Lect. Ibrahim Tarkan Doğan, who examined the photo recognition and production competencies of 60-72 months old preschool children, shared the results of his research. According to the study, 75 percent of the children stated that they took photos before, 66 percent of the children stated that they took the photos with mobile devices and 63 percent stated that they took better photos with mobile devices.
Stating that only 8 percent of the children use the camera of their families, Lecturer İbrahim Tarkan Doğan from Istanbul Gelisim University said: “Although 47 percent of the children gave answers with their own reasons for the reason why the photo was taken, only 2 percent stated that the photo was taken to remember. While 75 percent of the children stated that they took photos before, 66 percent of the children stated that they took the photos with mobile devices, and 63 percent stated that they took better photos with mobile devices.”
Speaking about the workshop program applied to children within the scope of the research, Doğan said: “Children achieved a success rate of 87.2 percent. This rate shows that children can gain the power to distinguish between the images and photographs they are exposed to in terms of quality and become producers as well as consumers through the photography workshop in preschool. Increasing the number of studies on photography and photography education in preschool will make a significant contribution to increase the quality of preschool education.”
