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I recently ran across two citations of colleges which in the past educated teachers as "normal schools." It seems to be an archaism. Has anyone any information about the term?
 
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The term is still widely used in China, though more commonly as "normal University". They are primarily (though not, here at least, solely) aimed at educating future teachers.


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It seems to be the old term for teacher's colleges. Here is a Wikipedia entry for it.

Very interesting. Where did you run across them?
 
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