Sydney Chaffee: How teachers can help kids find their political voices
Sydney Chaffee: Kako lahko učitelji pomagajo otrokom najti svoj politični glas
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preprost koncept.
that all people in a society
da si vsi ljudje v družbi
opportunities and access to resources.
priložnosti in dostop do virov.
controversial and nebulous,
for social justice actually looks like.
za socialno pravičnost dejansko izgleda.
can look like this ...
my work or my priorities as a teacher,
delu ali prioritetah kot učiteljica,
can be a tool for social justice.
izobraževanje orodje socialne pravičnosti.
onto Twitter -- as I do --
prijavila na Twitter - kot ponavadi -
had taken issue with that belief.
spustil v razpravo o tem prepričanju.
"should not be social justice warriors,
biti bojevniki za socialno pravičnost,
of education is to educate."
don't just teach subjects,
walk into our classrooms,
is bound up in historical context,
je povezano z zgodovinskim kontekstom
happens in a vacuum,
dogaja v vakuumu,
doesn't really matter,
to what's happening all around them.
kar se dogaja okoli njih.
of the Implicit Association Test,
povezovalnega testa so pokazali,
subconscious biases against black people,
podzavestne predsodke do črncev
lazier and more dangerous than whites.
bolj leni in bolj nevarni kot belci.
of the insidious effects
zahrbtnega učinka
on our country.
rasizma v naši državi.
we could look at incarceration rates;
pogledali podatke o zapornikih,
violence against black people;
policijskega nasilja nad temnopoltimi,
gap in education --
belongs in our schools.
of the mission of every school
del misije vsake šole
to be more than a slogan ...
pravičnost za vse" več kot le slogan,
for children to become active citizens
postanejo aktivni državljani
that they need to change the world.
ki jih potrebujejo, da spremenijo svet.
that will lead to justice
ki bodo vodile do pravice,
into the work of schools.
collaboration, perseverance --
sodelovanje, vztrajnost -
revolutionary on its own.
smelo biti revolucionarno.
to understand history
razumevanja zgodovine,
on which we all agree,
s katero se vsi strinjamo,
countless interpretations.
to explore history with our students
raziskovati zgodovino svojih učencev,
that history is ongoing
da je zgodovino nenehna
to current movements for justice.
s trenutnim gibanjem za pravičnost.
as potential players
kot potencialni igralci
how to work for justice.
se delati za pravico.
wasn't happy with that idea
ni maral moje ideje,
with my definition of justice.
definicijo pravice.
eye to eye, politically.
to articulate their own opinions,
da izrazijo svoje mnenje,
da se strinjajo z nami.
if he and I agree.
ali se strinjava ali ne.
students have those conversations
učencem govoriti o tem
effective facilitators
učinkoviti mediatorji
how to have really tricky conversations,
kako voditi kočljive pogovore,
to different opinions,
connects to the world outside.
povezuje z zunanjim svetom.
the history of apartheid in South Africa
o zgodovini apartheida v Južni Afriki
in South Africa imposed racist laws
je uvedla rasistične zakone,
you risked jail time, violence or death.
si tvegal zaporno kazen, nasilje ali smrt.
other countries' governments,
South Africa, because ...
Južno Afriko, ker ...
government passed a new law
sprejela zakon,
in South Africa
v Južni Afriki
referred to that language
so ta jezik imenovali
were outraged at this law.
ogorčeni nad tem zakonom.
nor their teachers spoke.
ne oni ne učitelji.
from the township of Soweto
through the streets to protest the law.
in protestirali zakonu.
they met up with the police,
until almost 20 years later,
šele skoraj 20 let kasneje,
in Soweto profoundly changed
v Sowetu je globoko spremenil
what was happening in South Africa.
published this photo
so objavile to fotografijo
killed by police in Soweto,
policije v Sowetu,
to ignore the brutality
ignorirati brutalnost
that followed the Soweto uprising,
sledili uporu v Sowetu,
exerted political and economic pressure
politični in gospodarski pritisk
to end apartheid,
naj konča apartheid,
of those kids in Soweto.
tistih otrok v Sowetu.
vsako leto učijo o tem.
to draw connections
in Soweto and themselves.
and agency they have.
in sposobnost odločanja imajo.
there would ever be a reason
could live in a more just world.
lahko živele v bolj pravičnem svetu.
every single year,
will ever listen to their voices.
kdaj prisluhnili njihovim glasovom.
from one of our students.
elektronsko pismo od enega mojih učencev.
to walk out of school.
of Michael Brown's death
to join a walkout and march
pridružili protestu in pohodu
Matter movement.
