Decreasing Racial Bias Through A Facilitated Game and Workshop: The Case of Fair Play. (June 2021)
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- Journal Article
- Title:
- Decreasing Racial Bias Through A Facilitated Game and Workshop: The Case of Fair Play. (June 2021)
- Main Title:
- Decreasing Racial Bias Through A Facilitated Game and Workshop: The Case of Fair Play
- Authors:
- Pribbenow, Christine Maidl
Caldwell, Kyrie Eleison H.
Dantzler, Donald Dejon
Brown, Percy
Carnes, Molly - Other Names:
- Leigh Elyssebeth guest-editor.
Likhacheva Elena guest-editor.
Tipton Elizabeth guest-editor.
de Wijse-van Heeswijk Marieke guest-editor.
Zürn Birgit guest-editor. - Abstract:
- Introduction. Fair Play is an avatar-based role-playing video game in which Jamal Davis, a Black graduate student at a research university, navigates implicit forms of racial bias to reach the win-state of earning his PhD and becoming a professor. Fair Play was designed to educate players on the existence of racial bias in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM) fields in an experiential way and to encourage perspective-taking. Research has found that taking the perspective of another can induce empathy, which improves the empathizer's attitudes towards individuals and groups. Paired with a facilitated workshop, Fair Play was also designed to teach bias concepts to increase participants' bias literacy. Intervention. Research on workshops to reduce gender bias suggests that it increased awareness of personal bias, the motivation and self-efficacy to practice bias-reducing strategies, and a more welcoming department climate and the hiring of more women faculty three years after the intervention. Capitalizing on these findings, a 3-hour workshop was developed to reduce race-based bias against Black/African Americans in STEMM using Fair Play. Conclusions. The facilitation of the workshops and Fair Play requires particular competencies due to its topic (racial bias) and player's skepticism about the reality of the bias incidents. Our data suggest that participants who identify as a person of color are more likely to believe that bias exists compared toIntroduction. Fair Play is an avatar-based role-playing video game in which Jamal Davis, a Black graduate student at a research university, navigates implicit forms of racial bias to reach the win-state of earning his PhD and becoming a professor. Fair Play was designed to educate players on the existence of racial bias in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM) fields in an experiential way and to encourage perspective-taking. Research has found that taking the perspective of another can induce empathy, which improves the empathizer's attitudes towards individuals and groups. Paired with a facilitated workshop, Fair Play was also designed to teach bias concepts to increase participants' bias literacy. Intervention. Research on workshops to reduce gender bias suggests that it increased awareness of personal bias, the motivation and self-efficacy to practice bias-reducing strategies, and a more welcoming department climate and the hiring of more women faculty three years after the intervention. Capitalizing on these findings, a 3-hour workshop was developed to reduce race-based bias against Black/African Americans in STEMM using Fair Play. Conclusions. The facilitation of the workshops and Fair Play requires particular competencies due to its topic (racial bias) and player's skepticism about the reality of the bias incidents. Our data suggest that participants who identify as a person of color are more likely to believe that bias exists compared to White players, which can lead to a discussion about how the incidents in the game were designed and scripted. The facilitator also needs to be versed in a number of intentional design choices, such as Jamal not having voiceover and his success. Finally, this paper describes the Facilitator Game, which was developed as a complement to the game and allows a facilitator to jump to bias incidents quickly while debriefing and discussing the game to further participant learning. … (more)
- Is Part Of:
- Simulation & gaming. Volume 52:Number 3(2021)
- Journal:
- Simulation & gaming
- Issue:
- Volume 52:Number 3(2021)
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- Volume 52, Issue 3 (2021)
- Year:
- 2021
- Volume:
- 52
- Issue:
- 3
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2021-0052-0003-0000
- Page Start:
- 386
- Page End:
- 402
- Publication Date:
- 2021-06
- Subjects:
- Serious games -- social impact game -- games for learning -- professional development
Social sciences -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals
Simulation methods -- Periodicals
Game theory -- Periodicals
Sciences sociales -- Étude et enseignement -- Périodiques
Simulation, Méthodes de -- Périodiques
Jeu de rôle -- Périodiques
Éducation
Jeu d'entreprise
Jeu de simulation
Méthode de simulation
Sciences sociales
Théorie des jeux
Périodique électronique (Descripteur de forme)
Ressource Internet (Descripteur de forme)
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http://firstsearch.oclc.org/journal=1046-8781;screen=info;ECOIP ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1177/1046878120983384 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 1046-8781
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