Christopher Emdin: Teach teachers how to create magic

翻译人员: Xiaoou Chen 校对人员: Jonathan Zhang

Right now

现在

there is an aspiring teacher

有一位有追求的老师

who is working on a 60-page paper

正在写一篇60页的论文

based on some age-old education theory

论文是基于一些古老教育理念，

developed by some dead education professor

它们都是由一些早已逝去的教育学教授所开发，

wondering to herself what this task

这位老师问她自己，

that she's engaging in

她正从事的这项任务--

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

成为一个教育者，

which is be an educator,

改变生命并启迪人生--

change lives, and spark magic.

和她的工作联系呢。

Right now there is an aspiring teacher

有一位有理想的老师

in a graduate school of education

正在一所教育研究生院

who is watching a professor babble on and on

听着一位教授

about engagement

用一种最无聊的方式

in the most disengaging way possible.

不停地讲述着教育中的互动。

Right now

现在

there's a first-year teacher at home

有一位一年级老师在家中

who is pouring through lesson plans

正检查课程计划，

trying to make sense of standards,

试图达到标准的感觉。

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

这位老师又在想如何才能合理为学生打分，

while at the same time saying to herself

同时又对她自己

over and over again,

反复地说，

"Don't smile till November,"

“在11 月之前都不要笑，”

because that's what she was taught

因为那些都是

in her teacher education program.

她从教育课程学到的。

Right now there's a student

现在，有一位学生

who is coming up with a way

正试图想出一个主意

to convince his mom or dad

去说服他的父母，

that he's very, very sick

他非常非常地不舒服，

and can't make it to school tomorrow.

明天不能上学了。

On the other hand, right now

现在，在另一方面，

there are amazing educators

了不起地教育家们

that are sharing information,

传授知识，

information that is shared in such a beautiful way

以一种最优美地方式传授知识，

that the students are sitting at the edge of their seats

以至于学生坐在他们边缘

just waiting for a bead of sweat

只是为了等待一滴甘甜的露珠

to drop off the face of this person

从老师的脸上掉下来，

so they can soak up all that knowledge.

并去汲取所有的知识。

Right now there is also a person

现在，又有一位

who has an entire audience rapt with attention,

让所有观众全神贯注的人，

a person that is weaving a powerful narrative

他编织生动的语言

about a world

描绘着

that the people who are listening

一个听众们

have never imagined or seen before,

闻所未闻地的世界，

but if they close their eyes tightly enough,

但如果人们紧闭双眼，

they can envision that world

便能想像出那个世界，

because the storytelling is so compelling.

因为那个故事实在是太精彩。

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

现在，有一个人

to put their hands up in the air

叫观众将手放在空中

and they will stay there till he says,

直到他说“放下来”

"Put them down."

才可以放下来。

Right now.

现在。

So people will then say,

这样一来，人们会说，

"Well, Chris, you describe the guy

“克里斯，你描述了

who is going through some awful training

正接受可怕训练的伙计，

but you're also describing these powerful educators.

但你还描述那些有感召力教育者。

If you're thinking about the world of education

如果你在想关于教育的世界，

or urban education in particular,

或专注于城市教育，

these guys will probably cancel each other out,

那些人可能会有相反的效应并相互抵消，

and then we'll be okay."

也就没什么事了。“

The reality is, the folks I described

事实上，我所描述

as the master teachers,

教育大师，

the master narrative builders,

叙述大师，

the master storytellers

讲故事大师，

are far removed from classrooms.

都离课堂很遥远。

The folks who know the skills about how to teach

那些掌握如何教学并

and engage an audience

与观众互动的人

don't even know what teacher certification means.

甚至都不知道什么是教师资格证。

They may not even have the degrees

也许他们连可以

to be able to have anything

叫做教育的东西

to call an education.

都没有。

And that to me is sad.

对我来说，这是一件非常悲哀的事情。

It's sad because the people who I described,

之所以悲哀，是因为我所描述的那些人

they were very disinterested in the learning process,

他们对学习的过程没有兴趣，

want to be effective teachers,

他们想成为高效的老师，

but they have no models.

却没有范例。

I'm going to paraphrase Mark Twain.

我要概括一下马克·吐温说过的一句话。

Mark Twain says that proper preparation,

马克·吐温说适当的准备或教学，

or teaching,

是非常强大的，

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

可以将不好的品行变好，

it can turn awful practices into powerful ones,

将糟糕的实践变得强有力，

it can change men and transform them

将人们改变，

into angels.

并将他们改造成为天使。

The folks who I described earlier

我之前所说的那些

got proper preparation in teaching,

有着适当教学准备的人，

not in any college or university,

他们不在大学里，

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

只在那些有同样有着人们参与和互动的地方。

Guess where those places are?

