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Abstract
In Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, our author JK Rowling presents us with Professor Lupin's first Defense Against the Dark Arts (DADA) lesson (on how to defeat a boggart by laughing at it) as a model of sound pedagogy. Lupin is aware of the students' learning and experience with previous teachers, connects theory to application, engages students with an activity, and tries to understand the character of each student. Cole would like to suggest that reflecting on the model offered by Lupin can help teachers, including college professor. In addition to the usual difficulties facing a new teacher, Lupin must deal with a class that has lost its previous DADA teachers from their first two years. Their first-year teacher, Professor Quirrel, had turned out to be in league with Voldemort. Their second-year teacher, Professor Lockhart, was all glitter and no substance. This was perfectly illustrated in Lockhart's first class, described in The Chamber of Secrets.