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Tadasu Misawa
1878–1942
A Japanese educator and writer whose work opened a window onto modern educational thought, he is best known in English for Modern Educators and Their Ideals. His career also left a mark on schools in Japan and Taiwan during the early 20th century.
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Modern educators and their ideals
by Tadasu Misawa
About the author
Born on October 12, 1878, Tadasu Misawa was a Japanese educator active in the Taisho and early Showa periods. Sources identify him as an educator rather than a novelist, and English-language readers are most likely to know him through Modern Educators and Their Ideals, a survey of influential thinkers in education that is now available through Project Gutenberg.
Japanese and related reference sources describe a long academic and school leadership career: he taught at Hiroshima Higher Normal School and later served as principal at several secondary schools, including Osaka Prefectural Kōzu Middle School and Taipei Higher School. He is remembered as an important educational figure whose influence extended beyond the classroom into school culture and administration.
Misawa died on May 25, 1942. While detailed biographical material in English is limited, the available sources consistently present him as a serious educational thinker and administrator whose writing aimed to make major ideas in education clear and useful for teachers, students, and parents.