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A story is often better than abstract theorizing; and the best stories provide opportunities for readers to reflect on their own lives. J.K. Rowling's portrayal of Professor Lupin's first class with Harry's group of Gryffindor third years in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban embodies some useful pedagogical orientations and practices. It is particularly insightful about the importance of teachers working to understand their students. In fact, this pedagogical focus on the student is so central to the nature of teaching that Rowling's story is a sort of fairy tale of pedagogy. Additional Keywords Pedagogy; Rowling, J.K.-Characters-Remus Lupin; Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
IN HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN, our author J.K. Rowling presents us with Professor Lupin's first Defense Against the Dark Arts (DADA) lesson (on how to defeat a [...]