Thomas R. McCambridge, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of
Education
School of Education
California Lutheran University
Thousand Oaks, CA 91360
Office: (805) 493-3818
e-mail: mccamb@clunet.edu
DEGREES:
Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles
Philosophy of Education, 1997
MA Professional School of Psychological Studies
Counseling Psychology, 1982
University of California, San Diego
European History, 1977-1978
M.Ed. Loyola Marymount University
School Counseling, 1971
Loyola University of Los Angeles
Secondary Credential, 1965
Loyola University of Los Angeles
English and American Literature, 1963-1966
BA Loyola University of Los Angeles
English, 1963
DISSERTATION: Liberal Education and American Schooling
Abstract: This dissertation in the philosophy of education argues that the proper
form of schooling for all persons is liberal education. The term “liberal
education” is defined and contrasted with notions of schooling for utility.
Utilitarian forms of schooling are shown to be inconsistent with both individualism and
community, and, therefore, inconsistent with democracy, and the history of American
schooling is shown to be dominated by various forms of schooling for utility. Liberal
education is defended as the best preparation for and as the best argument for democracy,
and as the best way of becoming a free, active, and creative human being.
Committee:
Theodore R. Mitchell,
Ph.D., Dean, Graduate School of Education and Information Services, UCLA, Chair
(currently, CEO of
NewSchools Venture Fund
)
James Catterall, Ph.D.,
Professor, Urban Schooling: Curriculum, Teaching, Leadership,
and Policy Studies, GSE&IS, UCLA
Mike Rose, Ph.D.,
Professor, Social Research Methodology, GSE&IS, UCLA
Scott Waugh, Ph.D., Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, UCLA
Hanan Alexander, Ph.D., Academic Vice-President, University of Judaism
(currently Professor of Philosophy of Education, Haifa University, Israel)
Ph.D. EXAMINATION FIELDS/TEACHING FIELDS:
Philosophy of Education
Culture and Diversity in American Education
Adolescent Growth and Development
Leadership and Management in the Cross-Cultural Classroom
Reading in the Content Areas in the Cross-Cultural Classroom
Language Development in the Cross-Cultural Classroom
History of American Education
Curriculum Theory and Evaluation
English Methods
Social Studies Methods
Models of Teaching in Novels and Films
EXPERIENCE:
1997 --- present Associate Professor of Education, California Lutheran University
Director, Secondary Education
Adjunct Professor of Philosophy, California Lutheran University
Ed.D. Courses
Historical and Philosophical Foundations of Educational Leadership
Coolquiam in
Principles-Based Educational Leadership
Research
Seminar: The Literature Review
Research
Seminar: The Proposal Defense
M.Ed. Courses
Philosophers on Education
Methods Classes
Teaching II: Special Pedagogical Skills --- Secondary (History-Social Science)
Teaching I: Instructional Planning for Content Standards --- Secondary
Curriculum Design for Diverse Classrooms --- Secondary
Reading in the Content Areas --- Secondary
Classroom Leadership and Management --- Secondary
Supervision of Student Teachers (Secondary)
Foundations Classes
Social and Cultural Foundations of Education
Culture and Diversity in American Education
Adolescent Growth and Development
First and Second Language Acquisition
1998 --- 2007; 2008 --- Adjunct Professor of Education, California State University, Northridge
Urban Education in American Society
Education and American Society
Current Issues in American Education
1994 - 1996: Chair, History Department, Yeshiva University of Los Angeles High Schools
AP American History
AP European History
AP American Government
1994-1995: Managing Editor, Religious Education,
1993 --- 1998
Instructor and Post-Doctoral Fellow,
University of Judaism
Curriculum Theory and Evaluation
Philosophy of Education
Western Civilization
1989 --- 1993 Teaching Assistant:, University of California, Los Angeles
Philosophy of Education
1989 --- 1993 Research Assistant, University of California, Los Angeles
National Center for History in the Schools
1985-1990: Principal, Upper School (Grades 7-12), The Buckley School, Sherman Oaks, CA
1978-1985: Chair, History Department
,
Westlake School,
Los Angeles, CA
AP American History
American History
English IV
American Intellectual History
European Intellectual History
1977-1978:
Teaching Assistant,
University of California, San Diego
Modern European History
1975-1977:
Assistant Headmaster and Director of Upper School,
The Bishop's School,
La Jolla, CA
1973-1975: Headmaster, The Chandler Schools, Pasadena, CA
1969-1973:
Assistant Headmaster and Director of Upper School,
Westlake School,
Los Angeles, CA
1965-1969: English
Teacher,
Loyola High School, Los Angeles, CA
1963-1965:
English Teacher, St. Bernard High School, Los Angeles, CA
As an AssociateProfessor of Education at
California Lutheran University and an Adjunct Professor of Education at California State
University, Northridge, and at the University of Judaism, I have had full responsibility
for choosing and organizing course materials, writing syllabi, preparing and delivering
lectures, planning student assignments and presentations, and correcting and grading
essays, research papers, portfolios, and examinations.
