The Institut Universitaire de Formation des Maîtres (IUFM; ) was an institution in each French teaching

Academy An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of tertiary education. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 386 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the go ...

(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. Detractors object to the IUFM practice of using

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

training methods for

secondary school A secondary school, high school, or senior school, is an institution that provides secondary education. Some secondary schools provide both ''lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper secondary education'' (ages 14 to 18), i.e., b ...

training. Other criticism has focused on

ideological An ideology is a set of beliefs or values attributed to a person or group of persons, especially those held for reasons that are not purely about belief in certain knowledge, in which "practical elements are as prominent as theoretical ones". Form ...

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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