Özet:

The current study was conducted to determine the reading beliefs of the mothers having children enrolled at pre-school education institutions and to analyze these beliefs 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 Kırıkkale 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 and Binder (1994) was used. The study also employed the relative survey model. Moreover, the mothers' reading beliefs 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 beliefs and the mothers’ reading beliefs do not vary significantly depending on the mother’s age; yet, vary significantly depending on each 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.