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This essay argues that the Harry Potter books can be used to analyse various methods and theories regarding pedagogy since the school setting is a major part of the stories. J.K Rowling’s characterisation of the teachers is the basis for the analysis, which focuses on the teaching methods of the teachers at Hogwarts, but also how the
from Hogwarts is common for thriving witches and wizards throughout the wizarding world. It is also. significant that, even though the Harry Potter series takes place at a school, the amount of time spent in. classrooms is significantly less than the parts of the story filled with adventure, rule breaking, and hanging.
- Kayla M Nelson
- 2016
As Adler says, a proper education cultivates a person’s “capacities for mental growth and moral development” and helps her “acquire the intellectual and moral virtues requisite for a good human life.”26 The Hogwarts curriculum is ill-suited to provide the broad-based knowledge, intellectual skills, and solid character virtues that a good school—wizarding or Muggle— should seek to ...
- Gregory Bassham
- CHAPTER 1
- CHAPTER 2 - METHODOLOGY
- Dumbledore as Nurturer
- Dumbledore as Victim
- Dumbledore’s Conclusion
- McGonagall as Conformist
- McGonagall as Eccentric
- McGonagall’s Conclusion
- 3.4 – Professor Severus Snape
- Snape as Conformist
- Snape as Hero
- Snape as Immutable Force
- Snape as Subversive
- Snape as Victim
- Snape’s Conclusion
- Final Conclusions
- Summary of Dumbledore’s Identities in Film
- McGonagall’s character.
- McGonagall’s Conclusion
- McGonagall’s character is flattened and stream-lined making her into a more grandmotherly
- Harry.
- Snape’s Conclusion
- CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS
1.1 - Introduction My initial research revealed a surprising lack of work into the world of Harry Potter with regards to the portrayal of teachers in young adult literature and film. While there was ample scholarship on the novels themselves, very few of these focused on education and teacher characters, choosing instead to analyze the novels from ...
This analysis relies heavily on Muchmore’s criteria for labeling the identities of teacher characters throughout the Harry Potter series. However, as there are over two dozen teacher characters at Hogwarts, not including other school staff mentioned in the novels, to analyze every single one would be beyond the scope of this thesis. Furthermore, th...
Another surprising aspect of Dumbledore’s teacher identities throughout the series is that, according to my analysis, he appears to Harry and his friends as a Nurturer at least as many times as he does as a person of Immutable Force. This is very different than the popular perception of Dumbledore’s character, in that throughout the series he is co...
The last teacher identity that Dumbledore takes on is that of Victim. While this is relatively small compared with his other roles, the fact that Rowling shows a vulnerable side of Dumbledore is significant enough. Throughout the entirety of the series, as evidenced above with Dumbledore’s continued Immutability in the face of all things evil, Dumb...
With regards to Professor Dumbledore, over the course of the seven novels, he portrays no less than six different identities out of the ten possible teacher roles suggested by Muchmore in his article. Surprisingly, at least to this researcher, alongside Dumbledore’s appearances as an Immutable Force or as a Subversive character, one of Dumbledore’s...
Unlike Dumbledore, McGonagall is one of the first teacher characters readers discover in the identity of a Conformist at parts throughout the series. This may be due to the fact that she is crafted from the same mold as the stern-matron character seen occasionally throughout young- adult and children’s literature. However, Rowling’s representation ...
There is only one instance of McGonagall being an Eccentric teacher over the course of this series. Towards the end of Prisoner of Azkaban, when Gryffindor wins the Quidditch Cup at Hogwarts, McGonagall sobs violently and blows her nose on a large Gryffindor flag, a rare moment of McGonagall losing control of her emotions that is not due to anger. ...
Throughout the series, Professor McGonagall portrays enough identities to warrant being called a complex character. The main difference between her and Professor Dumbledore is that, for the first time, readers see a teacher character with Conformist tendencies. If Dumbledore is meant to be the Eccentric headmaster of the school, then McGonagall is ...
As one of the most iconic characters of the Harry Potter franchise, it should come as no surprise that Professor Severus Snape remains one of the most enigmatic characters of the series. Though played mostly as a Villain throughout the first few novels, Rowling begins to add hints of uncertainty to Snape’s character in the earlier novels and by Gob...
While I only noted a few examples of Snape being a conformist, there are numerous examples of his villainous behavior that could classify as Conformist behavior as well, such as every time he deducts points from Gryffindor due to the breaking of some school rule. While this may, in fact, be very selectively done throughout his teaching career, Snap...
