fast-trackingn.
/ˈfɑːs(t)ˌtrakɪŋ/, /ˈfas(t)ˌtrakɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈfæs(t)ˌtrækɪŋ/ 1.
a. In the construction industry: the practice of beginning construction on a project before all elements of the design are completed.
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1971 Edwardsville (Illinois) Intelligencer 24 Feb. 13/6 Fast Tracking: Various stages of the building are put out for contract as soon as plans can be completed for them.
1976 Business Week 12 Apr. 72A/2 Fast tracking slashed six to eight months from construction time.
1988 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 30 Sept. 41/1 Fast-tracking is also used for building refurbishments and in tenancy fit-outs.
2011 A. De Marco Project Managem. for Facility Constructions iii. 20 The use of fast-tracking elevates risks of discovery of design specification inconsistencies during construction.
b. gen. The action or practice of accelerating or expediting the progress of something.
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1979 Walla Walla (Washington) Union-Bull. 5 Nov. 6/3 The west-to-east pipeline proposals ‘should top the list of proposals’ ineligible for fast-tracking by the energy board since they already are being considered for expedited processing.
1992 A. Fleras & J. L. Elliot Nations Within i. vii. 97 To accelerate land-claims settlements..through increased funding, the appointment of a land-claims commissioner, fast-tracking for smaller claims, [etc.].
1993 Coloradoan (Fort Collins) 25 June a7/5 The fast-tracking of breakthrough products is a good idea, but it raises some concerns.
2018 Mercury (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 28 Sept. 6 The fast-tracking of online visa applications was a welcome, albeit long overdue, move.
2. The action or practice of rapidly advancing a person through a course of study or the ranks of an organization.
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society > education > teaching > [noun] > other methods of teaching
demonstration1742
bear-leading1766
royal road1793
tachydidaxy1846
object teaching1851
object system1862
methodic1864
community education1873
methodics1883
maieutics1885
type-system1901
direct method1904
spoon-feeding1905
play method1914
playway1914
project method1916
active learning1919
study skills1924
skit1926
free activity1929
hypnopaedia1932
sleep-teaching1932
chalk and talk1937
show-and-tell1941
demo1945
naming of (the) parts1946
team teaching1949
teleteaching1953
programming1954
audio-lingualism1961
immersion1965
dem1968
open learning1970
suggestopaedia1970
suggestopedy1970
distance learning1972
fast-tracking1972
paideia1982
tutorial1984
m-learning2001
1972 Jrnl. Accountancy Apr. 79/3 Firms must provide greater advancement opportunities.., and will be forced to create additional growth prospects if the existing opportunities cannot measure up to the emphasis these people will place on ‘fast tracking’.
1996 Independent 29 Jan. 2/1 But fast-tracking is also regarded with suspicion by teaching unions—and much of the Labour Party—for promoting selection within schools rather than between them.
1997 Times Educ. Suppl. 18 July 64/2 It proposes..new approaches to pupil grouping such as fast-tracking.
2016 Church Times 26 Feb. 40/4 It had found a scandal that ought at least to have delayed the fast-tracking that raised him to the altars in super-quick time.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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