BASICS CAROL READ 500 activities for the primary

classroom.

ISBN 978-1-4050-9907-3

Which aspects, as teachers, do

we need to take into account in

order to create optimal

conditions for learning?

CAROL READ

Carol Read is a ELT

writer, teacher and

teacher educator.

Her main area of interest

is in primary education,

working with children

between the ages of 3-

12.

C-WHEEL

“I originally developed the C-Wheel to use on teacher

education courses in order to help develop

awareness and understanding of ways to

create optimal conditions for children’s

learning, whatever the age. My aim was two-fold:

firstly, to provide a flexible tool which could be

applied to many different teaching and learning

contexts, and secondly, to suggest that by adopting

an approach in which we take account of the whole

child, we are likely to be more effective and

successful in our work as language teachers.”

Carol Read On Carol Read’s ABC of Teaching

C-W

HE

EL

Think about all eight segments.

Describe them and say why they

are key factors to help us,

teachers, create optimal conditions

for learning.

C-W

HE

EL

Think about these filters and

answer: How could these features

make each learning context

different?

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Which ingredients of the

C-Wheel are most relevant

to you?

Are there any

things you would like to

change or add to the C-

Wheel?

“It is the quality of teaching rather than

the content of the curriculum that is

the key to realizing a child’s

potential.”

Robert Fisher

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Managing Children Positively by

Carol Reed.