Race-focused and race-reimaged metatheoretical approaches for studying motivation constructs

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Description

The article distinguishes two metatheoretical approaches for educational research: race-focused approaches, which "center on issues of race and are grounded in racial or cultural theories and constructs" such as racial identity and stereotype threat, and race-reimaged approaches, which reconceptualize traditional motivational constructs by integrating racial theories through critical social-cultural-historical lenses. The authors extend these approaches from single constructs to interactions among multiple interrelated constructs (belonging, emoting, achieving) contextualized in STEM education.

Accounts

• Race-focused and race-reimaged metatheoretical approaches for studying motivation constructs: The article distinguishes two metatheoretical approaches for educational research: race-focused approaches, which "center on issues of race and are grounded in racial or cultural theories and constructs" such as racial identity and stereotype threat, and race-reimaged approaches, which reconceptualize traditional motivational constructs by integrating racial theories through critical social-cultural-historical lenses. The authors extend these approaches from single constructs to interactions among multiple interrelated constructs (belonging, emoting, achieving) contextualized in STEM education. (Jessica T. DeCuir-Gunby et al. (2026))

Claims

• Race-reimaging ultimately transforms a race-less construct into a race-focused construct [+W]

Related Research Methods

• DeCuir-Gunby and Schutz's five purposes for considering race in educational psychology research

Key Sources

• Jessica T. DeCuir-Gunby, Paul A. Schutz, Saba L. Modaressi. (2026). Racializing Motivation: A Race-Reimaged Framework of Belonging, Emoting, and Achieving Within STEM Higher Education Contexts. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-026-10220-w

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title	Race-focused and race-reimaged metatheoretical approaches for studying motivation constructs
description	The article distinguishes two metatheoretical approaches for educational research: race-focused approaches, which "center on issues of race and are grounded in racial or cultural theories and constructs" such as racial identity and stereotype threat, and race-reimaged approaches, which reconceptuali
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