Career & Technical Teacher Education

Course Information for: ECTS 504 "Principles of Education"

Who It's For | What It's About | Options | Course Materials | When & Where | Why CSUSB
Who Is It For?

ECTS 504 is required for the Designated Subjects CTE Teaching Credential and the Bachelor Degrees in Career and Technical Education (CTE) at CSUSB. It may also be applied to an MA degree if it is not completed while still an undergraduate. It has proven to be highly beneficial for instructors preparing to teach in adult education programs, community colleges, training academies, apprenticeship programs, correctional institutions or business/vocational/professional schools.

What Is It About?

ECTS 504 focusses on adult learners. Assignments include research, discussion and presentation of topics pertinent to contemporary adult education. All course requirements are explicitly spelled out in the course syllabus and E-TEXT so that each scholar will be able to determine exactly what is expected, when it is expected, and what the standards of performance are. As a result of their ECTS 504 experience, scholars are expected to be able to demonstrate competency in each of the following skills:

Apply basic learning theory to various types of adult learners.
Locate and evaluate appropriate resources for adult learning needs.
Discuss characteristics of effective adult learning environments.
Accommodate adult problem solving modalities to facilitate learning.
Identify and resolve common barriers to successful adult learning.
Identify and address four basic learning styles common to adult learners.
Apply Situational Leadership to increase success of adult students.
Apply dynamics of adult group interaction to student-oriented activities.
Discuss the American Disabilities Act as it applies to adult education.
Accommodate learning needs of disabled, ESL and older adults.
Demonstrate cooperative work ethics through working with groups.
Develop specific action plans to resolve adult student-oriented issues.

What Course Materials Are Required?

Anyone interested in signing up for the ECTS 504 course can access the materials referenced below at any time before the course starts. It's a good idea to take a look at those materials soon as possible.

	Follow this link for access to the: ECTS 504 Syllabus
	Follow this link to subscribe to: ECTS 504 E-TEXT

Where & When Is It Offered?

For purposes of Official registration CSUSB does not differentiate between distance learning and traditional on campus courses. Distance Learners can start any time (with permission from the course instructor), but must enroll in one of the on campus sections in order to get official credit (and a grade).

At least two sections of the ECTS 504 course are scheduled every year. Check our Projected Schedule for specific quarters when ECTS 504 will be offered in the near future. For current information and registration specifics, please refer to the:

CSUSB Online Schedule

Why CSUSB?

We encourage anyone considering CSUSB to compare our ECTS courses to courses offered by other institutions and then to decide on the basis of how his/her own needs will best be met. F actors that we believe will help convince people to sign up for ECTS 504 are:

Start online distance learning option at any time.
Convenient class times (see Where/When above).
Up to date web based instructional materials.
Can be taken concurrently with other ECTS courses.
Small classes taught by highly qualified faculty.
All faculty make the following professional pledge.
All courses are degree applicable and transferable.
CSUSB is accredited by CCTC, WASC & NCATE.

Follow any of text links above for additional information, or ...
Return to  Career & Technical Teacher Education Home Page.