Christopher Emdin: Teach teachers how to create magic

Translator: Andreja Benčina Reviewer: Nika Kotnik

Right now

Prav zdaj

there is an aspiring teacher

je nekje bodoča učiteljica,

who is working on a 60-page paper

ki dela na šestdeset-stranskem poročilu,

based on some age-old education theory

ki temelji na neki pradavni izobraževalni teoriji,

developed by some dead education professor

ki jo je razvil že davno pokojni profesor poučevanja

wondering to herself what this task

in se sprašuje, kakšno zvezo ima ta naloga,

that she's engaging in

ki se je loteva,

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

sploh z njenimi življenjskimi cilji

which is be an educator,

in to je postati učiteljica,

change lives, and spark magic.

spreminjati življenja in ustvarjati čarovnijo.

Right now there is an aspiring teacher

Prav zdaj je nekje bodoči učitelj

in a graduate school of education

na fakulteti za učitelje,

who is watching a professor babble on and on

ki gleda profesorja blebetati

about engagement

o zavzetosti

in the most disengaging way possible.

na kar najbolj nezavzet način.

Right now

Prav zdaj

there's a first-year teacher at home

je nekje doma mlada učiteljica,

who is pouring through lesson plans

ki pregleduje učne priprave

trying to make sense of standards,

in skuša najti smisel v učnih standardih,

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

skuša najti pravi način za ocenjevanje učencev,

while at the same time saying to herself

ko si hkrati ponavlja

over and over again,

znova in znova

"Don't smile till November,"

"Brez nasmeha do novembra",

because that's what she was taught

ker je to tisto, kar so jo naučili

in her teacher education program.

med njenim študijem.

Right now there's a student

Prav zdaj je nekje učenec,

who is coming up with a way

ki si izmišlja način,

to convince his mom or dad

da prepriča svoje starše,

that he's very, very sick

da je zelo, zelo bolan

and can't make it to school tomorrow.

in jutri ne more v šolo.

On the other hand, right now

Po drugi strani pa so prav zdaj

there are amazing educators

nekje neverjetni učitelji,

that are sharing information,

ki delijo znanje,

information that is shared in such a beautiful way

ki se širi na tako čudovit način,

that the students are sitting at the edge of their seats

da učenci sedijo na robu svojih sedežev

just waiting for a bead of sweat

in samo čakajo, da bo kaplja potu

to drop off the face of this person

padla z obraza te osebe,

so they can soak up all that knowledge.

da bodo lahko posrkali vse to znanje.

Right now there is also a person

Prav zdaj je nekje tudi oseba,

who has an entire audience rapt with attention,

ki je ujela občinstvo v napeto pričakovanje,

a person that is weaving a powerful narrative

oseba, ki plete vplivno pripoved

about a world

o svetu,

that the people who are listening

da ljudje, ki pripoved poslušajo

have never imagined or seen before,

in tega sveta še niso videli,

but if they close their eyes tightly enough,

a če dovolj tesno zaprejo svoje oči

they can envision that world

si ga lahko zamislijo,

because the storytelling is so compelling.

saj je pripoved tako privlačna.

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

Prav zdaj je nekje oseba, ki lahko reče občinstvu

to put their hands up in the air

naj dvignejo roke v zrak

and they will stay there till he says,

in tam bodo dokler jim ne reče:

"Put them down."

"Spustite jih."

Right now.

Prav zdaj.

So people will then say,

In ljudje bodo rekli:

"Well, Chris, you describe the guy

"No, Chris, opisuješ človeka,

who is going through some awful training

ki je opravil kako strašno urjenje,

but you're also describing these powerful educators.

opisuješ pa tudi izjemne učitelje.

If you're thinking about the world of education

Če pomisliš na izobraževanje,

or urban education in particular,

še posebno tisto v mestih,

these guys will probably cancel each other out,

se bodo ti ljudje med seboj izničili

and then we'll be okay."

in vse bo v redu."

The reality is, the folks I described

Resnica je, da se ljudje, ki sem jih opisal

as the master teachers,

kot mojstre učitelje,

the master narrative builders,

mojstre oblikovanja pripovedi,

the master storytellers

mojstre pripovednike,

are far removed from classrooms.

nahajajo daleč od učilnic.

The folks who know the skills about how to teach

Ljudje, ki poznajo veščine poučevanja

and engage an audience

in kako navdušiti občinstvo

don't even know what teacher certification means.

sploh ne vedo kaj je strokovni izpit.

They may not even have the degrees

Lahko celo nimajo diplom,

to be able to have anything

ki bi pomenile, da imajo

to call an education.

nekaj podobnega izobrazbi.

And that to me is sad.

Zame je to žalostno.

It's sad because the people who I described,

Žalostno, ker so bili ljudje, ki sem jih opisal

they were very disinterested in the learning process,

vedno nezainteresirani za učni proces,

want to be effective teachers,

hočejo biti učinkoviti učitelji

but they have no models.

a nimajo vzornikov.

I'm going to paraphrase Mark Twain.

Če povzamem Marka Twaina.

Mark Twain says that proper preparation,

Pravi, da sta prava priprava,

or teaching,

ali poučevanje

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

tako močna, da lahko obrneta slabo moralo v dobro

it can turn awful practices into powerful ones,

in strašne prakse v mogočne,

it can change men and transform them

lahko spremenita ljudi in jih preobrazita

into angels.

v angele.

