PARENTAL BELIEFS AND PARTNERSHIPS IN PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL SERVICES FOR YOUNG CHILDREN

[[abstract]]This paper is to provide a review of research on parental beliefs and partnerships in provision of educational services for young children, in particular through a provision channel of early childhood programs, by addressing some of the important research issues in this field which have been leading to controversies and demanding research attention and to provide suggestions for potential directions for future research. With comments and critiques presented, this paper discusses issues related to terminology, belief structure, belief system, behavior representation, and representation and measurement of parental beliefs and partnerships in early childhood. Probable relationships among parental beliefs and children’s development are represented in a causality diagram to better understanding of the role parental beliefs may play in parental partnerships in early childhood programs and children’s development