師範学校

See also: 師範學校

Japanese

Kanji in this term
師	範	学	校
し Grade: 5	はん Grade: S	がく > がっ Grade: 1	こう Grade: 1
on'yomi	kan'on	goon	kan'on

Alternative spelling
師範學校 (kyūjitai)

Alternative forms

• 師範 (shihan) — short

Etymology

Compound of 師(し)範(はん) (shihan, “instructor”) + 学(がっ)校(こう) (gakkō, “school”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しはんがっこー [shìháń gáꜜkkòò] (Nakadaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [ɕiha̠ŋ ɡa̠k̚ko̞ː]

Noun

師(し)範(はん)学(がっ)校(こう) • (shihan gakkō) ^{←しはんがくかう (sifan gakukau)?}

1. (historical) normal school
   • 1917, Iwazō Ototake, 教育科教科書近世教育史 [Education Textbook: History of Modern Education]‎^[1], Tōkyō: Baifūkan, page 239:

     師(し)範(はん)學(がく)校(かう)は二(に)級(きふ)に分(わか)る。一(いち)は初(しよ)等(とう)師(し)範(はん)學(がく)校(かう)にして、各(かく)縣(けん)に男(だん)女(ぢよ)一(いつ)校(かう)づゝありて初(しよ)等(とう)敎(けう)員(ゐん)を養(やう)成(せい)す。二(に)は高(かう)等(とう)師(し)範(はん)學(がく)校(かう)にして、これに、高(かう)等(とう)小(せう)學(がく)校(かう)・初(しよ)等(とう)師(し)範(はん)學(がく)校(かう)の敎(けう)員(ゐん)を養(やう)成(せい)するものと、高(かう)等(とう)普(ふ)通(つう)敎(けう)育(いく)の敎(けう)員(ゐん)を養(やう)成(せい)するものと二(に)種(しゆ)あり。

     Shihan gakkō wa ni-kyū ni wakaru. Ichi wa shotō shihan gakkō ni shite, kakuken ni danjo ik-kō zutsu arite shotō kyōin o yōsei su. Ni wa kōtō shihan gakkō ni shite, kore ni, kōtō shōgakkō shotō shihan gakkō no kyōin o yōsei suru mono to, kōtō futsū kyōiku no kyōin o yōsei suru mono to ni-shu ari.

     A normal school is divided into two levels. The first is an elementary normal school, one for men and one for women in each prefecture, which trains elementary teachers. The second is a higher normal school, which is further divided into two types: one to train teachers for higher elementary schools and elementary normal schools, and the other to train teachers for higher general education.