real school

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Calque of German Realschule, from real (real) + Schule (school), from the view that classical education at Gymnasia was not fit for the real world.

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈrɪəl ˌskuːl/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈril ˌskul/, /ˈriəl ˌskul/

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real school (plural real schools)

  1. (chiefly historical) A secondary school (especially in German-speaking countries) teaching a curriculum of "real-world" subjects (math, science, modern languages) rather than one heavily laden with literature, Latin, and Ancient Greek.
    • 1765, Johann Gottlob Krueger, An Essay on the Education of Children, page 65:
      The duke of Brunswick... has caused real schools, in contra-distinction to verbal, to be erected at Brunswick.
    • 1833 July, W. Hamilton, Edinburgh Review, page 521:
      Realschulen, real schools... because they are less occupied with the study of languages (Verbalia) than with the knowledge of things (Realia).
    • 2002, Educational Researcher, number 31, page 27:
      Like a Real School, real research is recognized as the genuine article, and persons engaged with it garner status and power.

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