DETERMINATION OF THE READING BELIEVES OF THE MOTHERS HAVING CHILDREN IN THE PRE-SCHOOL PERIOD

The current study was conducted to determine the reading believes of the mothers having children enrolled at pre-school education institutions and to analyze these believes in relation to some variables. The universe of the study consists of the mothers of the 3-5 years old children attending official pre-school education institutions in the city of K？r？kkale in 2012-2013 school year. The sampling of the study is comprised of 481 mothers selected from the universe. As the data collection tool in the current study, “The Parent Reading Belief Inventory” originally developed by DeBaryshe ve Binder (1994) was used. The study also employed the relational survey model. Moreover, the mothers’ reading believes were investigated in relation to the child’s age, gender, the type of the school attended, the number of children the mother has, the mother’s age, income level and education level. It was determined that the reading belief scores of the participating mothers are high. It was also found that the child’s age and gender do not lead to significant differences in the mothers’ reading believes and the mothers’ reading believes do not vary significantly depending on the mother’s age; yet, vary significantly depending on her education level and income level. The findings of the study were discussed in relation to the national and international literature and some suggestions were made