Photograph and its role in developing creative thinking skills of children

Abstract

Our current era is characterized by successive and rapid developments in various fields of human knowledge, and the credit for many of these developments is due to the interest in educational and pedagogical aspects since early childhood, to the extent that interest in early childhood has become a necessary entrance, and a basic beginning for the launch of human development, and the goal is no longer education or upbringing. Preparing children to enroll in school and follow up on the various stages of education, but there is a belief in the necessity of preparing children to be able to face an environment characterized by rapid change and development. Skills, characteristics and abilities in general, and creative abilities in particular. Children are one of the most recipients of creativity and a source of it whenever they have the opportunity to think, especially creative thinking. The child in particular is considered the wealth of the future and the real investment of society, and therefore he must be seen as the focus of the educational process and the focus of operations Education in its various media, and the photograph is one of the sources Or educational stimuli for the child to meditate and unleash his thinking, especially in the early stages of his life, for the photograph has a role, importance and strong impact, as it is said that it sings about a thousand words, as sight is one of the most important and most widely used human senses in acquiring information, as the image addresses all human beings. The image differs from the spoken or written word because it is associated with something concrete, tangible and specific, and the word is linked to something abstract, intangible, and the image differs from the written word in ease of receiving, as the text requires the dismantling of existing relationships Between words, effort, concentration and slowness, while the picture gives the message at once easily. The picture is a powerful educational tool that must be invested. Therefore, there was a need to conduct the current research to reveal the design considerations of photographs to develop the creative thinking skills of a pre-school child and its role in developing thinking skills. child's creativity.

Keywords

• educational photography
• creative thinking skills
• child development