As a Supervisor of Student Teachers at
California Lutheran University, I have had the responsibility for observing, evaluating,
and mentoring a group of elementary, middle school, and high school teachers.
As a Teaching Assistant at UCSD, UCLA, and the
University of Judaism, I had responsibility for preparing and delivering lectures,
correcting and grading papers and tests, and working individually with students.
As a school teacher, I have taught college
level classes in history and political science: AP American History, AP European History,
and AP American Government.
As a school administrator, I had responsibility
for creating administrative structure; administrative oversight; leading the
administrative team; creating, evaluating, and modifying the organization of the school;
curriculum development and evaluation; creation of the master schedule; student
scheduling; personal and academic counseling; college counseling; recruitment, hiring,
evaluation, and termination of faculty; interscholastic athletics; student activities; and
budget development and oversight.
As a department chair, I have had
responsibility for curriculum development and evaluation; mentoring and evaluation of
faculty; and budget development and oversight.
I have been a trustee of two independent
schools: The Chandler Schools (1973-1975) and Our Lady of Corvallis High School
(1984-1987); and I have served as chairman of Western Association of Schools and Colleges
(WASC) Visiting Committees.
As a consultant I have worked with schools on
curriculum development and evaluation, head-board relations, school organization, and fund
raising.
I am an elected member of
(and past President of) the California
Association for Philosophy of Education and an elected member of the Philosophical Inquiry
Group of UCLA. I also belong to the Philosophy of Education Society, the Association for
Supervision and Curriculum Development, the American Educational Research Association, and
The National Council for History Education.
At UCLA, I had a 3.9 GPA and have received the
Connelly Fellowship and a fee-offset grant.
I am competent with both Macintosh and IBM
computers, including word-processing, creation and manipulation of databases, and using
the Internet.
PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS:
Works in Progress:
Book: The Education of the Human Race: Modernism,
Freedom, and Liberal Education
Articles:
"E.D.
Hirsch, Common Culture, and Postmodernism: Implications for School Reform"
and "On the Possibility
of Moral Education in the Public Schools of a Diverse Society"
Previous Work:
Publications:
McCambridge, T. & Stout, M. (1994) Beneath the Branches of the Bare Ruined Choir: A Disputation in Three Acts. Religous Education (Summer 1994)
McCambridge, T., Karayan, S., Crowe, J., Maliski, S., & Gathercoal, P. State and Accreditation Standards and the K-!2 Webfolio. Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education 2003 International Conference [CD-ROM]. (Available from Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, P.O. Box 3278, Norfolk, VA 23514-3728)
McCambridge, T., Karayan, S., Crowe, J., Maliski, S., & Gathercoal, P. On Implementing Web-Based Electronic Portfolios. Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education 2003 International Conference [CD-ROM]. (Available from Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, P.O. Box 3278, Norfolk, VA 23514-3728
McCambridge, T. Function or
Freedom: Oakeshott's Conversation and American Public Schools
Prospero (Volume 11, Number 1, Spring 2005)
Invited and Critiqued Papers:
McCambridge, T. The Role of Schooling in a Democracy. California Association for Philosophy of Education, Spring 1996
McCambridge, T. Teacher Education as a Form of Liberal Education. California Association for Philosophy of Education, Fall 1998
McCambridge, T. Public Schooling in a Democracy.. National Conference of the National Council on History Education, Sacramento, CA, Fall 2000
McCambridge, T. Moral Education in K-12 Schools . Center for Ethics and Values, California State University, Northridge, March 2001
McCambridge, T. On the Possibility of Moral Education in the Public Schools of a Diverse Society. California Association for Philosophy of Education, Spring 2001
McCambridge, T. "Imagination, Critical Thinking, and Moral Education as Essential Elements of an Educational Community, 2nd International Conference on Imagination and Education, Vancouver, B.C., July 2004
