The constellation of dominant motivation theories in educational psychology has changed very little over recent decades¶
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q1 i? The dominant theories in the academic motivation field remained the same between a 2000 special issue and a 2020 special issue of the same journal. → Murayama 2025
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Murayama 2025¶
Murayama, K., & von Keyserlingk, L. (2025). A critical analysis of the current motivation theories in educational psychology: Why the same theories continue to dominate. https://doi.org/10.1080/00461520.2025.2473894
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The article cites Wigfield and Koenka's (2020) editorial observation that "the dominant theories in the academic motivation field" were unchanged between the 2000 and 2020 Contemporary Educational Psychology special issues. This is an attributed observational claim, not a systematic analysis.
"When we look back to the 2000 CEP [i.e., Contemporary Educational Psychology] special issue, it is interesting to us that the dominant theories in the academic motivation field included in this special issue [i.e., the 2020 special issue] remain the same theories as were represented in that issue"
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- Motivation theories in education have converged on a learner-centered focus over recent decades — related
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The constellation of dominant motivation theories in educational psychology has changed very little over recent decades |
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The constellation of dominant motivation theories in educational psychology has changed very little over recent decades |
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