Ben Kotzee

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Ben Kotzee works on topics in the philosophy of education and focuses on applying insights from contemporary epistemology to questions regarding moral and intellectual character development. He has written on the epistemic aims of education and on the nature and development of expertise; he is the editor of Education and the Growth of Knowledge: perspectives from social and virtue epistemology (Wiley-Blackwell, forthcoming).

Dr Kotzee is interested in supervising doctoral research in the philosophy of education, the epistemology of education and applied ethical issues in education.

Research activity per year

27 Article
10 Chapter
1 Book
1 Other report

39 results

2024
Intellectual Virtues
Kotzee, B. & Baehr, J., 29 Mar 2024, The Routledge International Handbook of Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Character Development, Volume I. Matthews, M. D. & Lerner, R. M. (eds.). 1st ed. Routledge, Vol. 1. p. 512-532 21 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
2023
Testimonial Justice and the Voluntarism Problem: the virtue of just acceptance
Kotzee, B. & Sato, K., 9 Oct 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Philosophy of Education. qhad063.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The economic and epistemic division of labour: on Philip Kitcher’s The Main Enterprise of the World
Kotzee, B., 24 Jul 2023, In: Journal of Philosophy of Education. 57, 2, p. 400-408
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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The Epistocratic Challenge to Democratic Education
Kotzee, B., Apr 2023, The Cambridge Handbook of Democratic Education. Cambridge University Press, p. 550 - 573 (Cambridge Handbooks in Education).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
The Philosophical Dimensions of Teachers' Research Literacy
Kotzee, B., 1 Dec 2023, In: Professions & Professionalism. 13, 2, 19 p., e5346.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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2022
Bundled or unbundled? A multi‐text corpus‐assisted discourse analysis of the relationship between teaching and research in UK universities
Matthews, A. & Kotzee, B., 21 Mar 2022, In: British Educational Research Journal. 48, 3, p. 578-597
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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The Formation of Expertise
Kotzee, B., 26 Oct 2022, Handbook of Philosophy of Education. Curren, R. (ed.). 1 ed. Routledge
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
2021
The fundamental role of storytelling and practical wisdom in facilitating the ethics education of junior doctors
Paton, A. & Kotzee, B., Jul 2021, In: Health. 25, 4, p. 417-433 17 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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1 Citation (Scopus)

164 Downloads (Pure)
The rhetoric of the UK higher education Teaching Excellence Framework: a corpus-assisted discourse analysis of TEF2 provider statements
Matthews, A. & Kotzee, B., 2021, In: Educational Review. 73, 5, p. 523-543
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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3 Citations (Scopus)

314 Downloads (Pure)
The teacher bandwidth problem: MOOCs, connectivism, and collaborative knowledge
Kotzee, B. & Palermos, S. O., 31 Aug 2021, In: Educational Theory. 71, 4, p. 497-518
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
2020
UK university part-time higher education: a corpus-assisted discourse analysis of undergraduate prospectuses
Matthews, A. & Kotzee, B., 29 Jan 2020, In: Higher Education Research and Development. 39, 6, p. 1186-1201
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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2 Citations (Scopus)

157 Downloads (Pure)
2019
Bullshit Assertion
Kotzee, B., 10 Jan 2019, (E-pub ahead of print) Oxford Handbook of Assertion., S. G. (ed.). Oxford University Press
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

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Educating for intellectual virtue: a critique from action guidance
Kotzee, B., Carter, J. A. & Siegel, H., 8 Apr 2019, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Episteme.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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1 Citation (Scopus)

380 Downloads (Pure)
Intellectual perfectionism about schooling
Kotzee, B., Jul 2019, In: Journal of Applied Philosophy. 36, 3, p. 436-456 21 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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5 Citations (Scopus)

192 Downloads (Pure)
2018

Applied Epistemology of Education
Kotzee, H., 5 Sept 2018, The Routledge Handbook of Applied Epistemology. Coady, D. & Chase, J. (eds.). Routledge, (Routledge Handbooks in Philosophy ).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Cyborgs, knowledge and credit for learning
Kotzee, H., 17 May 2018, Extended Epistemology. Carter, A., Clark, A., Kallestrup, J., Palermos, O. & Pritchard, D. (eds.). 1st ed. Oxford University Press, 20 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
2 Citations (Scopus)
Dewey as Virtue Epistemologist: Open-mindedness and the training of thought in Democracy and Education
Kotzee, H., May 2018, In: Journal of Philosophy of Education. 52, 2, p. 359-373 15 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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The Epistemic Goods of Higher Education
Kotzee, B., 1 Nov 2018, In: Philosophical Inquiry in Education. 25, 2, p. 116 133 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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2017