The folks who I described earlier

Ljudje, ki sem jih opisoval prej,

got proper preparation in teaching,

so imeli dobro pripravo v poučevanju,

not in any college or university,

a ne na univerzah,

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

ampak z obiskovanjem istih krajev, kot ciljno občinstvo.

Guess where those places are?

Uganete kateri so ti kraji?

Barber shops,

Brivnice,

rap concerts, and most importantly,

rap koncerti in najpomembneje

in the black church.

črnske cerkve.

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

Oblikoval sem zamisel imenovano binkoštna pedagogika.

Who here has been to a black church?

Kdo med vami je že bil v črnski cerkvi?

We got a couple of hands.

Vidim nekaj rok.

You go to a black church,

Ko greste v črnsko cerkev

their preacher starts off

pridigar začne

and he realizes that he has to engage the audience,

in spozna, da mora spodbuditi občinstvo

so he starts off with this sort of wordplay

zato prične z neke vrste besedno igro,

in the beginning oftentimes,

pogosto na začetku,

and then he takes a pause,

in nato naredi premor

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

in potem reče: "O, moj bog, niso prav pozorni."

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

Zato reče: "Ali lahko rečete amen?"

Audience: Amen.

Občinstvo: "Amen."

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

Chris Emdin: Torej, lahko rečete amen? Občinstvo: Amen.

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

CE: In kar naenkrat se vsi zbudijo.

That preacher bangs on the pulpit for attention.

Pridigar udari po prižnici za pozornost

He drops his voice at a very, very low volume

svoj glas stiša,

when he wants people to key into him,

ko hoče, da mu zares prisluhnejo

and those things are the skills that we need

in to so veščine, ki jih potrebujemo

for the most engaging teachers.

za najbolj učinkovite učitelje.

So why does teacher education

Zakaj torej izobraževanje učiteljev

only give you theory and theory

podaja zgolj teorijo in teorijo

and tell you about standards and tell you about

in govori o standardih in o vseh stvareh,

all of these things that have nothing to do

ki nimajo nobene povezave

with the basic skills, that magic that you need

z osnovnimi veščinami, z magijo, ki jo potrebuješ

to engage an audience, to engage a student?

za aktiviranje občinstva in učencev?

So I make the argument that we reframe teacher education,

Zato pravim, da preoblikujmo izobraževanje učiteljev tako,

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

da se lahko posvetimo samo vsebini in je to OK,

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

ali samo teorijam in je to OK,

but content and theories

a vsebina in teorije

with the absence of the magic

brez magije

of teaching and learning means nothing.

učenja in poučevanja, ne pomeni ničesar.

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

Ljudje včasih rečejo: "Čarovnija, je pač čarovnija."

There are teachers who,

Obstajajo učitelji,

despite all their challenges, who have those skills,

ki kljub izzivom, s temi veščinami,

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

vstopijo v šole in zmorejo zagreti občinstvo

and the administrator walks by and says,

in šolski uradnik gre mimo in reče:

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

"Uau, tako dober je, ko bi bili moji učitelji taki."

And when they try to describe what that is,

In ko skušajo opisati, kaj to je,

they just say, "He has that magic."

rečejo samo: "Ima nekaj čarobnega."

But I'm here to tell you

A tu sem, a vam povem,

that magic can be taught.

da se je čarovnije mogoče naučiti.

Magic can be taught.

Čarovnije se je mogoče naučiti.

Magic can be taught.

Čarovnije se je mogoče naučiti.

Now, how do you teach it?

Kako pa jo naučimo?

You teach it by allowing people

Naučimo jo s tem, da dovolimo ljudem,

to go into those spaces

da gredo v prostore

where the magic is happening.

kjer se čarovnija dogaja.

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

Če hočete postati učitelj v mestu

you've got to leave the confines of that university

morate izven meja univerze,

and go into the hood.

v sosesko.

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

Morate tja in sedeti v brivnici,

you've got to attend that black church,

iti v črnsko cerkev

and you've got to view those folks

in videti te ljudi,

that have the power to engage

ki imajo moč, da aktivirajo

and just take notes on what they do.

in zamo zapisovati kaj počnejo.

At our teacher education classes at my university,

Na naših predavanjih za učitelje na moji univerzi

I've started a project where every single student

sem začel projekt, kjer so vsi študentje

that comes in there sits and watches rap concerts.

na predavanju gledali rap koncerte.

They watch the way that the rappers move

Opazujejo kako se gibljejo

and talk with their hands.

in govorijo s kretnjami rok.

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

Preučujejo kako ponosno stopa po odru.

They listen to his metaphors and analogies,

Poslušajo njegove metafore in analogije

and they start learning these little things

in se naučijo teh malih stvari,

that if they practice enough

ki z dovolj vaje

becomes the key to magic.

postanejo ključ do čarovnije.

They learn that if you just stare at a student

Naučijo se, da lahko samo strmijo v učenca

and raise your eyebrow about a quarter of an inch,

in malo privzdignejo obrv

you don't have to say a word

in ne bodo potrebovali besed,

because they know that that means that you want more.

ker bodo učenci že vedeli, da zahtevajo več.

And if we could transform teacher education

Če bi lahko preoblikovali izobraževanje učiteljev,

to focus on teaching teachers

da se osredotoči na poučevanje učiteljev

how to create that magic

kako napraviti to čarovnijo,

then poof! we could make dead classes come alive,

potem 'puf', in iz mrtvih bi lahko naredili žive razrede,

we could reignite imaginations,

spet obudili domišljijo

and we can change education.

in spremenili izobraževanje.

Thank you.

Hvala.

(Applause)

(Aplavz)