猜猜看有哪些地方？

Barber shops,

理发店，

rap concerts, and most importantly,

说唱音乐会，

in the black church.

和最首要的黑人教堂。

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

我一直都在构造这个叫做五旬节教学法的主意。

Who here has been to a black church?

谁去过黑人教堂？

We got a couple of hands.

有几个人。

You go to a black church,

你到一所黑人教堂，

their preacher starts off

他们的祭祀开始

and he realizes that he has to engage the audience,

并意识到他必须吸引观众的目光，

so he starts off with this sort of wordplay

因此他一般

in the beginning oftentimes,

从文字游戏开始，

and then he takes a pause,

然后停顿一下，

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

说：”哦，我的天，他们并没有集中注意力。“

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

然后他说：”你们可以说阿门么？“

Audience: Amen.

观众：阿门。

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

克里斯·艾姆丁：大家能一起说“阿门”么？ 观众：阿门。

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

克里斯·艾姆丁：顷刻间，人们都清醒了。

That preacher bangs on the pulpit for attention.

那个祭祀提高传道的声音吸引注意力。

He drops his voice at a very, very low volume

当他想锁住人们的注意力时，

when he wants people to key into him,

便将音量放得很低，

and those things are the skills that we need

那些都是最鼓舞人心的老师

for the most engaging teachers.

所需要的技能。

So why does teacher education

为什么教师培训

only give you theory and theory

仅是不停地传授理论

and tell you about standards and tell you about

并告诉你教学标准，

all of these things that have nothing to do

告诉你那些与基本技能无关的

with the basic skills, that magic that you need

不能鼓舞观众

to engage an audience, to engage a student?

和激励学生的，没有魔力的东西呢？

So I make the argument that we reframe teacher education,

所以我立论：我们应该重塑师资培训，

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

我们可以专注于教学内容，

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

我们可以专注于教学理论，

but content and theories

但是只有内容和理论

with the absence of the magic

却没有那教与学的魔力

of teaching and learning means nothing.

那都是空谈。

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

人们常说：”魔力只是魔力罢了。“

There are teachers who,

有老师不畏挑战

despite all their challenges, who have those skills,

并拥有那些技能

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

在学校能够激励和鼓舞学生，

and the administrator walks by and says,

当学校管理者路过时便说：

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

”喔，他很会教学！我希望其他老师都可以和他一样优秀。“

And when they try to describe what that is,

但是当他们描述他教学成功的原因时，

they just say, "He has that magic."

他们只说：”他拥有魔力。“

But I'm here to tell you

但是我想告诉你们

that magic can be taught.

那种魔力是可以被教的。

Magic can be taught.

魔力是可以被教的。

Magic can be taught.

魔力是可以被教的。

Now, how do you teach it?

但是怎么去传授？

You teach it by allowing people

你可以通过允许人们参观

to go into those spaces

那些魔力在发生的地方

where the magic is happening.

教授他们这种技能。

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

如果你想成为城市教育中一位有抱负的老师

you've got to leave the confines of that university

你得走出大学的限制

and go into the hood.

进入到魔力发生的地方。

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

你得在理发店内与人们交谈，

you've got to attend that black church,

你得去看看黑人教堂，

and you've got to view those folks

你还得去看看

that have the power to engage

那些有感召力的人

and just take notes on what they do.

学习他们的做法。

At our teacher education classes at my university,

在我大学的教师培训课堂中，

I've started a project where every single student

我开启了一个项目，

that comes in there sits and watches rap concerts.

让每一个学生看说唱音乐会。

They watch the way that the rappers move

他们观察说唱歌手

and talk with their hands.

的步法与说话时的手势。

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

他们研究说唱歌手在舞台上自信走动的姿态。

They listen to his metaphors and analogies,

他们听说唱歌手的暗示和比喻，

and they start learning these little things

他们遍开始学习这些东西，

that if they practice enough

如果他们有足够的练习，

becomes the key to magic.

这些将会成为掌握魔力的关键。

They learn that if you just stare at a student

他们学到如果你凝视一个学生

and raise your eyebrow about a quarter of an inch,

并将你的眉毛抬高四分之一英寸，

you don't have to say a word

你一个字都不用说

because they know that that means that you want more.

因为学生会知道你想要更多的答案。

And if we could transform teacher education

如果我们可以将将是培训转型，

to focus on teaching teachers

专注于

how to create that magic

对于魔力的教学，

then poof! we could make dead classes come alive,

我们可以将无趣的课堂变得生动起来，

we could reignite imaginations,

我们可以重新点燃想象力，

and we can change education.

我们可以改变教育。

Thank you.

谢谢.

(Applause)

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