transmissionism

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noun

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

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Meanings

nountransmissionism (uncountable)
  1. uncountableeducationA teaching style focused on transmitting facts without regard to the individual student.

    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.

    2010, Valerie Pellatt, Kate Griffiths, Shao-Chuan Wu, Teaching and Testing Interpreting and Translating, page 156

Origin

From transmission + -ism.

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transmissionism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transmissionism

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “transmissionism,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transmissionism.

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