If we want to ride a dead horse, we are doomed to failure no matter how hard we try to change the saddle, create groups of experts to advise us on how to improve its efficiency, organize courses for riders on family constellations or mindfulness, etc. The only sensible thing to do is change horses, especially if ours was killed by our low expectations. But more likely, our discussions will focus on how to provide the dead horse with more innovative shoes.

Has a child who has never risked tearing his pants on a tree branch had a childhood?

Anna Engel is the coordinator of the interuniversity master's degree in educational psychology at Catalan universities. Educational psychology is the branch of study that focuses on the teaching and learning processes. Engel teaches future early childhood and primary school teachers and teaches classes in the master's degree in educational psychology to individuals who, in the future, will be dedicated to advising teachers. This week, she was one of the speakers on the "Let's Learn Together 2030" tour, a program promoted by BBVA whose objective is to promote lifelong learning and disseminate knowledge in an innovative way, which was held at the Teatre Lliure in Barcelona. In the academic field, the program has implemented its educational methodologies, which Engel also uses, in more than 5,500 schools across Spain.