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Elizabeth Campbell

phone: (416) 978-0232
email: ecampbell@oise.utoronto.ca  

Academic History

Ph.D. OISE, Department of Educational Administration, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, 1992
M.Ed. OISE, Department of Educational Administration, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, 1988
B.Ed. University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, 1984
B.A. (Honours English), Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, 1982

Research Overview

Dr. Elizabeth Campbell is an Associate Professor with the Department of Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning as well the Associate chair of Graduate Studies at OISE. She is a member of the Centre for Teacher Development at OISE/UT and the cross-disciplinary Centre for Ethics at the University of Toronto.

Her research and publications focus on the moral and ethical nature of teaching and education, including such topics as professional ethics in education, teachers' professional knowledge, moral and ethical dimensions of schools, and teacher education. In 2003, Dr. Campbell authored an influential book titled The Ethical Teacher which has recently translated into Chinese. She has also contributed chapters to a number of other books on professional ethics in education, and has been an editor for the journal Curriculum Inquiry.

Dr. Campbell was the principal investigator of an important SSHRC funded project entitled The Moral and Ethical Basis of Teachers’ Interaction with Students. She's currently engaged in another SSHRC-funded research project, entitled “The cultivation of ethical knowledge in teaching” It is investigating how ethical knowledge is cultivated in novice teachers and focuses on teacher education programs throughout North America.

She is a member of the Centre for Ethics at the University of Toronto and the Centre for Teacher Development at OISE.

Teaching Overview

Dr. Campbell has tought the following courses at OISE:

• CTL7005: Internship (Professional Ethics Component)
• CTL7006: Reflective Teaching and Inquiry into Research in Education
• CTL1812 Professional Ethics of Teaching and Schooling
• CTL1998 Doctoral Independent Reading Course (Moral Education)
• CTL1798 Master’s Independent Reading Course (Ethics of Learning Communities).

Professional Activities

Editorial positions:

• Editor, Curriculum Inquiry (with Dennis Thiessen, Editor-in-Chief, Heather Sykes, Editor [2005-2009], Mary Kooy, Editor [2007-2008], and Rubén Gaztambide-Fernández, Editor [2009-present]), July 2005 to present

Academic assessment and evaluations:

• External reviewer of scholarship for a tenure and promotion application, Boise State University, USA, 2009
• External reviewer of scholarship for a tenure and promotion application, City University of New York-Queens College, USA, 2009
• External reviewer of scholarship for a tenure and promotion application, Bar-Ilan University, Israel, 2007
• External reviewer of scholarship for a tenure and promotion application, Villanova University, Pennsylvania, USA, 2007

Centre memberships:

• Member of the Executive Committee, Centre for Ethics at the University of Toronto, 2004 – 2009
• Member of the Centre for Teacher Development, Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning, OISE/UT, 2003-present

Representative Publications

BOOKS AUTHORED

Campbell, E. (2010, in press). The Ethical Teacher. Translation into Chinese, jointly published by McGraw-Hill Education Asia and the East China Normal University Press.

Campbell, E. (2003). The Ethical Teacher. Maidenhead, UK: The Open University Press, McGraw-Hill.

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

Campbell, E. (in preparation). Thwarting or Enabling the Preparation of Ethical Professionals? Challenges for Teacher Education. Chapter in edited book, The Moral Work of Teaching: Preparing and Supporting Practitioners, M. Sanger and R. Osguthorpe (Eds.). Book prospectus under review by Teachers College Press.

Campbell, E. (in preparation). The Preparation of Ethical Professionals: Hopes, Challenges, and Missed Opportunities. Chapter in edited book, Towards Professional Wisdom: Practical Deliberation in the ‘People Professions’, L. Bondi, D. Carr, C. Clark, and C. Clegg (Eds.). Farnham, U.K.: Ashgate Publishing Ltd.

Campbell, E. (2008). Preparing Ethical Professionals as a Challenge for Teacher Education. In Educating Moral Sensibilities in Urban Schools. Kirsi Tirri (Ed.). 13 Rotterdam: Sense Publishers, Chapter 1, pages 3-18.

Campbell. E. (2008). Teaching Ethically as a Moral Condition of Professionalism. In The International Handbook of Moral and Character Education. Darcia Narváez and Larry Nucci (Eds.). New York: Routledge, Chapter 30, pages 601-617.

Research Grants and Contracts

Year: 2004-2008
Type: Individual
Title: The Cultivation of Ethical Knowledge in Teaching
Source: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)
Purpose: Research Grant
Amount: $148,549.00

Honours and Awards

• 2006 Nominated for the David E. Hunt Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching, The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto
• 2001 Nominated for the OISE/UT ―Professor of the Year Award, Pre-service Teacher Education Program

Curriculum Vitae

http://www.oise.utoronto.ca/Curriculum_Vitae/Elizabeth_Campbell_CV.pdf


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