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Degree: A rank that is achieved through completion of
requirements at a college or university.
Director: Administrator of a center-based program, similar to
the principal of an elementary school. Responsible for planning &
supervising child development programs and overseeing staff.
Directory of College and Universities’ Early Childhood Degree and
Certificate Programs in Illinois (2003): Published by the Ounce of
Prevention Fund, this directory describes basic information about various
community colleges, colleges, and universities that offer coursework and degree
opportunities in early childhood.
Disciplines: Areas or fields of study.
Dispositions: Dispositions are strong tendencies of how one
would act in certain specific ways, even in unknown situations. Those
tendencies have the capacity to mold one's actions to suit different and new
situations, and have a predictive nature. Dispositions are guided by beliefs
and attitudes related to values such as caring, fairness, honesty,
responsibility and social justice.
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