Educational Psychology Homework

Problems in Educational Psychology

Journal article assignment

1. Read the following article:

DeCuir-Gunby, J. T., & Schutz, P. A. (2014). Researching race within educational psychology

contexts. Educational Psychologist, 49(4), 244-260.

2. Respond to the following questions (print for class):

• What are race-focused and race-reimaged constructs? According to the authors, how well has educational psychology scholarship examined race-focused and race-reimaged constructs?

• What do the author’s cite as reasons why race has not traditionally been investigated in educational psychology research? Why should this be addressed?

• How can the field of educational psychology rectify the lack of focus on race in educational psychology research and top educational psychology journals? What guidelines do the authors offer?

• How does your own research agenda fit into the analysis/critique offered by the authors?