The Institut Universitaire de Formation des Maîtres (IUFM; en, University Institute for Teachers Training) was an institution in each French teaching

Academy An academy ( Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy ...

(one for each region) which specialised in the training of primary and secondary teachers. IUFM website, accessed 29 Sept. 2009 IUFMs were created in 1990, replacing the

Normal school A normal school or normal college is an institution created to Teacher education, train teachers by educating them in the norms of pedagogy and curriculum. In the 19th century in the United States, instruction in normal schools was at the high s ...

. Detractors object to the IUFM practice of using

primary school A primary school (in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, and South Africa), junior school (in Australia), elementary school or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary e ...

training methods for

secondary school A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' secondary education, lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) ...

training. Other criticism has focused on

ideological An ideology is a set of beliefs or philosophies attributed to a person or group of persons, especially those held for reasons that are not purely epistemic, in which "practical elements are as prominent as theoretical ones." Formerly applied prim ...

concerns. Although there is considerable variety of approach between the different establishments, candidates should be aware of ideological factors when applying .

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