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Instructivism A theory of teaching. The basic idea of instructivism is that teaching is just a matter of giving facts to students.

Instructivist classes work in transmission mode. This means that the flow of information is one way, from the teacher to students. The students are simply passive receivers of knowledge.

The opposite approach to instructivism is Constructivism.