%A ZHOU Aibao, MA Xiaofeng, Aoyagi Hajime %T Parental expectation of early childhood education: comparison between China, Japan, and Korea %0 Journal Article %D 2007 %J Front. Educ. China %J Frontiers of Education in China %@ 1673-341X %R 10.1007/s11516-007-0011-1 %P 140-147 %V 2 %N 1 %U {https://journal.hep.com.cn/fed/EN/10.1007/s11516-007-0011-1 %8 2007-03-05 %X This study investigates 727 parents from China, Japan, and Korea by a self-devised scale and compares the differences in their expectation of early childhood education in cross-cultural backgrounds. The result shows that parents from