Volume 4 Issue 4 (Oct. - Dec.) 2021
Original Articles
A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON ATTITUDE REGARDING SELECTED BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS OF PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN AMONG PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN SELECTED SCHOOLS AT NAGAUR
Nitesh Kumar Sharma, Gajendra Singh S.R
Background: Behavioral disorders of children lead to abnormality in their Personality, emotions or behavior, which is dangerous and affect to him, family and society. Behavioral disorders are caused by multiple factors like faulty parental attitude, inadequate family environment (broken families, low socio economic status, lack of love and affection), mentally and physically sick or handicapped, influence of social relationship, influence of mass media, and influence of social change. Children with 6-12 years of age spend large amount of time in school settings. School is the place where growing children come to grips with their emotional integration into the larger society. Schools are aiming the full support of families and community to provide comprehensive mental health to the children. School can act as a safety net to protect the children from hazards that affect their learning and promote psychological wellbeing of the children. Methods: Quantitative research approach was utilized to assess the adequacy of structured teaching programme. Pre experimental research design [one group pre -test – post -test] was used to evaluate the attitude regarding selected behavioral disorders of primary school children among 300 primary school teachers in selected schools at Nagaur. Results: In the pre test, majority of subjects 250 (83.33%) had unfavorable attitude and 50 subjects (16.67%) had moderately favorable attitude and in the post test after imparting structured teaching programme majority of sample 250 (83.33%) had favorable attitude and 50 samples (16.67%) had moderately favorable attitude regarding selected behavioral disorders of primary school children among primary school teachers. The mean improvement attitude score was 26.66. The calculated paired t value was t = 26.718 was found to be statistically significant at P < 0.001 level.
