"The field of educational psychology, while closely aligned with several adjacent branches of psychology, focuses on teaching and learning processes in support of the development of students within K-12 schools and beyond. Similar to other fields, educational psychology has been historically dominated by theories and empirical studies developed and carried out by white scholars who…

"Colonial conquests around the world were not only focused on the usurping of Indigenous lands, but also on the colonization of the minds of the Indigenous inhabitants. Colonial education and missionary schools functioned as mechanisms for ideological control, including in higher education. This resulted in research epistemologies and methodologies being inherently influenced by colonial perspectives…