Changing School – Changing Self. Ethnic Minority Girls’ Active Struggles for Educational Success

Section IV Changing Girls, Changing Games

The authors of our fourth section, Changing Girls, Changing Games have strong ideas about how games and girls should be different and are working towards realizing those visions. We apply a plethora of design research techniques to understand player motivations and to design games which achieve the designers’ goals. We want to change girls, empowering them to become technological superheroes. W...

Changing Patterns of Ethnic Minority Self-Employment in Britain: Evidence from Census Microdata

Changing Patterns of Ethnic Minority Self-Employment in Britain: Evidence from Census Microdata The over-representation of certain ethnic minority and immigrant groups in self-employment is, in common with other developed countries, a notable feature of the UK labour market. Compared to substantial growth in self-employment in the 1980s, the 1990s saw overall selfemployment rates plateau. Despi...

Understanding suboptimal human papillomavirus vaccine uptake among ethnic minority girls.

BACKGROUND The introduction of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines represents a breakthrough in the primary prevention of cervical cancer. However, little is known about vaccination uptake and correlates among low-income, ethnic minority, and immigrant populations in the U.S. who may benefit most from the vaccine. METHODS Telephone interviews (N = 490) were conducted in six languages between ...

Barriers to the Success of Ethnic Minority Students in School Psychology Graduate Programs

The current study examined factors that may serve as barriers to the success of ethnic minority graduate students by assessing the academic, social, and emotional experiences of approximately 87 ethnic minority and 313 ethnic majority school psychology graduate students. Results indicated that ethnic minority graduate students reported significantly more negative race-related experiences, which...

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