Preschool Children Preferences on Their School Environment

Children and adults have different views and preferences about the environment around them. Digital cameras offer a tangible documentation and representations of children's perception and preferences about their school environment. This study is to identify children's photography selection and preferences on the school environment, both indoor and outdoor. This study was conducted on 19 preschoolers (n=19) of age 4 and 5 using the project based approach. The children were given a digital camera and were asked to take pictures of their school environment that they really like. Their photographs were analyzed to see the overall preferences about their school environment. (C) 2012 Published by Elsevier B.V. Selection and peer-review under responsibility of Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies(cE-Bs), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia