ICLS Poster

#689: Negotiating the Validity of Lived Experience as a Form of Evidence

Thu Jun 18, 4:15 PM–5:45 PM · Outdoors

Part of ICLS Posters - Thursday Poster Session (In-Person)

Epistemic Cognition & Argumentation Equity, Justice & Inclusion Higher Education & Undergraduate Learning Dialogic Teaching & Classroom Discourse

This study explores how 19 undergraduate students negotiated the validity of lived as a form of evidence when evaluating multiple online texts during civic deliberation on an issue of racial equity in education. Data collected from students’ small group discussions analyzed through the lens of epistemic injustice demonstrates students’ diverse and nuanced thinking around how to evaluate personal testimony when making source credibility judgments.

Speakers

Eowyn Wilder — Rutgers University
Clark Chinn — Rutgers University

Authors

Eowyn P. Wilder, Ravit Golan Duncan, Clark A. Chinn