McCambridge, T. "Teaching to the Standards: An Opportunity for Passionate Engagement, Authentic Learning, and Good Test Scores," given at the Phi Delta Kappa International 2004 Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, October 2004
McCambridge, T. "On Liberal Learning," given to the CLU Faculty Retreat, August 2007
McCambridge, T. and Tierney, N. "Principles-Based Leadership for Public Schools," given at the Spring meeting of the California Association for Philosophy of Education, May 2007
Presentations:
McCambridge, T. and Bryde, B. Using Unit Plan Construction to Facilitate the Coordination of Subject Matter Knowledge, Computer Technology, and Teaching Methodology. California Educational Research Association, November 1999
McCambridge, T. The Integration of Computer Technology as a Subject Matter Research Tool in Teacher Preparation Methods Courses, California Educational Research Association, November 2000
McCambridge, T., Bryde, B., & Gold, A. Using the Electronic Portfolio in K-12 Settings: A Proposal for Effectively Teaching to the California Academic Content Standards. California Educational Research Association, November, 2002.
Conferences Attended:
Spring 1994
March Philosophy of Education Society
Charlotte, North Carolina
March American Educational
Research Association
New Orleans, Louisiana
May California Association for
Philosophy in Education
Stanford, California
Fall 1994 October California Association for Philosophy in
Education
University of California, Los Angeles
November Religious Education Association
Chicago, Illinois
Fall 1995
October California Association for Philosophy in Education
University of California, Los Angeles
Spring 1996
May California Association for Philosophy in Education
Stanford University (Presenter)
Fall 1996
October California Association for Philosophy in Education
University of California, Los Angeles
Spring 1997
May California Association for Philosophy in Education
Stanford University
Fall 1997
October National Council on History Education
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
October: California Association for Philosophy of Education
University of California, Los Angeles
Spring 1998
March The Core Knowledge Foundation
Atlanta, Georgia
March The National Paideia Conference
Nashville, Tennessee
April
American Educational Research Association
San Diego, California
May California Association for Philosophy of Education
Stanford University
Fall 1998:
October California Council on Teacher Education
San Diego, California
October California Association for Philosophy of Education
University of California, Los Angeles (Presenter)
Spring 1999 January
Workshop on
the Learning Record
Claremont, California
May California Association for
Philosophy of Education
Stanford University
Fall 1999
October Philosophy Conference
Irvine, California
November
California Association for Philosophy of Education
University of California, Los Angeles
November California Education Research Association
Monterey, California
Spring 2000
May California Association for Philosophy of Education
Stanford University
Fall 2000 October
National Council for History Education
Sacramento, California (Presenter)
November California Education Research Association
Ontario, California (Presenter)
November California Association for
Philosophy of Education
University of California, Los Angeles
Spring 2001 May
California Association for Philosophy of Education
California State University, Sacramento (Presenter)
Fall 2001 November
California Association for
Philosophy of Education
University of California, Los Angeles
Spring 2002 May California Association for Philosophy of Education
Stanford University
Fall 2002
November California Education Research Association
Santa Barbara, California (Presenter)
Spring 2003 May California Association for Philosophy of Education
Stanford University
Fall 2003
November California Association for
Philosophy of Education
President and Host
California Lutheran University
November California Education Research Association
Spring 2004 May
California Association for Philosophy of Education
President
Stanford University
Summer 2004 July
2nd International Conference on Imagination and
Education, Vancouver, B.C. (Presenter)
Fall 2004
October Phi Delta Kappa International Conference
Las Vegas, Nevada (Presenter)
