A planning and reflection tool: the child (social, psychological, physical, emotional needs) at the centre, surrounded by eight Cs (Context, Connections, Coherence, Challenge, Curiosity, Care, Community, Creativity), filtered by context, methodology, materials, curriculum, evaluation and the teacher.
Use
- As a lesson/unit audit: which Cs are strong, which missing?
- Commenters’ extra Cs: Confidence, Culture, Competences, Co-evaluation.
- Read cites Fisher (2005) Teaching Children to Learn: quality of teaching matters more than curriculum content.
Apply in my context (Claude)
Turn it into an 8-line checklist on the back of every Starters/Movers lesson plan; tick one “C” focus per lesson for observation.
Connections
Very young and young learner classes - pacing, routines, fairness · Know your learners before you plan · Stories as shared contexts for language