Alvin Irby: How to inspire every child to be a lifelong reader
앨빈 어비 (Alvin Irby): 아이들이 평생 책을 읽게 하는 법
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.
할 수 있는 것은 다 하셨어요.
reading lessons at our kitchen table
놓고 읽기를 가르쳤어요.
didn't exactly inspire a love of reading.
책 읽기를 그다지 좋아하지는 않았죠.
모든 것이 바뀌었어요.
read short stories and did spelling tests.
소설만 읽고 맞춤법 시험만 보는 거예요.
to be switched into another class.
수업으로 바꿔 달라고 했어요.
I joined advanced English.
우아하게 심화반에 들어갔죠.
two book reports that semester.
독후감 두 편을 쓰는 거였는데
between these two English classes
다 어디서 나타난 거야?
white people come from?"
70 percent black and Latino,
흑인이랑 라티노였는데
had white students everywhere.
학생들로 가득한 거예요.
with institutionalized racism
몸소 겪고 나니
with reading forever.
송두리째 바뀌었습니다.
on a school, a teacher or curriculum
못 배운다는 걸 깨닫고
than being intellectual,
other people to dictate
I had stumbled upon a key
해 주는 열쇠를 찾았습니다.
높이는 데에 집착하거나
from one reading level to another,
to memorize lists of unfamiliar words,
암기시킬 것이 아니라
this question:
질문을 해 봐야 합니다.
to identify as readers?
좋아하게 만들 수 있을까?
I taught in the Bronx,
아주 똑똑한 1학년 학생이 있었어요.
how identity shapes learning.
영향을 미치는지 알게 해 줬어요.
I walk up to DeSean, and I say,
라고 했더니
수학 천재거든요!"
I'm a math genius!"
to read," he would say.
못 배울 거예요."
문맹에서 못 빠져나오고 있어요.
who remain trapped in illiteracy.
Department of Education,
of black male fourth graders
겪고 있다고 합니다.
to reading children face,
더 어려움을 느낄수록
더 능숙해져야 합니다.
educators need to be.
for the past eight years,
스탠드업 코미디언으로 활동하면서
얼마나 중요한지 알게 됐어요.
of cultural competency,
가르쳐주고 싶은 기술을 전달할 때
to know or be able to do
관심을 끄는 의사소통이나 경험을 통해서
that they find relevant and engaging.
I assess an audience.
항상 관객을 분석합니다.
professional, conservative?
would generate the most laughter.
I could tell bar jokes.
술집 유머를 얘기한다면
reading experiences for children
술집 유머를 하는 것과 같아요.
of telling bar jokes in a church.
책을 읽지 않는지 의아해하죠.
why so many children don't read.
한다고 주장했습니다.
should be two-way.
as empty buckets to be filled with facts
빈 상자로 볼 것이 아니라
협력자로 보는 것이죠.
and school policies
앉아 있어야 한다거나
해야 한다는 이러한 환경은
the individual learning needs,
관심도, 강점 등을 배제하기 쉽습니다.
promoted to black boys
아동 도서를 주로 보면
무거운 주제를 다루고 있어요.
civil rights and biographies.
in the United States are black males.
비율은 2%도 채 되지 않고
독신 엄마 밑에서 자라요.
are raised by single mothers.
who have never seen a black man reading.
한 번도 보지 못하고 자라는 거예요.
encourage him to read.
한 번도 접하지 못하거나요.
what social cues are present
하고 느끼게 해 주는 요소를
어디에서 찾을 수 있을까요?
a young black boy to conclude
something he should do?
만들었습니다.
책 읽는 공간을 만들어주는
reading spaces in barber shops.
identify as readers.
책을 읽게 하는 것입니다.
once or twice a month.
한 달에 한두 번 이발소에 갑니다.
more than they see their fathers.
이발소 아저씨 얼굴을 더 자주 봐요.
to a male-centered space
공간을 독서와 연결해
독서를 경험하게 해 줍니다.
and boys' early reading experiences.
recommended by black boys.
책으로 도서 목록을 만듭니다.
싶어 하는 책 말이에요.
that they actually want to read.
어린이와 가족 독서실태 보고서에 따르면
첫 번째로 꼽는 것은
children look for when choosing a book
black boys and other children to read
포함한 모든 아이들이
relevant male reading models
어른들이 함께 책을 읽어야 합니다.
that adults love so much
어른들이 좋아하는 책 대신
그레그" 같은 책도 읽게 해줘야 해요.
like "Gross Greg".
Greg calls them delicious little sugars."
그레그에겐 달콤한 사탕이에요!"
몇 분들의 반응 말이죠.
and desperately need more of that.
원하는 게 바로 그거예요.
that plague American education
야만적 불평등을 해소하려면
to say three words:
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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