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Student Project | Psychiatry | India | Volume 12 Issue 9, September 2023
A Descriptive Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme (STP) on Awareness of Primary School Teachers Regarding Learning Disorder in Selected Private and Government Primary School of Kanpur District
Dr. Sunil D. C. | Harikala | Pallavi Rai | Ravi Singh [3] | Himanshu Rathore | Krishan Gopal | Sabhya Jacob
Abstract: Purpose: Learning disorder are a group of developmental disorders which are significant, unexpected, specific and persistent difficulties in the acquisition and use of reading (dyslexia),writing (dysgraphia),mathematical (dyscalculia) abilities .The estimate for learning disorder in 2011?2012 was 8.0 percent for children of ages 3?17, with 4 percent rated as mild and 4 percent rated as moderate or severe so it is teachers utmost responsibility to look after children's under this age with special care and support to not only meet their academic needs but able to come up to their full capacities and exceed in other areas. Therefore, the study titled "A study to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching program regarding awareness on learning disorders among Primary School Teachers of Kanpur." Was undertaken. Methodology: A quantitative research approach and pre-experimental design under which one group pre-test and post-test design was used. The research setting was selected areas of Kanpur( Mariyani, Shivrajpur, Naramau, Tatiyaganj, Kalyanpur, chaubepur dist.Kanpur, U.P.). Total 30 teachers were selected with convenient sampling technique. Permission was taken from the school authority who were selected as sample. Self-structured knowledge questionnaire containing 40 questions was used to evaluate the awareness of teachers regarding learning disorder. Result: The result depicted that there was significant difference between pretest awareness and posttest awareness score with statistically significant at p<0.05 level. Hence it was inferred that teacher's awareness regarding learning disorder was increased in posttest. Recommendation: The study needs to be conducted on services available for children's having learning disorder in primary schools in order to understand their strength and provide them conducive environment.
Keywords: Teachers, awareness, learning disorder
Edition: Volume 12 Issue 9, September 2023,
Pages: 1411 - 1415