Anindya Kundu: The boost students need to overcome obstacles
Anindya Kundu: Um incentivo para os estudantes ultrapassarem obstáculos
TED Resident Anindya Kundu is reframing our notions of achievement and ability through his sociological research, which suggests all students can succeed if provided the right support systems. Full bio
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about inequality and race in education,
sobre a desigualdade e etnia no ensino,
to any of my students
a todos os meus alunos
students, Mahari,
a bit like an outcast because he's black.
posto de parte por ser negro.
de uma faculdade comunitária
from a community college
of students at NYU are black.
na NYU são negros.
of being an outsider
de ser um intruso
a fazer o que faço.
faculty members of color,
my family's social mobility,
mobilidade social da minha família,
into a nice house,
para uma bela casa,
white neighborhood.
predominantemente branco.
that I didn't smell like curry.
por eu não cheirar a caril.
ao pequeno-almoço.
with feeling isolated.
estava a lidar com esse sentimento.
de se sentir sozinho,
à volta da sua coragem
Dr. Angela Duckworth,
é a Dra. Angela Duckworth,
this stick-to-itiveness of grit
esta teimosia da coragem
and passion for long-term goals."
e a paixão por objetivos a longo prazo."
tornou-se um "bestseller",
"grit" as a core value.
como um valor central.
something more specific
precisar de algo mais especifico
that he mentioned to me.
os obstáculos que mencionara.
I also study achievement,
estudo também os resultados,
um pouco diferente.
immense obstacles
imensos obstáculos
incarcerated or perhaps undocumented,
presos ou talvez emigrantes ilegais,
with substance abuse
com abuso de drogas
de violência ou sexuais.
of the grittiest people I've met.
mais corajosas que já conheci.
he fell in with the wrong crowd.
a dar-se com quem não devia.
a trabalhar arduamente.
he was able to get a master's,
conseguiu tirar um mestrado,
sem fins lucrativos.
muitas vezes em criança,
to Staten Island to the Bronx.
para Staten Island, para o Bronx.
by her extended family,
pela sua numerosa família,
had a heroin addiction.
e teve um filho.
to go to community college,
entrar numa escola técnica,
to finish her bachelor's.
de elite e terminar os estudos.
hear these stories and say,
ouvir estas histórias e pensar:
têm mesmo coragem.
by the bootstraps."
that helped to influence their agency,
que influenciaram as suas ações,
the obstacles that they were facing
que enfrentavam
given their circumstances.
tendo em conta as circunstâncias.
was actually aimless at first,
andou perdido no início,
took him aside
se aproximou dele
with the youth program.
com o programa de jovens.
and possibilities in the teens.
erros e o potencial nos adolescentes.
in taking college-credit courses.
pelos cursos de equivalência.
who have been formerly incarcerated.
são ex-reclusos.
a master's in social work,
um mestrado em ação social,
at Columbia about prison reform.
sobre a reforma prisional.
called Vocational Foundation
chamado "Fundação Vocacional"
a cada duas semanas,
com computadores.
are what helped her get her GED,
que a ajudaram a obter o diploma,
from a very serious kidney failure,
uma grave insuficiência renal,
because she was only born with one kidney.
uma vez que nascera com apenas um rim.
waiting for a successful transplant.
à espera de um transplante.
had kept in touch with her,
mantiveram o contacto com ela,
that allowed her to become accepted
que lhe permitiu ser aceite
for women in the country,
para mulheres do país,
for her young son.
ao seu jovem filho.
is that teaching is social
é que o ensino é social
pushing these two in one direction,
estes dois numa direção,
mentorship and opportunities,
à medida e oportunidades,
on their circumstances
nas suas circunstâncias
like developing a network,
simples como desenvolver uma rede,
that we have needed from time to time,
que precisamos de vez em quando,
em pessoas como estas,
as exceptional, but not as exceptions.
como excecionais, mas não como exceções .
to help students in similar situations.
alunos em situações similares.
and now even Trump,
Obama e mesmo Trump,
"the civil rights issue of our time,"
do nosso tempo,"
tratá-la dessa forma.
about the agency that their students have
na capacidade de ação que os alunos têm
when they push them,
quando os estimulam,
more relevant to their lives,
mais relevante para a sua vida,
reservoirs of grit and character.
internos de coragem e caráter.
with scholarships,
com uma bolsa
of recommendation.
cartas de recomendação.
is what got him this achievement,
que o levou a alcançar este feito,
his voice along the way,
ao longo do caminho,
a little bit shy and awkward,
um pouco tímido e desenquadrado,
he will rely a lot on his grit
muito na sua coragem
that first-year law school grind,
o seu primeiro ano de faculdade,
to succeed even more.
e ter cada vez mais sucesso.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Anindya Kundu - Sociologist, educator, writerTED Resident Anindya Kundu is reframing our notions of achievement and ability through his sociological research, which suggests all students can succeed if provided the right support systems.
Why you should listen
Anindya Kundu studies the potential of human agency to help people create positive change in their lives. His research involves learning how students can navigate around personal, social and institutional challenges to succeed. Kundu's book Achieving Agency is forthcoming.
At NYU, Kundu has taught the course, "American Dilemmas: Race, Inequality, and the Unfulfilled Promise of Public Education," originally designed by achievement gap scholar, Dr. Pedro Noguera. Kundu was the 2017 recipient of the NYU "Outstanding Doctoral Student Teaching Award." He also teaches high school students storytelling through The Moth in New York City.
Kundu frequently contributes to public discourse on education. His work has appeared in NPR Education, MSNBC and Huffington Post. Kundu says, "There is intellectual talent going uncultivated and unnoticed in our communities. If we remember education is our greatest public responsibility, we can better tackle the social problems that lie ahead, together."
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