Christopher Emdin: Teach teachers how to create magic

Prevoditelj: Ivana Bartulovic Recezent: Ivan Stamenković

Right now

Upravo sada

there is an aspiring teacher

negdje se jedna ambiciozna učiteljica,

who is working on a 60-page paper

koja radi na članku od 60 strana,

based on some age-old education theory

koji se temelji na nekoj staroj obrazovnoj teoriji

developed by some dead education professor

koju je razvio neki mrtvi profesor koji se bavi obrazovanjem,

wondering to herself what this task

pita kakve veze ovaj zadatak,

that she's engaging in

kojim se trenutačno bavi,

has to do with what she wants to do with her life,

ima veze sa onim s čime se ona želi baviti u životu,

which is be an educator,

a želi biti nastavnica,

change lives, and spark magic.

želi promijeniti živote i stvoriti čaroliju.

Right now there is an aspiring teacher

Upravo sada, jedna ambiciozna učiteljica

in a graduate school of education

na postdiplomskom nastavničkom studiju

who is watching a professor babble on and on

sluša profesora kako neprestano brblja

about engagement

o angažiranosti

in the most disengaging way possible.

na najneangažiraniji mogući način.

Right now

Upravo sada

there's a first-year teacher at home

kod kuće učiteljica prve godine

who is pouring through lesson plans

prolazi kroz pripreme za satove

trying to make sense of standards,

pokušavajući shvatiti standarde,

who is trying to make sense of how to grade students appropriately,

pokušava shvatiti kako ocijeniti učenike na odgovarajući način,

while at the same time saying to herself

u isto vrijeme govoreći sebi neprestano:

over and over again,

"Don't smile till November,"

"Nemoj se smijati do studenog",

because that's what she was taught

jer tako su je učili

in her teacher education program.

u njenom programu za obrazovanje nastavnika.

Right now there's a student

Upravo sada jedan učenik

who is coming up with a way

pokušava smisliti način

to convince his mom or dad

da uvjeri mamu ili tatu

that he's very, very sick

da je jako, jako bolestan

and can't make it to school tomorrow.

i da ne može ići sutra u školu.

On the other hand, right now

S druge strane, upravo sada

there are amazing educators

nevjerojatni nastavnici

that are sharing information,

dijele informacije.

information that is shared in such a beautiful way

Informacije koje se dijele na tako divan način

that the students are sitting at the edge of their seats

da učenici sjede na rubovima svojih stolica

just waiting for a bead of sweat

i samo čekaju da kapljica znoja

to drop off the face of this person

padne sa lica te osobe

so they can soak up all that knowledge.

kako bi mogli upiti svo to znanje.

Right now there is also a person

Upravo sada postoji i osoba

who has an entire audience rapt with attention,

koja je zaokupila pozornost publike,

a person that is weaving a powerful narrative

osoba koja plete snažnu pripovijest

about a world

o svijetu

that the people who are listening

kojeg ljudi koji slušaju

have never imagined or seen before,

nikada prije nisu zamislili ni vidjeli,

but if they close their eyes tightly enough,

ali ako dovoljno čvrsto zatvore oči

they can envision that world

mogu ga zamisliti

because the storytelling is so compelling.

jer je pripovijedanje tako uvjerljivo.

Right now there's a person who can tell an audience

Upravo sada postoji osoba koja može reći publici

to put their hands up in the air

da podignu ruke u zrak

and they will stay there till he says,

i ostat će tako dok on ne kaže:

"Put them down."

"Spustite ih."

Right now.

Upravo sada.

So people will then say,

I onda će ljudi reći:

"Well, Chris, you describe the guy

"Pa, Chris, ti opisuješ čovjeka

who is going through some awful training

koji prolazi kroz groznu obuku

but you're also describing these powerful educators.

ali opisuješ i neke snažne nastavnike.

If you're thinking about the world of education

Ako razmišljaš o svijetu obrazovanja,

or urban education in particular,

naročito urbanog obrazovanja,

these guys will probably cancel each other out,

oni će se vjerojatno međusobno poništiti

and then we'll be okay."

i onda će sve biti dobro."