Education and Epistemic Injustice
Kotzee, H., 3 Apr 2017, The Routledge Handbook of Epistemic Injustice. Kidd, I., Medina, J. & Pohlhaus, G. (eds.). Routledge, (Routledge Handbooks in Philosophy).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

15 Citations (Scopus)
Towards an empirically informed account of 'phronesis' in medicine
Kotzee, H., Paton, A. & Conroy, M., 3 May 2017, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Perspectives in Biology and Medicine. 59, 3, p. 337-350 14 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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16 Citations (Scopus)

425 Downloads (Pure)
Two Social Dimensions of Expertise
Kotzee, B. & Smit, J. P., 29 Aug 2017, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Philosophy of Education. 51, 3, p. 640–654
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

4 Citations (Scopus)
Virtue in medical practice: an exploratory study
Kotzee, H., Ignatowicz, A. & Thomas, H., Mar 2017, In: HEC Forum. 29, 1, p. 1–19
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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13 Citations (Scopus)

335 Downloads (Pure)
2016
Learning How
Kotzee, H., May 2016, In: Journal of Philosophy of Education. 50, 2, p. 218-232
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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7 Citations (Scopus)

339 Downloads (Pure)
2015

Epistemology of Education
Kotzee, H. & Carter, A., 2015, Oxford Bibliographies Online. Oxford University Press
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Measuring 'Virtue' in Medicine
Kotzee, H. & Ignatowicz, A., 2015, In: Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy. 19, 2, p. 149–161
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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15 Citations (Scopus)

407 Downloads (Pure)
Problems of Assessment in Educating for Intellectual Virtue
Kotzee, H., 14 Dec 2015, Intellectual Virtues and Education: Essays in Applied Virtue Epistemology. Baehr, J. (ed.). London: Routledge
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

5 Citations (Scopus)
Virtuous Medical Practice
Arthur, J., Kristjánsson, K., Thomas, H., Kotzee, H., Ignatowicz, A. & Qiu, T., 2015, University of Birmingham. 35 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Other report
2014
Can virtue be measured?
Curren, R. & Kotzee, H., 1 Nov 2014, In: Theory and Research in Education. 12, 3, p. 266-282 17 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
22 Citations (Scopus)

234 Downloads (Pure)
Differentiating Forms of Professional Expertise
Kotzee, H., 2014, Knowledge, Expertise and the Professions. Young, M. & Muller, J. (eds.). London: Routledge
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

3 Citations (Scopus)
Language Learning in Wittgenstein and Davidson
Kotzee, H., Jul 2014, In: Studies in Philosophy and Education. 33, 4, p. 413-431 19 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2013

Education and the Growth of Knowledge: Perspectives from Social and Virtue Epistemology
Kotzee, H., 2013, Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell. 183 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Book

11 Citations (Scopus)
“Expertise, Fluency and Social Realism about Professional Knowledge
Kotzee, H., 2013, In: Journal of Education and Work.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

26 Citations (Scopus)
2012
Private Practice: exploring the missing social dimension in ‘reflective practice’
Kotzee, H., 2012, In: Studies in Continuing Education. 34, 1, p. 5-16
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
17 Citations (Scopus)
2011
Education and ‘Thick’ Epistemology
Kotzee, H., Oct 2011, In: Educational Theory. 61, 5, p. 549-564
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
11 Citations (Scopus)
2010
Poisoning the Well and Epistemic Privilege
Kotzee, H., 2010, In: Argumentation . 24, 3, p. 265-281 17 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
8 Citations (Scopus)
Seven Posers in the Constructivist Classroom
Kotzee, H., 2010, In: London Review of Education. 8, 2, p. 177-187 11 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

19 Citations (Scopus)
2008

A Thicker Epistemology?
Kotzee, H., 2008, In: Philosophical Papers. 37, 3
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

4 Citations (Scopus)
2007
Our Vision and Our Mission: Bullshit, Assertion and Belief
Kotzee, H., 2007, In: South African Journal of Philosophy. 26, 2, p. 163-175 13 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
3 Citations (Scopus)
2001

Why Metaphors Have No Meaning
Kotzee, H., 2001, In: South African Journal of Philosophy. p. 290-307 17 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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