Alvin Irby: How to inspire every child to be a lifelong reader
ألفين أوربي: كيف تلهم أي طفل ليكون قارئًا مدى الحياة
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.
أن لدي مهارات جيّدة في القراءة.
reading lessons at our kitchen table
في عطلة نهاية الأسبوع على طاولة المطبخ
didn't exactly inspire a love of reading.
لم تلهمني لحب المطالعة.
read short stories and did spelling tests.
على قراءة قصص قصيرة واختبارات التهجئة.
to be switched into another class.
طلبت أن يتم تحويلي إلى صفّ آخر.
I joined advanced English.
إلى صف الإنجليزية المتقدّم.
two book reports that semester.
خلال ذلك الفصل.
between these two English classes
بين صفّي الإنجليزية هذين
white people come from?"
ذوي البشرة البيضاء؟"
70 percent black and Latino,
من السود والآسيويين،
had white students everywhere.
يضم العديد من الطلّاب البيض في كل مكان.
with institutionalized racism
مع العنصريّة المؤسسيّة
with reading forever.
on a school, a teacher or curriculum
أو المعلم أو المناهج الدراسيّة
than being intellectual,
لا رغبة في أن أكون مثقّفًا،
other people to dictate
الناس الآخرين يملون علي
I had stumbled upon a key
عثرت على طريقة
from one reading level to another,
to memorize lists of unfamiliar words,
على تذكّر قائمةٍ من الكلمات غير المعهودة،
this question:
هذا السؤال:
to identify as readers?
ليصبحوا قرّاءً؟
I taught in the Bronx,
درّسته في (ذا برونكس)،
how identity shapes learning.
وفقًا للهوية
I walk up to DeSean, and I say,
ذهبت إلى ديشان، وقلت له:
I'm a math genius!"
أنا نابغة في الرياضيات!"
to read," he would say.
هذا ما كان يقوله.
who remain trapped in illiteracy.
الذين لا يزالون محاصرين في الأميّة
Department of Education,
of black male fourth graders
في الصف الرابع
to reading children face,
أمام قراءة الأطفال،
educators need to be.
من الناحية الثقافية.
for the past eight years,
على مدى السنوات 8 الماضية،
of cultural competency,
to know or be able to do
أو يكون قادرًا على فعله
that they find relevant and engaging.
يجدها ذات صلة ومشوقة.
I assess an audience.
أقيّم الجمهور
هل هم آسيويّون؟
professional, conservative?
محترفيين، متحفّظين؟
would generate the most laughter.
I could tell bar jokes.
بإمكاني إلقاء نكاتٍ محظورة.
reading experiences for children
of telling bar jokes in a church.
why so many children don't read.
من الأطفال الذين لا يطالعون.
should be two-way.
يجب أن يكونا في اتجاهين.
as empty buckets to be filled with facts
لتملأ بالحقائق
and school policies
the individual learning needs,
احتياجات التعلم الفردية،
promoted to black boys
الموجّهة للأطفال السّود
civil rights and biographies.
والحقوق المدنية والسّير الذّاتية.
in the United States are black males.
المتحدة الأمريكية هم من السّود.
are raised by single mothers.
تمت تنشئتهم من قبل أمهات عازبات.
who have never seen a black man reading.
لم يروا قطُّ رجلاً أسودًا يطالع.
encourage him to read.
لتشجيعهم على المطالعة.
what social cues are present
وماهي الدلائل الاجتماعيّة
a young black boy to conclude
أن تقود شابًا أسودًا لاستنتاج
something he should do?
يجب عليه أن يفعله؟
reading spaces in barber shops.
في محلات الحلاقة.
identify as readers.
once or twice a month.
مرة أو مرتين في الشهر.
more than they see their fathers.
أكثر من رؤيتهم لآبائهم.
to a male-centered space
بالفضاءات التي تركّز على الذّكور
and boys' early reading experiences.
للرجال والأطفال السّود.
recommended by black boys.
التى أوصى بها الأولاد السّود.
that they actually want to read.
التي يودّون فعلًا قراءتها.
تهتم بالأطفال والعائلات
children look for when choosing a book
حين يختار كتابًا
black boys and other children to read
الأولاد السّود وغيرهم على القراءة
relevant male reading models
ذات صلة بقراءة الذكور
that adults love so much
التي يحبها الكبار كثيرا
like "Gross Greg".
كـ "غروس جريج".
Greg calls them delicious little sugars."
غريج يدعوها قطع السكر الحلوة الصغيرة."
and desperately need more of that.
ويحتاجون الكثير من ذلك بشدّة.
that plague American education
التي يعاني منها التعليم الأمريكي
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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