these for them
more than actual me.
nego u stvarnosti.
are part of a generation
moji učenici generacija
learning from a screen
sviđati učenje preko zaslona
these comics lectures so much,
ta predavanja u stripu,
the educational potential of comics.
obrazovni potencijal stripova.
udžbenika iz matematike,
u vizualnoj kulturi
information that way.
primati nove informacije.
or animation or video,
animacije ili videa,
all sit side by side on the same page.
nalaze se zajedno na istoj stranici.
of information flow
something in my comics lecture,
u mojim predavanjima u stripu,
as quickly or as slowly as they needed.
taj dio željenom brzinom.
a remote control over the information.
za upravljanje informacijama.
of my video lectures,
snimke mojih predavanja,
of my in-person lectures.
as quickly or slowly as I want.
brzinom kojom ja to želim.
and certain kinds of information,
i neke vrste informacija,
its visual nature and its permanence,
vizualnost i trajnost,
educational tool.
obrazovnim pomagalom.
in education at Cal State East Bay.
na sveučilištu Cal State East Bay.
that I had with these comics lectures
predavanja u obliku stripa,
my final master's project on comics.
u svom diplomskom radu.
why American educators
zašto su američki profesori
to use comic books in their classrooms.
stripova u učionicama.
a mass medium in the 1940s,
selling every month,
prodavali milijuni primjeraka
bringing comics into their classrooms
uvoditi stripove u učionice
of Educational Sociology"
obrazovnoj sociologiji"
to this topic.
posvetio toj temi.
to figure things out.
Dr. Fredric Wertham,
Dr. Frederic Wertham,
called "Seduction of the Innocent,"
nazivom "Zavođenje nevinih",
cause juvenile delinquency.
delinkvenciju kod maloljetnika.
a pretty decent guy.
bio prilično dobar tip.
working with juvenile delinquents,
s maloljetnim delinkventima
that most of his clients read comic books.
njegovih klijenata čita stripove.
was in the 1940s and '50s,
bilo je da je u 40-ima i 50-ima
read comic books.
Americi čitalo stripove.
dubious job of proving his case,
dokazao svoju tvrdnju,
the Senate of the United States
caused juvenile delinquency.
doista na delinkventnost maloljetnika.
for almost two months.
but not before doing tremendous damage
ali su nanijela ogromnu štetu
in the eyes of the American public.
očima američke javnosti.
educators all backed away,
profesori koji su držali do sebe
started making their way back in.
raditi na povratku stripova.
until pretty recently,
more widespread acceptance
are now finally making their way
konačno se vraćaju
at Bishop O'Dowd, where I used to teach.
Bishop O'Dowd gdje sam prije predavao.
"Understanding Comics"
"Razumijevanje stripova"
because that book gives his students
jer knjiga učenicima daje
the relationship between words and images.
raspravljati o vezi između riječi i slika.
to his students every year.
zadaje esej o stripovima.
to process a prose novel using images,
djelo obrade koristeći slike,
na koji je priča ispričana.
my own "American Born Chinese"
moju knjigu "Američki Kinez"
a Common Core Standard.
ispuni Osnovni standard.
ought to be able to analyze
učenici moraju znati analizirati
to the meaning, tone and beauty of a text.
značenju, tonu i ljepoti teksta.
has built a pretty impressive
napravila prilično impresivnu
for Bishop O'Dowd.
za školu Bishop O'Dowd.
of her librarian colleagues
of comics advocacy,
prvi zagovornici stripova,
when a school library journal article
jedan članak u školskim novinama
of graphic novels in the library
grafičkih romana u knjižnici
of noncomics material
from American educators,
interesom američkih profesora,
more explicitly educational content
sada više nego kada prije,
at language arts,
and graphic novels
math and science topics.
really are like this uncharted territory,
zapravo, neistraženi teritorij
do not cause juvenile delinquency.
maloljetničku delinkvenciju.
in every educator's toolkit.
nastavnim materijalima.
to keep comic books and graphic novels
da se stripovi i grafički romani
that remote control.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Gene Luen Yang - Cartoonist, educatorGene Luen Yang writes, and sometimes draws, comic books and graphic novels.
Why you should listen
As the Library of Congress's fifth National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, Gene Luen Yang advocates for the importance of reading, especially reading diversely. American Born Chinese, his first graphic novel from First Second Books, was a National Book Award finalist, as well as the winner of the Printz Award and an Eisner Award. His two-volume graphic novel Boxers & Saints won the L.A. Times Book Prize and was a National Book Award Finalist. His other works include Secret Coders (with Mike Holmes), The Shadow Hero (with Sonny Liew), New Super-Man from DC Comics (with various artists) and the Avatar: The Last Airbender series from Dark Horse Comics (with Gurihiru). In 2016, he was named a MacArthur Foundation Fellow.
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