November
California Association for Philosophy of Education
President and Host
California Lutheran University
Spring 2005 May
California Association for Philosophy of Education
President
CSU, Sacramento
Fall 2005 October California Educational Research Association, Long Beach, CA
November California Association for Philosophy of Education, Pepperdine University
Spring 2007 May California Association for Philosophy of Education, Stanford University (Presenter)
Spring 2008 May California Association for Philosophy of Education, California Lutheran University (Host)
University Committees:
1998-1999 Admissions Committee, Marc Meredith, Chair
1999-2001 Educational Policy and Planning Committee, Kris Butcher, Chair
2001-2002 Educational Policy and Planning Committee, Pam Brubaker, Chair
2002 - 2003 Honors Committee, David Marcey, Chair
2003 - 2005 Educational Policy and Planning Committee, Cindy Wyels, Chair
2005 - 2006 Educational Policy and Planning Committee, Linda Ritterbush, Chair
2006 - Chair, Academic Standards Committee
School of Education Committees:
Spring and Summer, 2008 Search Committee, School of Education
2006-2007 Search Committee, School of Education
Fall, 2005 ad hoc Committee on the Master of Education degree
Spring, 2005 Search Committee, School of Education
Fall 2004 - continuing Chair and adviser for Ed.D. dissertations
Spring, 2003 Search Committee, School of Education
Fall 2002 - continuing Doctoral Committee meetings, two hours monthly
Winter, 2002 Doctoral Search Committee, School of Education
Winter, 2002 - 2004
Participant in several retreats and meetings to reform the teacher
preparation curriculum to meet new California state standards
Fall 2001 - continuing Reader of M.Ed. theses
Spring 2000 - continuing Creator and maintainer of a web page on teaching and the teaching of teachers
Winter, 2000 Search Committee, School of Education
Summer 2000 - 2002 Chair, Foundations Curriculum Review
Committee, School of Education (see details)
Fall 2000 - Spring 2002 Participant in Retreats to conceptualize and
define the Ed.D. program in the School of
Education; author of the syllabus for Historical
and Philosophical Foundations of Educational
Leadership
2000 - 2003 Leader of the Book Discussion Group in the School of Education
2000 - 2003 Advanced Studies Department faculty meeting, two hours monthly
Fall 1999 - Spring 2002 Participant, School of Education "Magnetic Connections" grant activities
Fall 1999 - continuing Member, ad hoc Methods Block Planning Committee
Fall 1999 - continuing Reader of student portfolios and participant in exit interviews, each semester
Fall 1999 - continuing School of Education Advisory Committee breakfasts, each semester
Fall 1998 - Spring 2001 Moderator of the Future Teachers Club
Fall 1998 - continuing School of Education faculty meetings, two hours monthly
Fall 1998 - continuing Department of Teacher Education faculty meetings, two hours monthly
Fall 1998 - continuing School of Education Faculty Retreat, all-day Friday, once a semester
1998 2002 School of Education All-Faculty Retreat, Saturday morning, once a semester
Summers, 1998 - continuing Instructor in one, two, or three courses each Summer
Public Presentations on Behalf of the University:
Spring, 2000 "Public Schools and the Public Interest," a speech given to the Lions Club of Ventura, California
Spring, 2000 Visit to and sermon to the Lutheran parish in Barstow, California
Summer, 2000 Consultant to Santa Clara High School, Oxnard, California
Spring 2001 Paper given to the Center for Ethics and Values of the
Philosophy Department at California State University, Northridge
Fall 2001 Visit to and sermon to the Lutheran parish in Northridge, California
Fall 2001 Introduction of Hanan Alexander's talk in Samuelson Chapel, December 2001
Fall 2002 Devotions given to the October CLU Faculty Meeting
Spring 2003
"Teaching
Values in a Pluralistic Setting," one of a panel of papers on the
subject, given at
the Faith and Life Conference
2003 of the Segerhammer Center for Faith and Culture
Fall 2003 Syllabus-writing Workshop given twice to adjunct faculty in the ADEP program
January 2005 Workshop given to Lutheran parish in Palmdale, CA, on Pastor-Church Council Relations
September 2005 Workshop given to Lutheran parish in Longmont, CO, on Pastor-Church Council Relations
February 2007 Devotions given to the CLU Faculty Meeting