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teachercentric en · ADJ

Etymology

From teacher + -centric.

Meanings

  1. (rare) Focusing on a teacher.
    • Mr. Vanderhoek, who is keen on reinvention (before creating Manhattan GMAT in 2000, he taught at I.S. 90 for three years, subsisting on falafel and moonlighting as a tutor based at his local Starbucks), has updated the 3Rs to fit his teachercentric credo: Rigorous Qualifications, Redefined Expectations, and Revolutionary Compensation. 2008 March 14, Robin Finn, “A Product of Private Schools, Advocating for Public Education”, in New York Times:
    • Even then the teacher must not allow the pupilcentric structure to be replaced by a teachercentric one. 1967, Edward R. Fagan, English and the disadvantaged:

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Synonyms

teacher-centered