transmissionism

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English

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Etymology

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From transmission +‎ -ism.

Noun

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transmissionism (uncountable)

  1. (education) A teaching style focused on transmitting facts without regard to the individual student.
    • 2010, Valerie Pellatt, Kate Griffiths, Shao-Chuan Wu, Teaching and Testing Interpreting and Translating, page 156:
      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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