Potentials of the “Thinking Space” Blackboard

This article examines the significance of the blackboard in today's classroom, especially in craft lessons, and why it should remain an indispensable didactic tool despite the increasing use of digital media.

When Johann Amos Comenius wrote his illustrated textbook Orbis sensualium pictus (“The visible world in pictures”) in 1658, this early educational work already included an illustration of a classroom with a blackboard.