Normal school

Article summary

, an example of a comprehensive research university established as a normal school A normal school, or normal college, trains teachers in the norms of pedagogy and curriculum. Other names include teacher training colleges or teachers' colleges. In Argentina and Mexico, they continue to be called normal schools with student-teachers in the latter country being known as normalistas, where schools require a high school diploma for entry, and may be part of a comprehensive university. Normal schools in the United States, Canada, and Argentina trained primary teachers, while in Europe equivalent colleges trained teachers for primary and secondary schools. In 1685, Jean-Baptiste de La Salle established the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, and founded what is generally considered the first normal school, the École normale, in Reims, Champagne, France. The term "normal" in this context refers to the goal of these institutions to instil and reinforce particular norms within students. "Norms" included historical behavioral norms of the time, as well as norms that reinforced targeted societal values, ideologies and dominant narratives in the form of curriculum. The first public normal school in the United States was founded in Concord, Vermont, by Samuel Read Hall in 1823 to train teachers.…

Key claims

1. date of establishment: 1895 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. date of establishment: 1909 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
3. date of establishment: 1857 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
4. date of foundation: 1823 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
5. date of foundation: 1905 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
6. date of foundation: 1912 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
7. date of foundation: 1882 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
8. date of foundation: 1848-02-10 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
9. date of foundation: 1852 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
10. date of foundation: 1908 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
11. date of foundation: 1890 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
12. date of foundation: 1959 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
13. date of foundation: 1912 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
14. date of foundation: 1834 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
15. date of foundation: 1852 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
16. date of foundation: 1835 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
17. date of foundation: 1842 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
18. date of foundation: 1875 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
19. date of foundation: 1824 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
20. date of foundation: 1938 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
2. The record states that the date of establishment is "1895". What evidence would count against this claim?
3. The record states that the date of establishment is "1909". What evidence would count against this claim?
4. The record states that the date of establishment is "1857". What evidence would count against this claim?
5. The record states that the date of foundation is "1823". What evidence would count against this claim?
6. The record states that the date of foundation is "1905". What evidence would count against this claim?
7. The record states that the date of foundation is "1912". What evidence would count against this claim?
8. The record states that the date of foundation is "1882". What evidence would count against this claim?
9. The record states that the date of foundation is "1848-02-10". What evidence would count against this claim?
10. The record states that the date of foundation is "1852". What evidence would count against this claim?
11. The record states that the date of foundation is "1908". What evidence would count against this claim?
12. The record states that the date of foundation is "1890". What evidence would count against this claim?
13. The record states that the date of foundation is "1959". What evidence would count against this claim?
14. The record states that the date of foundation is "1912". What evidence would count against this claim?
15. The record states that the date of foundation is "1834". What evidence would count against this claim?
16. The record states that the date of foundation is "1852". What evidence would count against this claim?
17. The record states that the date of foundation is "1835". What evidence would count against this claim?
18. The record states that the date of foundation is "1842". What evidence would count against this claim?
19. The record states that the date of foundation is "1875". What evidence would count against this claim?
20. The record states that the date of foundation is "1824". What evidence would count against this claim?
21. The record states that the date of foundation is "1938". What evidence would count against this claim?
22. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
23. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1376423711