Gene Luen Yang: Comics belong in the classroom
楊謹倫: 漫畫是屬於教室的
Gene Luen Yang writes, and sometimes draws, comic books and graphic novels. Full bio
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of "DC Comics Presents #57"
at my local bookstore,
(漫畫)第 57 期,
did something inside my head
在我的腦中產生了某種效應,
with the medium of comics.
漫畫書讀者,
didn't belong in the classroom.
wouldn't be either.
用漫畫書來教書,
allowed during silent sustained reading,
選讀漫畫書和圖像小說,
at our annual book fair.
a published cartoonist,
有作品出版的漫畫家,
comic books for a living.
in Oakland, California.
and a little bit of art,
into my classroom.
on the first day of every class
第一天就告訴學生
to teach them with comics,
would make them think that I was cool.
漫畫會讓他們覺得我很酷。
the cultural cachet that they do today.
They thought I was kind of a dork.
他們覺得我是某種呆子。
when stuff got hard in my class,
教比較難的內容時,
as a way of distracting me.
讓我分心的方式。
and ask me questions like,
would win in a fight,
my teaching and my cartooning separate.
我得把教學和漫畫給切割開。
in fifth grade were correct.
in the classroom.
the educational potential of comics.
for this Algebra 2 class.
「代數 2」的代課老師。
and I said yes, but there was a problem.
我說好,但有個問題。
the school's educational technologist,
教育科學技術人員,
of this Algebra 2 class
這門「代數 2」的課,
helping another teacher
在其他教室協助其他老師
that was terrible.
這是很糟的狀況。
sub is bad enough,
代課老師已經夠糟了,
That's the worst.
代課老師?那更糟。
of consistency for my students,
myself giving lectures.
教課的過程拍攝下來。
to play for my students.
代課老師,放給我的學生看。
as engaging as possible.
盡可能有互動性和吸引力。
these little special effects.
a problem on the board,
解完了一個問題,
魔法般地自動擦乾淨。
that my students would love it,
and saying things like,
you were boring in person,
你本人已經夠無趣了,
你實在讓人忍無可忍。」
I began drawing these lectures as comics.
我開始把教學畫成漫畫。
with very little planning.
只用很短的時間完成它。
draw one panel after the other,
一張又一張畫下去,
to say as I went.
我想要說什麼。
four and six pages long,
to hand to my students.
代課老師,轉交給我的學生。
to make these for them
more than actual me.
勝過真正的我。
are part of a generation
因為我的學生是屬於
learning from a screen
比較喜歡從螢幕上學習,
these comics lectures so much,
喜歡這些漫畫教學時,
the educational potential of comics.
information that way.
來取得資訊。
or animation or video,
all sit side by side on the same page.
都能肩併肩出現在同一張頁面上。
of information flow
something in my comics lecture,
有某些東西我的學生不了解,
as quickly or as slowly as they needed.
要快要慢就看他們的需求。
a remote control over the information.
一個搖控器可以控制那些資訊。
of my video lectures,
of my in-person lectures.
as quickly or slowly as I want.
快慢速度將資訊傳遞出去。
and certain kinds of information,
及某些種類的資訊而言,
its visual nature and its permanence,
視覺性的本質以及永久性,
educational tool.
in education at Cal State East Bay.
東灣分校攻讀教育碩士學位。
that I had with these comics lectures
這項經驗讓我大感好奇,
my final master's project on comics.
專案計畫就要用這個題材。
why American educators
to use comic books in their classrooms.
把漫畫書用在教室中。
a mass medium in the 1940s,
變成大眾媒體,
selling every month,
bringing comics into their classrooms
把漫畫帶到他們的教室中,
of Educational Sociology"
to this topic.
to figure things out.
Dr. Fredric Wertham,
(Fredric Wertham)醫生,
called "Seduction of the Innocent,"
書名叫《誘惑無辜》,
cause juvenile delinquency.
會造成青少年犯罪。
a pretty decent guy.
working with juvenile delinquents,
都在處理青少年犯罪問題,
that most of his clients read comic books.
他大部分的客戶都會看漫畫書。
was in the 1940s and '50s,
在 40 及 50 年代,
read comic books.
dubious job of proving his case,
the Senate of the United States
caused juvenile delinquency.
真的會造成青少年犯罪。
for almost two months.
but not before doing tremendous damage
但已經重重地傷害了
in the eyes of the American public.
educators all backed away,
美國教育家通通都退縮了,
started making their way back in.
開始重新回到這條路上。
until pretty recently,
more widespread acceptance
are now finally making their way
at Bishop O'Dowd, where I used to teach.
主教奥多德高中。
"Understanding Comics"
《漫畫原來要這樣看》
because that book gives his students
因為那本書能提供他的學生
the relationship between words and images.
文字和影像之間關係的語言。
to his students every year.
漫畫短文作業給他的學生,
to process a prose novel using images,
my own "American Born Chinese"
寫的《美生中國人》
a Common Core Standard.
可以履行「共同核心標準」。
ought to be able to analyze
學生應該要能分析
to the meaning, tone and beauty of a text.
調性,以及美有什麼貢獻。
has built a pretty impressive
for Bishop O'Dowd.
of her librarian colleagues
of comics advocacy,
when a school library journal article
圖書館期刊的文章指出
of graphic novels in the library
圖像小說這件事,
of noncomics material
from American educators,
再次對漫畫產生興趣,
more explicitly educational content
現在製作出了比以前更多專門為
中學教育設計的內容。
at language arts,
and graphic novels
math and science topics.
really are like this uncharted territory,
圖像小說就像是未知的領域,
do not cause juvenile delinquency.
in every educator's toolkit.
to keep comic books and graphic novels
漫畫書和圖像小說進入
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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