normal school
English
editEtymology
editCalque of French école normale, so called because the norms of pedagogy are taught there.
Noun
editnormal school (plural normal schools)
- (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
editschool for training teachers
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