Transmissionism

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A teaching style focused on transmitting facts without regard to the individual student. uncountable

    "Teaching and learning methods were therefore forced to perpetuate transmissionism and traditional assessment approaches, given that attention to the individual was completely out of question."

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"Teaching and learning methods were therefore forced to perpetuate transmissionism and traditional assessment approaches, given that attention to the individual was completely out of question."

Etymology

From transmission + -ism.

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