normal school

English

Etymology

Calque of French école normale, so called because the norms of pedagogy are taught there.

Noun

normal school (plural normal schools)

1. (obsolete) A school for training teachers, especially in mainland Europe and North America.
   • 1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Folio Society, published 2008, page 122:

     He had a sister, who had been sent to America with him at the same time to live with the uncle, who would graduate from normal school this year.

Translations

school for training teachers

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 師範學校／师范学校 (shīfàn xuéxiào)

• Dutch: normaalschool (nl) m or f, kweekschool (nl)
• Finnish: normaalikoulu
• French: école normale (fr) f
• German: Normalschule f
• Hungarian: tanárképző/tanítóképző főiskola
• Indonesian: institut keguruan dan ilmu pendidikan
• Japanese: 師範学校 (ja) (しはんがっこう shihan-gakkou)
• Romanian: școală normală (ro) f
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: escuela normal (es) f