The reality is, the folks I described

Stvar je u tome što su ljudi koje sam opisao

as the master teachers,

kao odlične učitelje,

the master narrative builders,

kao odlične sastavljače pripovijesti,

the master storytellers

kao odlične pripovijedače,

are far removed from classrooms.

daleko od učionica.

The folks who know the skills about how to teach

Ljudi koji posjeduju vještine da nauče

and engage an audience

i zainteresiraju publiku

don't even know what teacher certification means.

ne znaju ni što znači certificiranje nastavnika.

They may not even have the degrees

Možda nemaju ni diplome

to be able to have anything

kojima bi pokazali da imaju nešto

to call an education.

što mogu nazvati obrazovanjem.

And that to me is sad.

I to je meni tužno.

It's sad because the people who I described,

Tužno je jer ljudi koje sam opisao,

they were very disinterested in the learning process,

nisu bili zainteresirani za proces učenja,

want to be effective teachers,

a žele biti učinkoviti nastavnici,

but they have no models.

ali nemaju nikakve uzore.

I'm going to paraphrase Mark Twain.

Parafrazirat ću Marka Twaina.

Mark Twain says that proper preparation,

Mark Twain je rekao da je pravilna priprema,

or teaching,

ili poučavanje,

is so powerful that it can turn bad morals to good,

tako moćna da može pretvoriti loš moral u dobar,

it can turn awful practices into powerful ones,

može pretvoriti grozne postupke u snažne,

it can change men and transform them

može promijeniti ljude i pretvoriti ih

into angels.

u anđele.

The folks who I described earlier

Ljudi koje sam ranije opisao

got proper preparation in teaching,

dobro su se pripremili za poučavanje,

not in any college or university,

ali ne na fakultetima i sveučilištima,

but by virtue of just being in the same spaces of those who engage.

nego zahvaljujući tome što su bili na istom mjestu onih koji znaju angažirati.

Guess where those places are?

Pogodite koja su to mjesta?

Barber shops,

Brijačnice,

rap concerts, and most importantly,

rap koncerti, i najvažnije,

in the black church.

crnačka crkva.

And I've been framing this idea called Pentecostal pedagogy.

Ja pokušavam formulirati ideju koja se zove Pentekostalna pedagogija.

Who here has been to a black church?

Tko je od vas bio u crnačkoj crkvi?

We got a couple of hands.

Nekoliko ljudi je diglo ruke.

You go to a black church,

Kada odete u crnačku crkvu,

their preacher starts off

njihov propovijednik počne sa misom

and he realizes that he has to engage the audience,

i shvaća da mora uključiti publiku.

so he starts off with this sort of wordplay

Onda započne sa nekakvom igrom riječi,

in the beginning oftentimes,

najčešće u početku,

and then he takes a pause,

i onda se zaustavi,

and he says, "Oh my gosh, they're not quite paying attention."

i kaže: "O Bože, ne slušaju me baš."

So he says, "Can I get an amen?"

Zato kaže, " Mogu li čuti amen?"

Audience: Amen.

Publika: Amen.

Chris Emdin: So I can I get an amen? Audience: Amen.

Chris Emdin: Mogu li čuti amen? Publika: Amen.

CE: And all of a sudden, everybody's reawoken.

CE: I odjenom su se svi probudili.

That preacher bangs on the pulpit for attention.

On privlaći pažnju udaranjem po govornici.

He drops his voice at a very, very low volume

Stiša glas jako, jako tiho

when he wants people to key into him,

kada želi da ga ljudi pozornije slušaju.

and those things are the skills that we need

I to su vještine koje trebamo

for the most engaging teachers.

za najangažiranije učitelje.

So why does teacher education

Pa zašto onda obrazovanje nastavnika

only give you theory and theory

samo nudi teorije

and tell you about standards and tell you about

i govori i standardima i govori o

all of these things that have nothing to do

svim stvarima koje nemaju veze

with the basic skills, that magic that you need

sa osnovnim vještinama, sa čarolijom koju trebate

to engage an audience, to engage a student?

da uključite publiku, ili učenika?