Črna življenja so pomembna.
had a decision to make.
to try to control the students
da bomo poskusili učence kontrolirati
the principles of social justice
principe socialne pravičnosti,
since the ninth-grade year?
the kids left school en masse
torej množično zapustili šolo
jumped up on a picnic table
je skočil na leseno mizo
took it very seriously.
spent that afternoon in class.
so preživeli popoldne v razredu.
of the Black Lives Matter movement,
gibanja Črna življenja so pomembna
with classes as scheduled.
participated in a citywide student walkout
v stavki učencev vsega mesta
voice for justice.
za pravičnost.
to spend the afternoon,
se odločili preživeti popoldne,
valuable lessons that day.
naučili nekaj pomembnega.
in their lives would support them
odrasli podprli,
to tell them how or when
da jim povemo, kako in kdaj
of a community of young people
mladih ljudi,
of a more equitable society,
within that society.
v tej družbi moč.
like the Soweto uprising
upor v Sowetu,
for social justice can look like.
kot orodje socialne pravičnosti.
they would participate in a protest
da bi sodelovali v protestu
of students to say that since 1967.
študentov od leta 1967.
who are having difficulty
ki imajo težave,
or "essential" goal for them.
to say that since the late 1960s.
mislečih po poznih 60. letih 20. stoletja.
for justice doesn't just follow
za pravičnost ne sledi le
I talked about earlier --
o katerih sem prej govorila,
engaging in activism,
in aktivizem pomagata
like leadership and critical thinking,
kot sta vodenje in kritično mišljenje,
with their political participation
z njihovim političnim udejstvovanjem,
to their communities later in life.
skupnosti kasneje v življenju.
that social justice matters to them
da jim je socialna pravičnost pomembna,
that it helps students learn.
da pomaga učencem pri učenju.
who participated in the Soweto uprising,
ki so sodelovali pri uporu v Sowetu,
represented divorce
predstavljal ločitev
had grown up under apartheid,
it was to speak out.
je spregovoriti.
potuhnili in ostali varni.
to lay low and stay safe.
were really conflicted, too.
v konfliktu s seboj.
encounter violence.
da lahko pride do nasilja.
that they would walk out
why they were protesting.
zakaj protestirajo.
some students' families,
that the school hadn't done more
da šola ni naredila več,
about getting this stuff wrong --
da bi bilo kaj narobe,
that we will listen to their voices
da jim bomo prisluhnili
to effect change.
to equip our students
that they need
ki jih potrebujejo,
to get out of their way,
to things that they care about.
uporabiti za stvari, ki so jim pomembne.
is going to require
that we're creative.
that we're brave enough
who try to silence
ki poskušajo utišati
that sometimes we will be the ones
da bomo včasih mi tisti,
in which systems that we have created,
na katere sistemi, ki smo jih ustvarili
and it's going to be painful
our own assumptions and beliefs.
v svoje domneve in prepričanja.
about rebellion in our kids?
razmišljanje o upiranju naših otrok?
against our ideas
that we're doing something right
kot znak, da delamo prav
manifested in more convenient ways --
manifestirali bolj konvencionalno,
or their standardized tests --
do not often go hand in hand.
ne gresta vedno z roko v roki.
critically about the world around them,
kritično razmišljati o svetu okoli sebe,
injustice when they see it
v nepravičnost, ko jo vidijo,
is going to require some rethinking
bo zahtevalo ponoven razmislek
and learning look like,
in učenje izgledata,
they're going to walk all over us
prosto pot, nas bodo pohodili
will devolve into total chaos.
se bo razvil popoln kaos.
and passively receive knowledge from us,
tiho in pasivno od nas sprejemali znanje,
feel overwhelming.
zdeli neobvladljivi.
that learning is sometimes messy,
da je učenje včasih neprijetno,
to brainstorm and mess up
in zablode
and want to learn
in se želijo učiti,
to facilitate that kind of learning.
šole, da bodo omogočale tovrstno učenje.
your eyes for a second
zaprite oči.
where teachers are thought partners,
vidimo kot na patnerje,
with complex, hard issues
s kompleksnimi, težkimi temami
the right answers.
where we let students make choices --
dovolimo učencem, da sami izbirajo,
the consequences of those choices.
posledice svoje izbire.
we let students be humans,
učencem biti ljudje
and the uncertainty
are already pushing the boundaries
že premikajo meje tega,
and learning can look like
in all kinds of schools,
for teachers who want to get better
za učitelje, ki želijo bolje
in a way that's more authentic
na način, ki je bolj avtentičen
that the work of education
v izobraževanju pogosto
sound really impressive,
zvenijo zelo veličastno,
to actually mean anything in practice.
but, rather, engines."
ampak stroji, ki poganjajo."
driving our work as teachers?
ki poganja naše delo kot učitelji?
to be found in the words of Cornel West,
v slavnih besedah Cornela Westa:
is what love looks like in public."
izgleda v javnosti."
teachers in the crowd
ali glagol.
than "I teach my subject."
"Učim svoj predmet."
a political act.
make tomorrow better.
polepšati jutrišnji dan.
to practice today.
da vadijo danes.
should start in our schools.
začeti v naših šolah.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Sydney Chaffee - EducatorSydney Chaffee believes that teachers and students can change the world together.
Why you should listen
As the 2017 National Teacher of the Year, Sydney Chaffee traveled the world to advocate for education as a transformative tool to help young people create more just societies. Chaffee teaches ninth grade Humanities at Codman Academy Charter Public School in Boston, MA and is a National Board Certified Teacher.
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