Gene Luen Yang: Comics belong in the classroom
진 양(Gene Yang): 만화를 이용한 수업
Gene Luen Yang writes, and sometimes draws, comic books and graphic novels. Full bio
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of "DC Comics Presents #57"
샀습니다.
at my local bookstore,
전시되어 있었죠.
did something inside my head
with the medium of comics.
사랑에 빠졌습니다.
didn't belong in the classroom.
본능적으로 알고 있었기 때문이죠.
만화책을 좋아하지 않으셨고
wouldn't be either.
수업에 사용하지 않았고
allowed during silent sustained reading,
읽는 것도 절대 허용되지 않았습니다.
at our annual book fair.
한 번도 팔린 적이 없었죠.
a published cartoonist,
comic books for a living.
생업으로 삼게 됐습니다.
직업도 갖게 되었는데요.
in Oakland, California.
비숍 오다우드 고등학교입니다.
and a little bit of art,
조금씩 가르쳤지만
into my classroom.
on the first day of every class
제가 만화가였다고 말하기도 했죠.
to teach them with comics,
would make them think that I was cool.
보일 거라고 생각했어요.
the cultural cachet that they do today.
멋진 게 아니었죠.
They thought I was kind of a dork.
바보 정도로 생각했어요.
when stuff got hard in my class,
as a way of distracting me.
만화책을 사용하기도 했죠.
and ask me questions like,
would win in a fight,
my teaching and my cartooning separate.
분리해야겠다고 생각했죠.
in fifth grade were correct.
본능이 맞는 것 같았어요.
in the classroom.
the educational potential of comics.
직접 경험하게 되었습니다.
for this Algebra 2 class.
대체 수업을 요청받았습니다.
and I said yes, but there was a problem.
문제가 하나 있었어요.
the school's educational technologist,
담당하고 있었기 때문에
of this Algebra 2 class
helping another teacher
컴퓨터와 관련된 활동을
that was terrible.
끔찍한 일이었죠.
sub is bad enough,
That's the worst.
최악이죠.
of consistency for my students,
제공하기 위한 노력으로
myself giving lectures.
녹화하기 시작했습니다.
to play for my students.
학생들에게 틀어주도록 했죠.
as engaging as possible.
집중하도록 만들고 싶었습니다.
these little special effects.
추가하기도 했죠.
a problem on the board,
that my students would love it,
완전 확신했습니다.
and saying things like,
you were boring in person,
I began drawing these lectures as comics.
수업 교재를 만화로 그리기 시작했죠.
with very little planning.
바로 실행에 옮겼습니다.
draw one panel after the other,
to say as I went.
4-6장의 분량으로 만들어졌습니다.
four and six pages long,
to hand to my students.
학생들에게 나눠 주도록 했죠.
to make these for them
들어갔을 때에도
more than actual me.
더 좋아하는 것 같았어요.
are part of a generation
보며 자란 세대이기 때문에
learning from a screen
더 좋아할 거라고 생각했기 때문입니다.
these comics lectures so much,
좋아하는 이유를 듣고나서
the educational potential of comics.
이해하게 되었습니다.
문화에서 자랐기 때문에
information that way.
받아들이는 데 익숙하죠.
or animation or video,
애니메이션, 비디오와는 달리
all sit side by side on the same page.
모두 한 페이지에 나란히 있습니다.
of information flow
something in my comics lecture,
이해 못한 것이 있을 때
as quickly or as slowly as they needed.
다시 읽을 수 있습니다.
a remote control over the information.
그들에게 준 것과 같습니다.
of my video lectures,
of my in-person lectures.
그렇지 않았습니다.
as quickly or slowly as I want.
느리게 전달할지는 제가 결정하죠.
and certain kinds of information,
its visual nature and its permanence,
시각적인 특성과 영구성이
educational tool.
in education at Cal State East Bay.
교육학 석사를 하고 있었습니다.
that I had with these comics lectures
큰 흥미를 느껴서
my final master's project on comics.
만화에 집중하기로 결정했습니다.
why American educators
to use comic books in their classrooms.
꺼렸는지 밝혀보고자 했습니다.
a mass medium in the 1940s,
처음으로 대중매체가 되었고
selling every month,
bringing comics into their classrooms
수업에 실험적으로 적용하기 시작했죠.
of Educational Sociology"
to this topic.
다루기도 했습니다.
to figure things out.
익혀가기 시작했습니다.
Dr. Fredric Wertham,
called "Seduction of the Innocent,"
“순수에의 유혹”이라는 책에서
cause juvenile delinquency.
유발한다고 비난했습니다.
a pretty decent guy.
매우 상식적인 사람입니다.
working with juvenile delinquents,
청소년 범죄 연구로 보냈고
that most of his clients read comic books.
만화책을 본다는 걸 알게 된 거죠.
was in the 1940s and '50s,
read comic books.
아이들이 만화책을 본다는 것이었습니다.
dubious job of proving his case,
제대로 증명하지 못했지만
the Senate of the United States
그의 저서가 계기가 되어
확인하기 위한 청문회가 열렸습니다.
caused juvenile delinquency.
for almost two months.
아무런 결론 없이 끝났습니다.
but not before doing tremendous damage
만화책의 평판만
in the eyes of the American public.
educators all backed away,
뒤로 한 걸음 물러났고
started making their way back in.
다시 돌아오기 시작했어요.
until pretty recently,
more widespread acceptance
받아들이자는 움직임이
are now finally making their way
그래픽 노블이 제 갈 길을 찾아
at Bishop O'Dowd, where I used to teach.
같은 일이 일어나고 있었습니다.
"Understanding Comics"
문학과 영화 수업에서 사용합니다.
because that book gives his students
the relationship between words and images.
언어를 제공하기 때문입니다.
to his students every year.
만화 수필 과제를 줍니다.
to process a prose novel using images,
방법도 생각하도록 하죠.
my own "American Born Chinese"
“미국에서 태어난 중국인”을
a Common Core Standard.
최고의 방법입니다.
ought to be able to analyze
문장의 의미, 어조, 아름다움에
to the meaning, tone and beauty of a text.
있어야 한다고 명시되어 있죠.
has built a pretty impressive
비숍 오다우드 고등학교만의
for Bishop O'Dowd.
서가를 만들었습니다.
of her librarian colleagues
모든 사서 동료들은
of comics advocacy,
앞장서고 있습니다.
when a school library journal article
학교 도서관 학회지 기사에 따르면
of graphic novels in the library
단지 배치해두는 것만으로도
of noncomics material
약 30% 증가했다고 합니다.
from American educators,
관심에 영감을 받아
more explicitly educational content
명백하게 교육적인 내용을 만들어서
at language arts,
치중하고 있지만
and graphic novels
math and science topics.
다루기 시작했습니다.
really are like this uncharted territory,
만화, 그래픽 노블은
미지의 영역과 같습니다.
do not cause juvenile delinquency.
않는다는 사실을 깨닫고 있습니다.
in every educator's toolkit.
교육 도구로서 적합하다는 것도요.
to keep comic books and graphic novels
초중등 교육에 이용해야 합니다.
that remote control.
이용되기만을 기다리고 있습니다.
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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