Prompt the AI to act as a step-by-step guide: one question, wait for the answer, then move on. Through seven empathy-map questions about a class, a student or a character, it then summarises and suggests concrete support actions.
Procedure
- Choose who to map (a class, one student, a colleague, a story character).
- Prompt: guide me stage by stage, ask one question, wait, then continue; build the map when you have enough.
- Seven questions: says · thinks · does · feels · hears · pain points · hopes to gain.
- Ask for a summary, then “concrete ways to support this person”.
- Students: map a character, a coursebook image person, or someone with opposing views; reflect afterwards.
Limits
- Each post ends by promoting the author’s paid books or courses; no evidence of learning outcomes.
- Privacy: don’t enter identifiable details about real students (Claude; aligns with AI guidelines for teachers - six principles).
Apply in my context (Claude)
- The “one question at a time, then wait” pattern is the key design idea for any tutor-style feature in the homeschool platform. It turns the AI from an answer machine into a guide.
Connections
Critical AI literacy is hard to teach · Staged prompt templates for AI-assisted course design