Church of Scotland Training College Normal School, Edinburgh

The Church of Scotland Training College

Free Church of Scotland College

Free Church of Scotland Normal School

Edinburgh Provincial Training College

Moray House College of Education

Moray House Institute of Education

The School was opened as part of the Church of Scotland Training College. It joined with the Free Church of Scotland Normal School when the training college came under the control of the Provincial Committee for the Training of Teachers. Teaching then moved to Moray House

The school was first opened in Johnston Terrace, and additional accommodation were made available when the College acquired premises in Chambers Street in 1879.

The Normal School provided an opportunity for teacher training students to study teaching methods used in schools. It was so called because it had been established as a place where the 'norm' or rules of teaching could be demonstrated and imitated. Lessons that were taught included Gaelic, Arithmetic, Geography, Grammar, Mathematics, Latin and Greek and Religious Knowledge.

The school operated under the auspices of a principal teacher. There was also a manager of the school responsible for day to day running. An inspector visited yearly. In 1907 the College and therefore the school came under the control of the Provincial Committee for the Training of Teachers.

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List of sources for the administrative information:

Kirk, Gordon (ed).Moray House and Professional Education, 1835-1985, 1985.

GB 0237 EUA Meta-level descriptions.

Authority record created according to the National Council on ArchivesRules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names (NCA Rules) 1997 and International Council on Archives: Ad Hoc Committee on Descriptive Standards International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families (ISAAR)CPF 1995.

Corporate name authority record compiled for the GASHE project by Rachel Hosker, GASHE project archivist, 6 September 2000.