Alvin Irby: How to inspire every child to be a lifelong reader
Alvin Irby: Como inspirar crianças a serem grandes leitores
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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para eu ter boas habilidades de leitura.
to ensure I had good reading skills.
na mesa da cozinha, nos fins de semana,
reading lessons at our kitchen table
não despertaram um amor pela leitura.
didn't exactly inspire a love of reading.
contos curtos e fazer provas de gramática.
read short stories and did spelling tests.
pedi para trocar de turma.
to be switched into another class.
passei para o inglês avançado.
I joined advanced English.
sobre dois livros naquele semestre.
two book reports that semester.
entre as duas classes de inglês
between these two English classes
a fazer perguntas como:
white people come from?"
mais de 70% eram negros e latinos,
70 percent black and Latino,
havia alunos brancos por toda parte.
had white students everywhere.
with institutionalized racism
com o racismo institucionalizado
com a leitura para sempre.
with reading forever.
on a school, a teacher or curriculum
de uma escola, um professor ou currículo
than being intellectual,
do que intelectual,
permitir que outros ditassem
other people to dictate
I had stumbled upon a key
from one reading level to another,
a gravar listas de palavras desconhecidas,
to memorize lists of unfamiliar words,
this question:
a se identificarem como leitores?".
to identify as readers?
I taught in the Bronx,
para quem lecionei no Bronx,
how identity shapes learning.
molda a aprendizagem.
eu fui ao DeSean e disse:
I walk up to DeSean, and I say,
I'm a math genius!"
sou um gênio da matemática!".
to read," he would say.
que estão presos ao analfabetismo.
who remain trapped in illiteracy.
de Educação dos EUA,
Department of Education,
negros da quarta série
of black male fourth graders
as crianças encaram,
to reading children face,
os professores precisam ser.
educators need to be.
nos últimos oito anos,
for the past eight years,
of cultural competency,
da competência cultural,
como a habilidade de traduzir
saibam ou façam
to know or be able to do
relevantes e envolventes para elas.
that they find relevant and engaging.
eu analiso o público.
I assess an audience.
profissionais, conservadores?
professional, conservative?
would generate the most laughter.
eu poderia contar piadas de bar.
I could tell bar jokes.
experiências de leitura para crianças
reading experiences for children
piadas de bar na igreja,
of telling bar jokes in a church.
why so many children don't read.
o porquê de tantas crianças não lerem.
deveria ser recíproco.
should be two-way.
como caixas vazias para encher com fatos,
as empty buckets to be filled with facts
and school policies
se sentem como uma estátua
the individual learning needs,
a vontade que a pessoa tem de aprender,
apresentados a meninos negros
promoted to black boys
direitos civis e biografias.
civil rights and biographies.
nos EUA são negros
in the United States are black males.
são criados por mães solteiras.
are raised by single mothers.
viram um homem negro lendo,
who have never seen a black man reading.
por um homem negro.
encourage him to read.
quais sinais sociais presentes
what social cues are present
a young black boy to conclude
something he should do?
a barbearia-biblioteca.
para as crianças lerem.
reading spaces in barber shops.
identify as readers.
a se identificarem como leitores.
once or twice a month.
uma ou duas vezes no mês.
more than they see their fathers.
os barbeiros do que seus pais.
a leitura ao espaço central masculino
to a male-centered space
nas primeiras experiências com a leitura.
and boys' early reading experiences.
baseado na identidade
recomendados por meninos negros.
recommended by black boys.
that they actually want to read.
das crianças e da família de 2016
que as crianças procuram em um livro
children look for when choosing a book
em ajudar as crianças a ler
black boys and other children to read
de leitura relevantes
relevant male reading models
que os adultos amam
that adults love so much
ou até nojentos como o "Gross Greg".
like "Gross Greg".
Greg calls them delicious little sugars."
Greg as chama de doces deliciosos."
que alguns acabaram de ter...
and desperately need more of that.
e precisam mais disso.
que atormenta a educação americana
that plague American education
a dizer três palavras:
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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