A Quasi Experimental study to assess the effectiveness of kinder garden method of teaching on knowledge regarding personal hygiene among selected rural primary school children’s in Dindigul District

John Kingsly, N (2015) A Quasi Experimental study to assess the effectiveness of kinder garden method of teaching on knowledge regarding personal hygiene among selected rural primary school children’s in Dindigul District. Masters thesis, Jainee College of Nursing, Dindigul.

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Abstract

Effectiveness of kindergarden method of teaching on knowledge regarding personal hygiene among primary school children in selected rural primary schools at ,dindigul district, tamilnadu, .” Objects: 1. To assess the pre - test knowledge level of primary school children regarding personal hygiene. 2. To assess the post - test knowledge level of primary school children regarding personal hygiene. 2. To evaluate the effectiveness of Kinder Garden Method Of Teaching on personal hygiene by comparing the pre-test and post-test knowledge scores. 3. To find out the association between pre-test knowledge level of primary school children regarding personal hygiene with selected socio-demographic variables.HypothesesH1 : The post- test mean knowledge score will be higher than the pretest mean knowledge score regarding personal hygiene among primary school children. H2 :There will be significant association between pre-test knowledge levels of primary school children regarding personal hygiene with selected socio-demographic variables. Conceptual frame work : of the present study was developed by the investigator based on General system’s theory. The research design used in this study was Quasi -experimental approach. (One group pretest - posttest design.), Sample comprises of 60 primary school children’s studying in 1st standard in selected rural primary school, at Dindigul District, Tamil Nadu, 5 school’s were selected and Formal written permission was obtained from the school authorities for conducting the main study. The method of data collection adopted for the study was structured interview questionnaire. The subjects of the study were gathered in the school. Conclusion: Totally 60 samples were collected from 5 Primary school children’s. The obtained overall post test mean 22.68 (SD=2.383) was less than the pre test mean 8.73 (SD = 3.52). The obtained mean difference was – 15.917 and “t” value t= 2.00 (P = 0.05) was significant17 (28.4 % )childrens took moderate and 43 (71.6 %) children took in adequate marks in Pre test. In posttest 50 (83.3 % ) children took adequate and 10 (16.7 % )children took moderate marks. It inferred that knowledge had significantly increased after the Kinder Garden method teaching program among Primary school children’s. It was found to be very effective. Kinder Garden Method teaching program was independently effective to increase the knowledge on Personal Hygiene.

Item Type: Thesis (Masters)
Uncontrolled Keywords: Kinder Garden ; Method of Teaching ; Knowledge ; Personal Hygiene ; Rural Primary School Children ; Dindigul District ; Quasi Experimental study.
Subjects: NURSING > Community Health Nursing
Depositing User: Ramakrishnan J
Date Deposited: 06 Jul 2017 05:58
Last Modified: 30 Dec 2019 11:40
URI: http://repository-tnmgrmu.ac.in/id/eprint/1120

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