Harry Potter as a Context for Problem Based-Learning

Autor/in	Beaton, M.J.
Titel	Harry Potter as a Context for Problem Based-Learning
Quelle	In: Science Scope, 27 (2004) 4, S.15-17 (3 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0887-2376
Schlagwörter	Physical Sciences; Biological Sciences; Fantasy; Childrens Literature; Units of Study; Thematic Approach; Science Education; Problem Based Learning; Teaching Methods + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Natural sciences; Naturwissenschaften; Naturwissenschaft; Abwasserbiologie; Fantasie; 'Children''s literature'; Kinderliteratur; Lerneinheit; Themenzentrierter Unterricht; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Problem-based learning; Problemorientiertes Lernen; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	Reading Harry Potter aloud to the class one autumn sparked the students imaginations and also the authors'. As a result, that semester the author designed and taught a thematic unit based on Harry Potter. The students were able to identify with the 11-year old wizard and his adventures in a strange new world. In mathematics, language arts, and science, they studied a curriculum as it might have been taught at Hogwarts School. In reality it was the sixth-grade curriculum in disguise.) The unit built on the atmosphere created by J.K. Rowling in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. In her creation of a curriculum at Hogwarts School, Rowling has based a few of the wizard subjects on studies such as life science, plants, and physical science. Her students are curious and interested in their new classes. The atmosphere appears to be one of hands-on active learning. Although not the prime focus of the novel, studies are important and, in the end, prove to be the key to finding the sorcerer's stone. The wizardry students appear to be focused and on-task in their classes. This article briefly describes the curriculum. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	National Science Teachers Association, 1840 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22201-3000. Tel: 800-722-6782 (Toll Free); Web site: http://www.nsta.org.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10