So I make the argument that we reframe teacher education,

Pa je moj argument da preoblikujemo obrazovanje nastavnika.

that we could focus on content, and that's fine,

Možemo se koncentrirati na sadržaj, i to je u redu,

and we could focus on theories, and that's fine,

i možemo se koncentrirati na teorije, i to je u redu,

but content and theories

ali sadržaj i teorije bez čarolije

with the absence of the magic

of teaching and learning means nothing.

poučavanja i učenja ne znači ništa.

Now people oftentimes say, "Well, magic is just magic."

Ljudi često kažu, "Pa, čarolija je samo čarolija."

There are teachers who,

Postoje nastavnici koji,

despite all their challenges, who have those skills,

unatoč svim izazovima posjeduju te vještine,

get into those schools and are able to engage an audience,

koji dođu u te škole i uspiju angažirati publiku,

and the administrator walks by and says,

i kada ravnatelj prođe pokraj njih kaže,

"Wow, he's so good, I wish all my teachers could be that good."

"Vau, odličan je. Volio bih da su svi moji nastavnici tako dobri."

And when they try to describe what that is,

I kada pokušaju objasniti što se tu događa

they just say, "He has that magic."

samo kažu, "On ima ono nešto čarobno."

But I'm here to tell you

Ali ja sam tu da vam kažem

that magic can be taught.

da se tu čaroliju može naučiti.

Magic can be taught.

Čarolija se može naučiti.

Magic can be taught.

Čarolija se može naučiti.

Now, how do you teach it?

Sad, kako je poučavati?

You teach it by allowing people

Poučava se tako da pustite ljude

to go into those spaces

da odu u one prostore

where the magic is happening.

gdje se čarolija događa.

If you want to be an aspiring teacher in urban education,

Ako želite biti ambiciozni učitelj urbanog obrazovanja

you've got to leave the confines of that university

morate napustiti granice sveučilišta

and go into the hood.

i ići u kvart.

You've got to go in there and hang out at the barbershop,

Morate ići u kvart i visiti po brijačnicama

you've got to attend that black church,

morate ići u crnačku crkvu,

and you've got to view those folks

i morate vidjeti te ljude

that have the power to engage

koji imaju snagu angažirati

and just take notes on what they do.

i onda samo bilježiti što oni rade.

At our teacher education classes at my university,

Na satovima metodike nastave na mom sveučilištu

I've started a project where every single student

započeo sam projekt u kojem svaki student

that comes in there sits and watches rap concerts.

koji dođe na nastavu, sjedi i gleda rap koncerte.

They watch the way that the rappers move

Gledaju način na koji se reperi kreću

and talk with their hands.

i kako pričaju sa rukama.

They study the way that he walks proudly across that stage.

Proučavaju kako se ponosno kreće po pozornici.

They listen to his metaphors and analogies,

Slušaju njegove metafore i analogije

and they start learning these little things

i tako počinju učiti sitnice koje,

that if they practice enough

ako ih se dovoljno vježba,

becomes the key to magic.

postaju ključne za čaroliju.

They learn that if you just stare at a student

Uče da ako samo pogledate učenika

and raise your eyebrow about a quarter of an inch,

i podignete obrvu za pola centimetra,

you don't have to say a word

ne trebate reći ništa

because they know that that means that you want more.

jer učenici znaju da to znači da želite više od njih.

And if we could transform teacher education

I kad bi mogli promijeniti metodiku nastave

to focus on teaching teachers

da se fokusira na poučavanje učitelja

how to create that magic

kako da stvore čaroliju,

then poof! we could make dead classes come alive,

onda puf! mogli bi oživjeti mrtve satove,

we could reignite imaginations,

mogli bi ponovno oživjeti maštu,

and we can change education.

i mogli bi promijeniti obrazovanje.

Thank you.

Hvala vam!

(Applause)

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