Hogwarts Textbooks

[A.E.B.Bevan at open.ac.uk]

No: HPFGUIDX 28447

linman6868 at a... wrote:

> HOGWARTS TEXTBOOKS

> 2. Do you suppose the Hogwarts textbooks are like ours nowadays, 
with chapter units and comprehension questions, and an annotated 
teachers' edition? Or are they different?

I do hope so. Maybe some parts of some books cant be read before the 
wizard reader has completed appropriate preliminary work and input 
the attempt at an answer into the book using a special charm...

> 
> 3. How do you think the choosing process works at Hogwarts?  

I really hope this doesnt get to much like 'The Brits Are Different' 
again but I think here we need to remember some cultural assumptions. 
Until very recently there was no ironclad national curriculum in 
Briish Schools. Each teacher was given a set of objectives for each 
class for a year covering a general curriculum leading to a 
recognised examination board, and then selected the materials 
appropriate for that class to achieve those targets. So there was in 
theory professional discretion for individual teachers to chose books 
for a class each year. Now in the real world school budgets get in 
the way of letting this freedom run wild.. and teachers would use 
what was available... but for British readers having teachers select 
the years books for a class will have a slightly familiar if now old-
fashioned ring. 

Edis Bevan