EFFECTIVENESS OF STRUC1TURED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING DISASTER MANAGEMENT AMONG TEACHERS OF SELECTED GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS AT PUDUCHERRY

Hema Anandhy K; Vahithamala K; Dr. Maheswari Jaikumar

Volume : VII, Issue : VII, July - 2017

EFFECTIVENESS OF STRUC1TURED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING DISASTER MANAGEMENT AMONG TEACHERS OF SELECTED GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS AT PUDUCHERRY

Hema Anandhy K, Vahithamala K, Dr. Maheswari Jaikumar

Abstract :

Aim to evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding disaster management among teachers of selected Government schools. The pre experimental research design was selected as research design. The sample comprised of 60 teachers who were selected by convenient sampling technique. The Structured Questionnaire was prepared and validated by experts. It comprises of demographic profile and 30 multiple choice questionnaire. Reliability of the tool was checked by using test retest technique. The reliability score was 0.9. It indicates positive correlation of the tool. After the pilot study the data collection procedure was done. The study was conducted for 4 weeks (29 days). The pre test was conducted by self structured questionnaire. The Structured Teaching Programme was conducted, for 45 minutes using audio visual aids. The data were collected by using Structured Questionnarie. On the 15^th day, following the teaching the investigator conducted the post test by using same questionnaire. The data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. The significant findings were in pre test among 60 samples, majority of the samples 43 (71.7%) had inadequate knowledge and 17 (28.3%) had moderately adequate knowledge and none of the samples had adequate knowledge. In post test majority of the teachers 60 (100%) gained adequate knowledge on disaster management. The finding showed that overall mean score in pre test was 9.91 and in post test was 25.13 and overall mean difference was 15.21. Regarding the overall mean knowledge score the ‘t’ value was 30.586, the ‘p’ value was 0.000 (p <0.001), which shows that highly significant. Hence the research hypothesis was accepted at 0.001 level of significance. The association of pre and post test level of knowledge with demographic variables showed that there was no significant association between the knowledge and the selected demographic variables. The findings of the study concluded that Structured Teaching Programme was very effective in improving the knowledge of the school teachers on disaster management.

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