Transmission

The blackboard as mediator can be seen through its traditional function as a transmitter of ideas. While methods of communication have varied, they have been strongly influenced by the authority of the instructor over instructed. Such educational techniques as recitation are embedded in 19th century teaching practices.

Coulter Street Secondary School, Germantown, United States. From ematusov.soe.udel.edu/ classrooms/usa.htm

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