Teaching Styles and Motivation

[horridporrid03]

No: HPFGUIDX 130390

>>Betsy Hp:
>I think Snape gave Harry an excuse, actually. Harry didn't want to 
stop the dreams and Snape provided a good scapegoat for not doing 
the work. Because I think Harry *did* hear what Snape was telling 
him, he just chose not to believe him.<
 
>>Bookworm:
>Definitely.  The whole situation has several conflicting aspects 
that makes analysis of it difficult: Harry's motivation, Lupin and 
Snape's teaching styles, and Harry's feeling towards each of the 
professors.  The Occlumency lessons were the worst possible 
combination of those aspects.<

Betsy Hp:
Which just goes to show JKR knows how to make things 
interesting. :)  Seriously, I'm of mixed minds as to how I'd like to 
see Occlumency handled in the next book (assuming it *will* be 
handled).  On the one hand, it'd be nice to see another teacher 
tackle the subject (Dumbledore and possibly Lupin seem the only 
options at the moment), just to see what they do differently from 
Snape.  On the other hand, it'd be interesting to see how a 
motivated Harry (which I assume he will be) reacts to Snape's 
current methods.

>>Madam M:
<snip>
>In this way learning magic seems less a conventional intellectual
discipline and more akin to music: you practice again and again so
that, in concert, you don't have to think about which note comes
next. Or athletics: baseball players practice, but no one ever hit a
home run by *thinking* about when to swing the bat. So the "hit'em
over and over" technique, which both Lupin and Snape use, seems to be
an appropriate one for teaching defensive magic. And it wasn't
completely unsuccessful in Snape's case; Harry did try to fight
Snape out of his mind, and managed a couple of partial successes. 
But the lessons stopped before he had progressed far enough.<

Betsy Hp:
Fake!Moody used the hit the kid again and again technique as well.  
Harry seemed to use that method in his DA classes as well.  There 
were a lot of duels going on, IIRC.  I imagine whatever new 
Occlumency teacher Harry has, they'll rely on the same technique.

Betsy Hp