Snape’s appearances as a Heroic teacher character are slightly skewed in that Rowling’s reveal of him being a double-agent cast an entirely different light to his actions throughout the entire series. Some might say that all of Snape’s actions can be considered Heroic considering he was acting as a spy for the Order during the entire run of the boo...
Like Dumbledore and McGonagall before him, Snape is apt to display his Immutable Force from time to time throughout the series. However, his delivery of this is much different from McGonagall’s and much closer to how Dumbledore acts, silent and strong, as if his Immutability just oozes from him. Harry first witnesses this during his very first Poti...
Like McGonagall and Dumbledore before him, Snape is not afraid to go up against the traditional order of the Wizarding world, especially if it serves the interests of him and the Order. One of the first examples readers get of this is, again, in Philosopher’s Stone when Harry and Hermione have just gotten past the chessboard guarding the philosophe...
Throughout the series, Rowling chooses to portray Snape as a Victim during key points to further add to the ambiguity of his character and to give him a more rounded character. After all, while there are quite a few teacher characters in young adult and children’s novels, there are not that many who reveal what their high school lives were like whe...
Surprisingly, Snape is the teacher with the most teacher identities over the course of the novels, though a few of these are rather minor examples of him being, say, a Nurturer to Draco Malfoy, or being a Conformist by refusing to wear a rather garish hat at a Christmas party. Nevertheless, these examples still add something to his character and gi...
From this examination of the series, I argue that Rowling has written her three main teacher characters of Professor Dumbledore, Professor McGonagall, and Professor Snape as complex and well-rounded characters. Far from stereotypes and hackneyed images, these teacher characters reveal just how many identities one teacher character can play througho...
Dumbledore’s teacher character in the films can be seen as two representations throughout the series, first by Richard Harris, then second by Michael Gambon. There is a shift in the portrayal of these two Dumbledores, from a softer and more nurturing Dumbledore in the first two movies, not unlike Dumbledore’s actual character in the novels, then a ...
In Goblet of Fire, what we have is a clear departure from McGonagall in the novel. This is largely due to the inclusion of a few scenes where Professor McGonagall teaches the Hogwarts students how to ballroom dance which was not in the novel at all. While these give the viewers some very humourous moments to watch as the only moments of Eccentricit...
The differences between the complex Minerva McGonagall readers see in the novel and the on-screen portrayal by Maggie Smith throughout the film series is perhaps the most startling change between the two mediums. While there are examples of McGonagall’s character being complexly portrayed on screen, particularly Goblet of Fire and Deathly Hallows P...
figure who exists to nurture the students at Hogwarts. One of the more significant examples of this is the fact that, despite McGonagall being written as a wildly emotional character throughout the books, not once does Maggie Smith’s portrayal of McGonagall match the degree of intensity she has in the novels. Additionally, despite the fact that McG...
Finally, in the two Deathly Hallows films, we again see that Snape is portrayed in a softer light than he is in the novel. However, overall, the portrayal of Snape is fairly accurate to that of his character in the novel, especially during the Pensieve moments where Snape reveals his memories to Harry regarding his past, Harry’s mother, and Snape’s...
The film version of Professor Snape is somewhat similar yet, at the same time, quite different from the Villainous Snape in the novel. Overall, he is, more or less still a Villain and an antagonist to Harry and his friends, but the way in which Snape is a Villain in the films is much softer and subdued than how he is portrayed in the novels. Much o...
While no one singular novel, film, or franchise defines a culture or system of values, each piece of media that is a part of the cultural mosaic of is significant. No one would argue that Harry Potter is the pinnacle of all literary achievement or the foundation of all young-adult literature, but the series is still relevant and significant when an...
- Einar Christopher Wong
- 2014
Jul 22, 2020 · Created for scholars, teachers, and fans alike, this collection provides an entry into pedagogical theories and offers critical perspectives on the quality of Hogwarts education--from exemplary to abusive and every approach in between. Hogwarts provides many lessons for educators, both magical and muggle alike.
This collection explores the pedagogical possibilities of using Harry Potterto enhance teaching effectiveness. Authors examine topics related to environments for learning, approaches to teaching and learning, and the role of mentorship. Created for scholars, teachers, and fans alike, this collection provides an entry into pedagogical theories ...
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