Teaching History in the Harry Potter fiction narrative: analysis, perspectives and possibilities
Harry Potter. History. Teaching History. Curriculum.
The children's Harry Potter series created by the British author J.K. Rowling has populated the imagination of children, young people and adults for nearly two decades. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.), Has given birth to eight films and chronicles the adventures of an orphan boy named Harry Potter, who at the age of eleven discovers he is a wizard, and is invited to enter the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, one of the places where people like him come to learn about the magical world of which they are part, as well as learn about magic and its use. Realizing the existence of conceptions about what is school curriculum, teaching and especially, teaching history within the saga, even being a fictional narrative, the possibility arises to investigate and find possible contributions to contemporary education from the analysis of the of JK Rowling's work.