A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON KNOWLEDGE OF SCHOOL TEACHERS REGARDING LEARNING DISORDERS AMONG CHILDREN IN SELECTED SCHOOLS

Maj Rajwinder Kaur; Lt Col Meena Chacko

Volume : V, Issue : XI, November - 2016

A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON KNOWLEDGE OF SCHOOL TEACHERS REGARDING LEARNING DISORDERS AMONG CHILDREN IN SELECTED SCHOOLS

Maj Rajwinder Kaur, Lt Col Meena Chacko

Abstract :

Material & Methods: A pre–experimental study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge of school teachers regarding learning disability among children in selected schools at Pune, India from Aug–Sep 2015. A total of 42 primary school teachers participated in the study. A pre–test was conducted followed by the administration of structured teaching programme regarding learning disorders to all the participants. A post–test was then conducted after 7 days using the same pre–test questionnaire. Background: In India around 13–14% of school children suffer from learning disorders and this leads to their dropping out of schools at an early age. Out of these, many remain deprived of basic education for rest of their lives The most closely associated problems with the school drop outs are unemployment, crime and drug addiction. Therefore, learning disability is a stumbling block for the nation�s development. Teachers are the ones who come in contact with these children at a very young age. A teacher who is well versed with the common signs and symptoms of learning disabilities will be able to identify it in a child at the earliest and provide him with the support services. Aim: To assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge of primary school teachers regarding learning disabilities. Results: The study revealed that majority(85.72%) of the primary school teacher�s level of pre–interventional knowledge was average and that only 4.76 % had good knowledge level regarding LD�s in children. Conclusion: The structured teaching programme was effective in increasing the knowledge of the teachers with a highly significant with a p value<0.0001