Remembering Hiroshi Azuma, 1926–2016

Dec 19, 2016

Today we learned the sad news of the passing of NAEd member Hiroshi Azuma.

The following news clip was found online (translation has taken place):

Hiroshi Azuma, professor emeritus of Educational Psychology at the University of Tokyo, died December 13th at the age of 90. A former dean of the education department at the university, Azuma also held appointment as the principal of the University of Tokyo’s large middle school and high school.

As we learn more we will update this page.

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