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Dr Jim Mackenzie

Senior Lecturer in Philosophy in Education

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Phone: +61 2 9351 3773

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Building.Room: A35.912

Professional biography

Jim teaches courses in philosophy of education, ethics, and methodology. His background is in philosophy, and he has taught in philosophy and education departments at various institutions on the east coast of Australia. His interests include the logic of dialogue, the history of educational ideas, curriculum structure, and crap detection.


Professional and community roles


Current research students

Project title Degree Research student
Critic of educational research. MPhil Nimal P Ratnesar
Educational themes and contexts for reducing suffering inflicted by humans on animals. MEd Dr Edward Eadie

Selected publications

Book chapters

  • Mackenzie, J. (2007). Rational autonomy as an educational aim. In Aspin D, Chapman J (Ed.), Values Education and Lifelong Learning: Principles, Policies, Programmes (Vol. 1, pp. 93–106), Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer.
  • Ratnesar, N, Mackenzie, J. (2007). The qualitative-quantitative distinction and the null hypothesis significance testing procedure. In Bridges D and Smith R (Eds.), Philosophy, Methodology and Educational Research (Vol. 1, pp. 107–115), Oxford: Blackwell Publishing Ltd..

Journal articles

  • Mackenzie, J. (2009). Kitching’s Trouble with Theory: ‘The tree is known by its fruit’ (Mt 12:33). (Symposium contribution) . Educational Philosophy and Theory 41 (3) (2009) pp. 240-244., 41(3), 240–244.
  • Mackenzie, J. (2008). Conceptual learning in higher education: some philosophical points. Oxford Review of Education, 34(1), 75–87.
  • Mackenzie, J. (2007). A reply on behalf of the relativist to Mark Mason's justification of universal ethical principles. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 39(6), 657–675.
  • Mackenzie, J. (2007). Equivocation as a point of order. Argumentation, 21(3), 223–231.
  • Hwang, Y, Evans, D, Mackenzie, J. (2007). Theory-of-Mind Continuum Model: Why Mind Matters in Philosophy, Psychology and Education. International journal of the interdisciplinary social sciences, 2(3), 249–258.
  • Ratnesar, N, Mackenzie, J. (2006). The quantitative-qualitative distinction and the null hypothesis significance testing procedure. Journal of Philosophy of Education, 40(4), 501–509.

Conference papers

  • Mackenzie, J. (2006). Positivism and constructivism, truth and 'truth'. In M Freund, J Mackenzie, M O'Loughlin Proceedings of the Thirty-Fifth Annual Conference of the Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia (pp. 1–11). Sydney, 23-6 November, Sydney.
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