Evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching program on knowledge regarding moral development among higher primary school children in selected schools at Kollegal
Children learn their morals both from their family of origin, and the larger community of friends and school. This process can be guided and worked with a bit better if the adult understands the different levels of moral understanding that a child goes through at what age. The research approach adopted for the study was evaluative approach and the research design adopted was quasi experimental design. Fifty students from National higher primary school, kollegal were selected as control group and fifty students from xiv wisdom school; kollegal was selected as experimental group by purposive sampling. Structured questionnaire containing 24 items on knowledge had used. The reliability of the tool was tested by using test retest method and it was found to be r =0.97 for knowledge questionnaires. Pre assessment of knowledge regarding moral development was done after which the structured teaching program was administered to the higher primary school children in experimental group alone and the post assessment was done after 7 days gap. Data were analyzed by SPSS version -16 t” test was used for finding the effectiveness, Chi square test was used for finding out the association between demographic variables and pretest knowledge. The findings of the study revealed that the planned teaching program regarding moral development among higher primary school children was effective and the posttest knowledge on moral development higher than the pretest score. Hence the structured teaching program found to be effective in increasing the knowledge of students.