Gene Luen Yang: Comics belong in the classroom
Gene Yang: Quadrinhos pertencem à sala de aula
Gene Luen Yang writes, and sometimes draws, comic books and graphic novels. Full bio
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of "DC Comics Presents #57"
da "DC Comics Presents #57"
at my local bookstore,
da banca de revistas local,
mudou minha vida.
did something inside my head
fez algo na minha cabeça
with the medium of comics.
pelos quadrinhos imediatamente.
didn't belong in the classroom.
não pertenciam à sala de aula.
wouldn't be either.
que meus professores também não.
e "graphic novels" para ensinar,
allowed during silent sustained reading,
nos momentos de leitura,
at our annual book fair.
feiras do livro anuais.
lendo quadrinhos,
a published cartoonist,
um cartunista publicado,
comic books for a living.
para me sustentar.
de ensino médio.
in Oakland, California.
em Oakland, Califórnia.
and a little bit of art,
into my classroom.
para a sala de aula.
on the first day of every class
a cada primeiro dia de aula,
to teach them with comics,
ensinar usando quadrinhos,
would make them think that I was cool.
fizessem eles me acharem descolado.
the cultural cachet that they do today.
o status que têm hoje.
They thought I was kind of a dork.
when stuff got hard in my class,
ficava feia na sala,
as a way of distracting me.
como forma de me distrair.
and ask me questions like,
e me perguntavam coisas do tipo:
would win in a fight,
que ganha uma briga,
my teaching and my cartooning separate.
manter as aulas e os quadrinhos separados.
in fifth grade were correct.
do quinto ano estavam certos.
in the classroom.
the educational potential of comics.
o potencial educativo dos quadrinhos.
for this Algebra 2 class.
para lecionar Álgebra 2.
and I said yes, but there was a problem.
professor substituto de longo prazo,
the school's educational technologist,
o técnico de informática da escola,
of this Algebra 2 class
da aula de Álgebra 2
helping another teacher
ajudando outro professor
that was terrible.
sub is bad enough,
é ruim o suficiente
That's the worst.
consistência aos meus alunos,
of consistency for my students,
myself giving lectures.
para mostrar aos meus alunos.
to play for my students.
o mais atraentes possível.
as engaging as possible.
these little special effects.
um problema na lousa,
a problem on the board,
that my students would love it,
and saying things like,
e dizendo coisas do tipo:
você entediante pessoalmente,
you were boring in person,
comecei a desenhar as aulas em quadrinhos.
I began drawing these lectures as comics.
e com pouco planejamento.
with very little planning.
desenhei um quadro após o outro,
draw one panel after the other,
dizer enquanto fazia.
to say as I went.
de quatro a seis páginas.
four and six pages long,
para o substituto entregar aos alunos.
to hand to my students.
to make these for them
em desenho do que pessoalmente.
more than actual me.
are part of a generation
porque meus alunos eram da geração
learning from a screen
que eles preferiam aprender de uma tela
these comics lectures so much,
tanto dos quadrinhos,
the educational potential of comics.
educativo dos quadrinhos.
dos livros de matemática,
numa cultura visual,
information that way.
receber informações assim.
de outras histórias visuais,
or animation or video,
animações ou vídeos,
all sit side by side on the same page.
presente e futuro estão lado a lado
of information flow
something in my comics lecture,
algo nas aulas em quadrinhos,
as quickly or as slowly as they needed.
o quão rápido ou devagar precisassem.
a remote control over the information.
um controle remoto da informação.
of my video lectures,
of my in-person lectures.
nas aulas presenciais.
as quickly or slowly as I want.
tão rápido ou devagar quanto eu quero.
and certain kinds of information,
de informação, para certos alunos,
its visual nature and its permanence,
somado à natureza visual e permanência,
educational tool.
educativa incrivelmente poderosa.
in education at Cal State East Bay.
em pedagogia na Cal State East Bay.
that I had with these comics lectures
com as aulas em quadrinhos
my final master's project on comics.
do mestrado em quadrinhos.
why American educators
educadores dos Estados Unidos
to use comic books in their classrooms.
em usar quadrinhos nas salas de aula.
a mass medium in the 1940s,
uma mídia de massa nos anos 40,
selling every month,
vendidas todos os meses,
bringing comics into their classrooms
começaram a trazer quadrinhos às aulas
of Educational Sociology"
de Sociologia Educacional"
to this topic.
a esse assunto.
to figure things out.
a lidar com isso.
Dr. Fredric Wertham,
Dr. Fredric Wertham,
called "Seduction of the Innocent,"
chamado "Sedução dos Inocentes",
cause juvenile delinquency.
causam delinquência juvenil.
a pretty decent guy.
um cara bem bacana.
trabalhando com jovens delinquentes,
working with juvenile delinquents,
that most of his clients read comic books.
a maioria dos clientes lia quadrinhos.
was in the 1940s and '50s,
foi que nos anos 40 e 50,
read comic books.
dos EUA liam quadrinhos.
dubious job of proving his case,
dúbio provando seu argumento,
the Senate of the United States
o Senado dos Estados Unidos
caused juvenile delinquency.
causavam delinquência juvenil.
for almost two months.
por quase dois meses.
but not before doing tremendous damage
sem antes causar um tremendo dano
in the eyes of the American public.
aos olhos do público nos EUA.
educators all backed away,
dos EUA deram as costas,
started making their way back in.
until pretty recently,
more widespread acceptance
are now finally making their way
estão finalmente fazendo o caminho
at Bishop O'Dowd, where I used to teach.
na Bishop O'Dowd, onde eu lecionei.
"Understanding Comics"
Comics" de Scott McCloud's
because that book gives his students
porque o livro dá aos alunos
the relationship between words and images.
a relação entre palavras e imagens.
to his students every year.
sobre quadrinhos aos alunos todos os anos.
to process a prose novel using images,
um romance em prosa usando imagens,
pensem profundamente
my own "American Born Chinese"
o meu quadrinho "Chinês Americano"
a Common Core Standard.
os parâmetros curriculares americanos.
que os alunos devem saber analisar
ought to be able to analyze
to the meaning, tone and beauty of a text.
contribuem para o significado,
has built a pretty impressive
criou uma coleção de graphic novels
for Bishop O'Dowd.
of her librarian colleagues
seus colegas bibliotecários
of comics advocacy,
em defesa dos quadrinhos,
when a school library journal article
um artigo do jornal da biblioteca
of graphic novels in the library
das graphic novels na biblioteca
of noncomics material
de materiais além dos quadrinhos
from American educators,
dos educadores nos EUA,
more explicitly educational content
mais conteúdo explicitamente educativo
escolar do que nunca.
at language arts,
às artes e linguagens,
quadrinhos e graphic novels
and graphic novels
math and science topics.
temas de matemática e ciências.
really are like this uncharted territory,
são tipo esse território desconhecido,
finalmente acordando para o fato
do not cause juvenile delinquency.
não causam delinquência juvenil.
in every educator's toolkit.
de todos os educadores.
to keep comic books and graphic novels
os quadrinhos e graphic novels
that remote control.
aquele controle remoto.
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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