The Environment as the ‘Third Teacher’

Identified as one of the 8 cultural forces that shape the thinking classroom, Dr. Ron Ritchhart (2025) highlights that the learning environment must be “rich with the documents of thinking processes and making their own thinking visible.” 

Ms. Anna Goodman’s Year 2 classroom embodies this principle. With the walls an evolving rotation of student work that captures their innate curiosity and the students moving to collaborate in close circles, Ms Goodman’s classroom inspires a collective culture of bold, creative thinking. 

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