Chapter 216 Teaching Plan Reform

Hearing Sebastian's question, Dumbledore smiled, breathed a sigh of relief, and leaned back in his chair.

I thought we were going to discuss something serious.

That's it?

Dumbledore thought to himself that if it were in previous years, he would have been anxious about the selection of new professors by this time.

After all, it is not easy to find a professor who meets Hogwarts standards and is willing to take on the responsibility of teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts.

But this year, that’s not a problem!

I had already decided on the professors for these two courses.

"Sebastian, you don't have to worry about this problem." Dumbledore said in a calm tone.

"The professor for the Defense Against the Dark Arts class has already been arranged. I have reached an agreement with Remus Lupin."

Hearing the name, Sebastian nodded.

He was no stranger to this. As early as last year, Lupin had had an in-depth conversation with Dumbledore and agreed to this teaching job.

In order to keep this promise, Lupin even turned down all film and television shooting plans starting from the second half of this year and concentrated on preparing to teach at Hogwarts.

Thinking of this, Sebastian couldn't help but smile bitterly - Lockhart had complained about this countless times in his letters recently.

Due to Lupin's absence, the sequel to Wandering with Werewolves could not go ahead.

After all, Lupin is the soul of the show and the indispensable werewolf protagonist.

If a newcomer is found to replace Lupin, the audience will most likely not buy it, and it may even cause the reputation of the TV series to plummet.

However, for Hogwarts students, Lupin is undoubtedly one of the most ideal Defense Against the Dark Arts professors.

Lupin has been out there for many years and has faced countless dark magical creatures. In particular, his understanding of dark wizards far exceeds that of some ordinary wizards.

In his class, students can not only learn knowledge from textbooks, but also gain valuable survival experience from his personal experience.

This kind of practical knowledge taught personally is often far more profound and useful than that found in books.

Before Sebastian could fully wrap his mind around this, Dumbledore continued:

"As for the professor of Care of Magical Creatures, I plan to invite Hagrid to take the position. I believe he is qualified for this position."

Hearing Hagrid's name, Sebastian sighed silently in his heart.

As expected, Dumbledore still chose Hagrid as professor.

It’s not that he discriminates against Hagrid, it’s just that Hagrid’s teaching performance in the original work is hard to describe.

Hagrid's passion for magical beasts is unmatched, especially for the large and dangerous ones, such as acromantic spiders, dragons, and hippogriffs.

He himself gets along very well with these magical animals and even considers them "pets", but he rarely considers the fears of his students.

Hagrid's teaching style is simple and rough, tending to let students face these dangerous creatures directly, as if they are born with the ability to deal with these threats.

He forgot that not every student had his courage and love for these creatures.

Worse still, Hagrid never considered the importance of teaching to the test, and his lesson plans completely ignored exam objectives such as OWLs or NEWTs.

At one point, the students even spent a lot of time caring for the completely useless Flobberworms and hybrid animal Blast-end Skrewts.

This led to more and more complaints from students, especially those who focused on grades. Hermione and the other two even gave up Hagrid's Care of Magical Creatures class in their sixth year.

He looked at Dumbledore, pondered for a moment, and then said, "I recognize the knowledge of these two people."

"However, three years of teaching experience has made me realize that, in many cases, what I teach and what I teach my students are two completely different concepts."

“This is especially evident for new professors.”

"This problem does exist," Dumbledore said helplessly, "but for new professors, there is always a growth process. This is unavoidable."

"It's unavoidable," Sebastian countered, "but we can speed up the growth process of professors."

“For example, let professors prepare a lesson plan in advance, and then teach step by step according to the content of the lesson plan.”

Lesson plan?

This is another new term.

Professor McGonagall and Dumbledore looked at each other and asked Sebastian.

"Sebastian, can you explain in detail what a lesson plan is?"

"No problem!" Sebastian explained in detail.

"Specifically," Sebastian said, "the basic content of a lesson plan usually includes clear teaching objectives and requirements."

“For example, a schedule for class progress, detailed teaching steps, carefully selected teaching key points and difficult points, a list of teaching aids, and a reflection on the teaching effect after class.”

“Together, these elements form a complete teaching program that helps professors effectively implement their teaching plans in class, ensuring the coherence and effectiveness of teaching.”

Sebastian took out his annual lesson plan and handed it to the two professors.

“This is the lesson plan I have written every year since I started.”

“The content of the lesson plan is not static. Every year I will make some minor adjustments based on the students’ actual learning situation.”

"I think this method will be very helpful for new professors. They can start preparing during the holidays so that they won't be in a rush when they start teaching."

"What do you think?"

Professor McGonagall flipped through Sebastian's lesson plan with an approving look on her face.

As she browsed through the course, she said, "No wonder students always speak highly of Muggle Studies. It turns out you have done so much detailed preparation behind the scenes."

"You should have shared this method with everyone earlier, Sebastian."

"If new professors can prepare lesson plans in advance and use them to guide their teaching, they can indeed adapt to teaching life more quickly."

"In addition," Professor McGonagall's eyes sparkled, "I think this method is not only suitable for new professors, but also for old professors."

Meanwhile, Dumbledore stroked his long beard thoughtfully, his brows slightly furrowed.

"But..." He said slowly, with a hint of hesitation in his tone, "If this happens, the professors' workload will probably increase significantly. After all, writing lesson plans is not an easy task."

Hey!

What I want is your words!

Sebastian raised a barely perceptible smile at the corner of his mouth and took the opportunity to speak.

"You're right, President. That's why I've been thinking that maybe we should expand our team of professors."

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