Important question, where did the high school classroom come from? It's important to remember that the high school classroom essentially didn't exist until the 20th century. It is in fact a 'new' idea / experiment. For example, In 1910, only 18% of US 15- to 18-year-olds were enrolled in a high school and just 9%…

Eduwells | Learning To Learn By Richard Wells

10.07.2023

Hey Teachers, the Marshmallow test was wrong. – EDUWELLS

I covered the disastrous impact that eugenic thinking had on high school design in my previous post. So, I was interested to see its continuing impact in the highest echelons of academia in regards to the quite famous "Marshmallow Test" and how a team more recently had proved the eugenic-style conclusions to be quite wrong.…

Eduwells | Learning To Learn By Richard Wells

10.09.2023

Help teachers to talk about teaching & learning – EDUWELLS

How one teaches often feels like a very personal thing. I believe this is primarily due to a lack of structured teacher training across the world. Teachers normally get a year or two of training at the very beginning of their career, mostly in basic classroom management, organisation, and survival. They are then thrown into…

Eduwells | Learning To Learn By Richard Wells

16.08.2024

Look back to move forward – EDUWELLS

True learning is a slow contemplatory process and yet schools are 'busy' places with little time for teachers or students to contemplate. We are too busy being industrial and efficient, meeting the needs of the economy.

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High school classrooms were NEVER for learning … but they could be. – EDUWELLS

Hey Teachers, the Marshmallow test was wrong. – EDUWELLS

Help teachers to talk about teaching & learning – EDUWELLS

Look back to move forward – EDUWELLS

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