Luke teaches Philosophy at the University of Queensland and Critical Thinking for Education Queensland's IMPACT Centre.
His research examines the intersection of a number of topics, including education philosophy, contemporary pedagogy, and democratic theory. He has a particular interest in citizenship education and non-electoral models of democracy. His current projects examine how critical thinking affects the development of citizenship in both children and adults.
He has a passion for philosophy for children and has been a facilitator for UQ's Philosothon since 2013.
Publications
Book Chapter
Lodge, Jason M., Ellerton, Peter, Zaphir, Luke and Brown, Deborah (2024). Assessing in the age of AI: is critical thinking the answer?. Artificial intelligence applications in K-12: theories, ethics, and case studies for schools. (pp. 24-37) New York, NY, United States: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003440192-3
Journal Articles
Li, Joan, Jangamreddy, Nikhil Kumar, Bhansali, Ruchita, Hisamoto, Ryuto, Dyda, Amalie, Zaphir, Luke and Glencross, Mashhuda (2024). AI-assisted marking: Functionality and limitations of ChatGPT in written assessment evaluation. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 40 (4), 1-17. doi: 10.14742/ajet.9463
Hegazy, Hind, Ellerton, Peter, Campos-Remon, Hannah, Zaphir, Luke, Mazzola, Claudio and Brown, Deborah (2021). Working from theory: developing the bases of teachers’ critical thinking pedagogies through action research. Educational Action Research, 31 (1), 1-16. doi: 10.1080/09650792.2021.1877757
Zaphir, Luke (2020). Rationality, bias, and prejudice: developing citizens’ ability to engage in inquiry. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 53 (11), 1-10. doi: 10.1080/00131857.2020.1811680
Zaphir, Luke (2020). Rationality, bias, and prejudice: developing citizens' ability to engage in inquiry. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 53 (11), 1161-1170. doi: 10.1080/00131857.2020.1811680
Zaphir, Luke (2019). Demarchy: a flexible deliberative process for contemporary democracies. Journal of Political Power, 12 (1), 104-128. doi: 10.1080/2158379X.2019.1573514
Zaphir, Luke (2017). Democratic communities of inquiry: Creating opportunities to develop citizenship. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 50 (4), 359-368. doi: 10.1080/00131857.2017.1364156
Conference Paper
Li, Joan, Jangamreddy, Nikhil, Bhansali, Ruchita, Hisamoto, Ryuto, Zaphir, Luke, Dyda, Amalie and Glencross, Mashhuda (2024). Generative AI in assessment: friends or foes. AMEE Annual Conference, Basel, Switzerland, 24-28 August 2024.
Data Collection
Zaphir, Luke (2023). MAGE framework testing of ChatGPT4. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/f8fd044
Thesis
Zaphir, Luke Benjamin Scott (2017). Adaptive demarchy: a flexible model of deliberative democracy for an uncertain political context. PhD Thesis, School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2017.791
Newspaper Articles
Henrickson, Leah and Zaphir, Luke (2025, 10 30). What happened to creativity in the classroom? THE Campus
Zaphir, Luke (2020, 08 19). With rights come responsibilities: how coronavirus is a pandemic of hypocrisy The Conversation
Zaphir, Luke (2020, 04 01). How not to fall for coronavirus BS: avoid the 7 deadly sins of thought The Conversation
Zaphir, Luke (2019, 12 13). Knowledge is a process of discovery: how constructivism changed education The Conversation
Zaphir, Luke (2019, 08 23). How to make good arguments at school (and everywhere else) The Conversation
Zaphir, Luke (2019, 06 17). What’s the point of education? It’s no longer just about getting a job The Conversation